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Analyze Rivals' Mistakes.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
Byline: Cord Cooper
6 To millions of Americans, he was a laugh-provoking cheapskate, a painfully "bad" violinist, the eternal 39-year-old -- all parts of a character he honed for decades.
Yet people in show business knew Jack Benny as one of comedy's most innovative talents.
"Single-handedly, Jack pioneered satirical sketch comedy on radio," Benny writer George Balzer recalled. The skits satirized everything from motion pictures and hit plays to best-selling novels. "The styles of comedy Benny introduced were prototypes for sketches on "Your Show of Shows,' "The Carol Burnett Show' and "Saturday Night Live,' " said comedy writer Mort Lachman.
Later, Benny's TV show influenced a generation of stand-up comics and was a forerunner of the megahit "Seinfeld."
An Original
The Benny program was TV's original show about nothing. He played himself -- a la Jerry Seinfeld -- and was surrounded by a group of hapless, self-absorbed characters. Part sitcom and part variety show, the program focused on minutia and was replete with in-jokes and running gags.
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