History YMMV / TheJackBennyProgram

* HilariousInHindsight: In a 1941 radio episode, Jack is bragging about a big party he's having and saying there will be a lot of big movie stars there. Mary asks him to name one- Jack refuses to answer. She badgers him to name one until he says, "All right- Rodney Dangerfield!" At the time it was just a funny name his writers made up, but now...
** Creator/RodneyDangerfield was born Jacob Cohen. Perhaps he took his stage name from this episode?

** Some know Frank Nelson more from ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' than from the original show.
* TastesLikeDiabetes: In an elaborate example of Jack's numerous {{Take That}}s, after reading a radio critic's lament about how comedy of the day relied too heavily on insults, Jack invited said critic to his show (which was being broadcast from Palm Springs that day), and showed him just how awful comedy would be if there were no insults.
** Done again in a RecycledScript television episode with the lamentation coming from the reverend Billy Graham.
** The annual year-end sketch "The New Tenant", where Jack played Father Time and welcomed in the New Year (played by a child actor) while reflecting on what happened the last 12 months, had a sentimental and slightly cornball tone that was at odds with the rest of the show's comedy.

* MemeticMutation: "Yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss?" To the point that many people now have no idea where it came from, or maybe think ''TheSimpsons'' invented it. Or like Podcast/RiffTrax, seem to think it came from Creator/HarveyKorman, if their riff of ''Love that Car!'' (which used Frank "Yeeeeesssssssss? Guy" Nelson as the uncredited narrator) is any evidence.

** Some know Frank Nelson more from WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes than from the original show.

** From the mid-40s onward, it could be argued that the fictional version of Rochester seen on the shows is the stage Benny's truest friend...and the one he gets closest to treating as an equal. Knowing lampshaded decades later in a 1960s special when Jack asks Rochester if he'd like to play his valet again, to which Rochester exclaims: "Oh come ON Blue Eyes! You know we don't do ''that'' anymore."

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: One commentator has [[http://www.jackbenny.org/biography/other/longest_laugh.htm analyzed]] which moments got the longest laughs from the studio audience.

** One 1939 show (back when it was "The Jello Program") has Don pretend to get the sponsored product wrong; when Jello is clearly described to him, he guesses it's Grape Nuts. Three years later, Grape Nuts would become the show's actual sponsor.

* MemeticMutation: "Yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss?" To the point that many people now have no idea where it came from, or maybe think ''TheSimpsons'' invented it. Or like Podcast/RiffTrax, seem to think it came from HarveyKorman, if their riff of ''Love that Car!'' (which used Frank "Yeeeeesssssssss? Guy" Nelson as the uncredited narrator) is any evidence.

** According to his posthumously published memoirs, Benny consciously had the writers remove much of the stereotypical aspects of Rochester's character (womanizing, drinking and gambling) after WWII

** Done again in a RecycledScript television episode with the lamentation coming from the reverend Billy Graham.

* FairForItsDay: The portrayal of Rochester.

* MemeticMutation: "Yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss?" To the point that many people now have no idea where it came from, or maybe think ''TheSimpsons'' invented it. Or like {{RiffTrax}}, seem to think it came from HarveyKorman, if their riff of ''Love that Car!'' (which used Frank "Yeeeeesssssssss? Guy" Nelson as the uncredited narrator) is any evidence.

* MemeticMutation: "Yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss?" To the point that many people now have no idea where it came from, or maybe think ''TheSimpsons'' invented it. Or like {{RiffTrax}}, seems to think it came from HarveyKorman, if their riff of ''Love that Car!'' (which used Nelson as the uncredited narrator) is any evidence.

* MemeticMutation: "Yyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss?" To the point that many people now have no idea where it came from, or maybe think ''TheSimpsons'' invented it.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: In an elaborate example of Jack's numerous {{Take That}}s, after reading a radio critic's lament about how comedy of the day relied too heavily on insults, Jack invited said critic to his show (which was being broadcast from Palm Springs that day), and showed him just how awful comedy would be if there were no insults.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: In an elaborate example of Jack's numerous TakeThat s, after reading a radio critic lamenting about how comedy of the day relied too heavily on insults, Jack invited said critic to his show (which was being broadcasted in Palm Springs that day), and showed him just how awful comedy would be if there no insults.

* HilariousInHindsight: In one 1941 episode of the radio show, Jack is bragging about how he's throwing a party and many big-name movie stars are going to show up. Mary asks him to name one big-name star that's attending. Jack gives her a name that's ''supposed to be blatantly made up''. The name? '''Rodney Dangerfield'''.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: One commentator has [[http://www.jackbenny.org/biography/other/longest_laugh.htm analyzed]] which moments got the longest laughs from the studio audience.