See that picture of Jack Benny above? Well, it's not Jack Benny. It's my pal, Eddie Carroll, a man of many talents. Eddie is a writer. He used to write for Hanna-Barbera, often working with a partner named Jamie Farr. Yes, that Jamie Farr.
Eddie also does voices for cartoons. Most notably, he took over the role of Jiminy Cricket for Disney after the original Jiminy, "Ukulele" Ike Edwards, croaked.
And Eddie plays Jack Benny. He tours now and then in a wonderful one-man show that really is like spending an hour or two with The Man. It's not just that he manages to look like Benny and sound like Benny and even play the violin like Benny. That would all be impressive enough but Eddie manages to replicate the superb Benny timing. That's the hard part and he's got it down, as you'll see if you go see him perform. Where can you do this? Check out this page on Eddie's website to see if he's going to be in your neck of the woods soon.
Since he probably isn't, you'll have to settle for this. Tomorrow (Wednesday), Eddie will be the guest on Stu's Show, which is heard on Shokus Internet Radio, a station you can hear on your computer for free if you'll only log in via this page. This is not a podcast which you can download or listen to whenever you like. This is a radio broadcast over the Internet and Stu's Show airs live from 4 PM to 6 PM West Coast Time. The broadcasts then repeat for a week in the same time slot.
We recommend the channel any hour of the day. Tune in right now if you like and see what they have on. But we especially recommend it tomorrow when Eddie Carroll is on. I'm going to try to call in and ask a pithy, incisive question. Let's see if I can come up with one.