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Related Websites
"http://www.biography.com"
A&E Television/Disney. 1997.
Jack Benny's biographical information.
"http://members.tripod.com/~jbotw/media.htm"
Ken Dickson/Tripod. 1997.
Biographical information on Jack Benny. Links to radio
broadcasts, television shows and movies involving Jack Benny.
"http://timvp.com/jackbeny.html"
Tripod. Feb.1, 2001.
Biographical information on Jack Benny and link to other Jack Benny
Sites.
"http://members.home.net/warfoto/entertainjb.htm"
Martin and WastEd Graphics/Entertainment Tonight. Oct. 9, 2000.
Audio documentary of Jack Benny.
"http://www.seeing-stars.com/StarIndexes/JackBenny.shtml" Gary Wayne/Seeing Stars. 2000. Locations related to the life of Jack Benny.
Print Resources
Neale, Steve, & Krutnik, Frank. Popular Film and Television Comedy.
New York, NY:
Rutledge, Chapman, and Hall, Inc. 1990.
Neale and Krutnik examine the history of comedy in American television and address the
lack of analysis performed on comedic performance. They explore the many forms and
modes of comedy and seek both to explain the nature of these forms and convention and to
relate them to their institutional contexts.
Wagg, Steven., ed. Because I tell a Joke or Two. New
York, NY: Routledge. 1998.
This book explores the complex relationship between comedy and the social differences
of class, region, age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, the body, politics,
and nationhood. It analyzes a wide range of comedic genres, texts, and
performers. It also recognizes the ways in which comedy has been used to sustain, to
challenge and to change power relationships in society.
Benny, Mary L., Marks, Hilliard, & Borie, Marcia. Jack Benny.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company,
Inc. 1978.
A biography of Jack Benny written by his wife and close friends.
Putterman, Barry. On Television and Comedy. Jefferson, NC:
McFarland & Company, Inc.
1995.
A collection of essays which examine the history and evolution of television comedy.
Benny, Jack, and Benny, Joan. Sunday Nights at Seven: The Jack Benny Story.
New York, NY: Warner Books, Inc. 1990.
A biography of Jack Benny written by his daughter.
Marc, David. Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture.
Boston, Mass: Unwin Hyman. 1989.
An examination of the influence of American culture on comedy and comedy on American
culture.
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