Its title was an homage to the day and time when the Jack Benny Show aired. Joan published “Sunday Nights at Seven” following her father’s death in 1974. These Password episodes can still be seen on Youtube. The most entertaining were the games when her father was her opponent. She was one of the most memorable contestants on Password in the early 60’s. She also appeared as herself in several of the radio and television episodes. Professionally, Joan had her own brushes with fame as she stood in for her mother in the last years of her father’s radio broadcasts. Her fi rst wedding drew huge press attention, mainly because her father paid for an extremely lavish and expensive wedding, despite his professional persona which was notoriously stingy. Joan grew up surrounded by fame, with movie magazines running feature stories about her family. Joan died of Pancreatic Cancer, ironically the same disease which took her famous father, Jack Benny. His radio and television programs, popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, were a major influence on the sitcom genre.Joan Benny died peacefully at home on June 10th, just seven days before her 87th birthday.
Benny was known for his impeccable comedic timing and the ability to create laughter with a pregnant pause or a single expression. In character, he would claim to be thirty-nine years of age, regardless of his actual age. Widely considered to be one of the top entertainers of the century, Benny portrayed his character as a miser, playing his violin badly. Jack Benny (1894-1974) was an American comedian vaudevillian radio, television, and film actor and violinist.
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