Because he's funny as hell. I don't think people realize how entertaining the old radio shows were. It's all fallen out of the collective consciousness, but Ja

Because he's funny as hell. I don't think people realize how entertaining the old radio shows were. It's all fallen out of the collective consciousness, but Jack Benny was as funny as anything on TV today. "X-1" is better scifi than anything on today - it benefitted from running during the golden age of scifi. "Gunsmoke" was great, "The Six Shooter" starring Jimmy Stewart was wonderful. They used to play on LA radio stations after midnight, I started listening to them on college and never stopped.