In nineteen fifty, on Jack Benny's radio program, they did a skit about an early visit to their talent agent.

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ALLEN: "What is it,Mister Benny?" BENNY: "Oh,Mister Allen,have you heard that they're making women's bathing suits out of spun glass?"

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But some of Fred Allen's funniest programs were about his supposed longtime dispute with another radio star,Jack Benny.

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This is Mr. Obama's version of Jack Benny's old "your money or your life" routine, except without the punch line.

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The blue one (Benny's) and the green one (Jim's) were also in the desk drawer.

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Fulham trio Clint Dempsey, Carlos Bocanegra and Eddie Johnson are joined by Derby's Benny Feilhaber and Eddie Lewis, West Ham's Jonathan Spector, Everton's Tim Howard and Watford's Jay DeMerit.

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