Conversation 1968 -"Jack Benny:" The "39"-year-old comedian (born 1894) reminisces about his career and recalls his violin lessons and vaudeville tours. In an interview with James Day, general manager of KQED, San Francisco, Jack Benny recalls his boyhood with his violin lessons, his vaudeville tours, and his career as a comedian. A millionaire, the 74-year-old Benny continues to work, saying he likes to work, and considering himself a young man because age is "only a state of mind." Defining his own comedy style, Benny says he plays a character with all the frailties of man and describes himself as a comedian who "says things funny" rather than "saying funny things." Conversations 1968 - "Jack Benny" is a National Educational Television presentation, produced by its San Francisco affiliated station, KQED. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) Kaleidoscope consists of at least 9 half-hour episodes produced in 1963 by KQED, which were originally shot on videotape.
