On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:13:38 -0800, Dan Rempel <hurty@flurty> belched
the alphabet and kept on going with:

>
>Michael Cash wrote:
>
>[snip interesting Benny stuff]
>
>>
>> Catching all of Mel Blanc's silliness is a great side benefit of
>> listening to the show as well. Everybody today remembers Mel as the
>> voice of all those Warner Bros. cartoon characters, but he did tons
>> and tons of radio work, lots of it on the Jack Benny program. In fact,
>> Jack once said something like "There are only five real people in
>> Hollywood. Everybody else is Mel Blanc."
>
>Ok, now you've got me intrigued; I love Mel Blanc (BTW, did you ever
>listen to the Carl Stalling Project stuff I sent you? In fact, did I
>even send it, hmm...). Anyway, I remember Benny from his TV show when I
>was a kid, and loved his stuff; looking forward to the radio shows.


I never saw too many of his TV shows, but I get the feeling I would
have appreciated them so much more if, like the audience when they
originally aired, I had the benefit of 20 years familiarity with him
and his gang from the radio show.