And there's the old Jack Benny play on words Mexican running gag he used in both his radio shows and later carried over to TV: Remember "Seester" "Meester" "Si" "Sy" (Ans to: What's the name of your brother? Your sister? "Sue.") and on and on in a running dialogue--usually when Benny bumped into the guy asking for directions when down in Mexico.
And there's the old Jack Benny play on words Mexican running gag he used in both his radio shows and later carried over to TV: Remember "Seester" "Meester" "Si" "Sy" (Ans to: What's the name of your brother? Your sister? "Sue.") and on and on in a running dialogue--usually when Benny bumped into the guy asking for directions when down in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteI missed that one, Virgil... as in "never saw/heard it."
ReplyDeleteExcellent cartoon and it's accurate, too!
ReplyDeleteHere's the Jack Benny and Mel Blanc skit. I just happened to look at it last week for some reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9s8U0O0XPE
Thanks for that, Bec!
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