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A miserly TV legend gives a Philco TV
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This is an interesting picture of Jack Benny. Dated June 19, 1948, the caption reads: "TO REWARD CAMPAIGNERS, Jack Benny gave a Philco table model television set for the winning Parent-Teacher Association in the Plain Dealer-Parent-Teacher Association Milk Fund Campaign which officially opened yesterday. Mayor Thomas A. Burke, right, is shown with Benny at the opening." The television is one of Philco's first, a model 48-1001 with a 10" screen. It would be over 2 years until Benny appeared on the small screen as host of his own show (in October 1950).

   

Greg V.
West Bend, WI
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But he was only 39.
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(01-04-2015, 05:36 PM)codefox1 Wrote:  But he was only 39.

And he still is! Icon_lol

John
Las Vegas, NV USA
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And I wish Iwas.
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And he died 40 years ago.... December 26, 1974. He was 80, but several newspaper obituaries couldn't resist having a headline that read "Jack Benny Dies at 39".

Greg V.
West Bend, WI
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