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GReedDiamond

(5,316 posts) Tue Dec 20, 2022, 02:12 AM Dec 2022

The Jack Benny Program - Christmas Shopping (1960) - The notoriously cheap JB goes Xmas shopping...

Also features Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Mel Blanc as the abused store clerk.

Funny stuff.

BTW, according to online inflation calculators, the value of $1.00 in 1960 was equivalent to $10.11 in 2022.

$40 in 1960 was equivalent to $404.22 in 2022.

Happy Xmas, and here's my band Green Sparkle Frog's official Xmas song, "Here Comes Christmas"

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The Jack Benny Program - Christmas Shopping (1960) - The notoriously cheap JB goes Xmas shopping... (Original Post) GReedDiamond Dec 2022 OP

Perfection - (says "Video unavailable" but works "Watch on YouTube" UTUSN Dec 2022 #1

That was great, thanks! - nt GReedDiamond Dec 2022 #4

K & R..Just so you know, in real life Jack Benny was the exact opposite of ..."cheap" He was Stuart G Dec 2022 #2

Yeah, the "cheap stingy" thing was his comedic character... GReedDiamond Dec 2022 #3

UTUSN

(70,740 posts)

1. Perfection - (says "Video unavailable" but works "Watch on YouTube"

Reply to GReedDiamond (Original post)

Tue Dec 20, 2022, 10:12 PM

Dec 2022

GReedDiamond

(5,316 posts)

4. That was great, thanks! - nt

Reply to UTUSN (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 01:48 AM

Dec 2022

Stuart G

(38,445 posts)

2. K & R..Just so you know, in real life Jack Benny was the exact opposite of ..."cheap" He was

Reply to GReedDiamond (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 01:00 AM

Dec 2022

generous in a very special way.

GReedDiamond

(5,316 posts)

3. Yeah, the "cheap stingy" thing was his comedic character...

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 21, 2022, 01:47 AM

Dec 2022

...not him in "real life."

That's partly why I included the inflation info, where $40 is worth over $400 today.

If I got a $400 xmas present, I would think, WOW! That person spent too much!

So maybe a $40 gift back then was significant, too.

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