First time Quote by Harry Shearer

When I was young kid, I used to watch Jack Benny, and I thought the minimal aspect of what he did was revelatory. I…

— Jeffrey Tambor

Jack Benny, Fred Allen. Their jokes were wonderful. It takes skill to be funny. The timing of Jack Benny was so fine. It is…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I remember what J. Golden Kimball said when he came down to the stake where I was presiding. I introduced him as the 'Will…

— Hugh B. Brown

He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often,…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

The greatest comedian I've ever seen is Jack Benny. He wasn't afraid of the silences.

— Bob Newhart

When I was a kid I went and saw Bill Cosby with my dad, and I remember sitting there and laughing so hard.

— Dave Coulier

Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long…

— Bob Newhart

My father Rodger is your typical 'funny without knowing it' kinda guy. When he says something that creates shock or joy in a room,…

— Iain Stirling

I remember laughing so hard as a kid.

— Claire Messud

“A few minutes after discovering we had a goal but no plan, Brent was laughing heartily at a pathetic joke I had made. It…

— Lani Woodland

“I heard you laughing,' Jack said. He wanted to say something about the quality of that terrible laughter, but he did not know how…

— Isobelle Carmody

If God makes all our faces, did he laugh when he made me?

— Amy Harmon