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Inside Marilyn Monroe’s Unlikely Friendship With Comedy Legend Jack Benny: ‘Delightful’
Marilyn Monroe struck up an unlikely yet 'delightful' friendship with comedy legend Jack Benny after appearing in an iconic skit on The Jack Benny Program.
But her perfect performance in a skit where Jack Benny falls asleep on a cruise ship and finds himself alone on deck with the Gentleman Prefer Blondes star went off without a hitch and made the episode a ratings winner. In a business filled with men looking to take advantage of beautiful young women, Jack treated Marilyn with appreciation and courtesy. “Sometimes you go on somebody else’s show and they’d make mean jokes, or it might be kind of awkward or humiliating, but Jack always did right by his famous guest stars,” says Fuller-Seeley.
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