When Eddie Carroll steps out on stage, he is not imitating comedian Jack Benny. He is Jack Benny. With an uncanny physical resemblance and a dead-on voice, Carroll truly fills the shoes of one of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jack Benny was one of the most beloved comedians of the 20th century, a master of timing, self-deprecating humor and the long ...

Bob Hope was the wisecracker. Milton Berle was a clown. George Burns and Gracie Allen were farceurs of domestic life. And Jack Benny was the “Everyman” comedian. For nearly half-a-century, Benny kept ...

Well! How do ya like that?! These 18 half-hour episodes have been locked away for years in the UCLA film vaults, ever since Jack Benny donated them. UCLA made up for the delay by remastering the old ...

The last time on From the Archives that we checked in on Jack Benny, it was towards the end of his career, in 1973. While he was getting on in years, his oft-complimented timing was still just as ...

A city that remains ever loyal to its icons will offer a birthday present to one of its more notable famous sons on Saturday, Feb. 14, when the Waukegan Historical Society unveils a historic marker at ...

Jack was my grandfather, and I can’t think of a better role model. As unorthodox as it may sound, I’ve learned that there are many parallels between my grandfather’s unique approach to comedy and ...

Here’s a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle’s archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago. Nov. 14: Deputy Police Chief John (Jack) Jordan, the brother of the police chief, was ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: February 14th, 1894, 122 years ago today ... the day Benjamin Kubelski was born in Chicago. He learned to play the violin as a boy, and grew up to ...