A great movie that’s usually shown around New Years! Love the part with Benny floundering in the giant coffee cup! I think I’m going to like this storyline.
I remember, years ago, a Jack Benny TV show where jack emphatically mention “A Horn Blows at Midnight.” I asked what was the purpose of his mentioning that out of context and my parents told me the movie was a flop but Jack wanted the TV audience to remember his movie.
On the Jack Benny radio show (a true classic of old-time radio), “The Horn Blows at Midnight” was a running joke for years. People would bring it up any time movies were mentioned and it would always get Jack mad.
“The Horn Blows at Midnight” has apparently not been released on DVD in our universe—or at least I can’t find it on Amazon or Netflix. I searched Turner Classic Movies, and it’s not scheduled to be shown there either.
Mentioning the title, “The Horn Blows at Midnight” to Jack Benny was kinda like mentioning the name Bucky Dent to a Red Sox fan. Both are (and were) always in good fun, though.
Horn Blows At Midnight is available as DVD on Amazon, VHS on eBay. The DVD cover in this comic is copied from the movie poster, also available on line.
His turn in “Charlie’s Aunt” isn’t bad either. And of course there was “George Washington Slept Here.” “To Be Or Not To Be” was very special for Jack Benny because he was working with one of his closest friends, Carole Lombard. In fact when she died he was so overcome with grief that he didn’t do his radio show and and basically turned it over to Don Wilson, Phil Harris and Dennis Day. One of the great “what-ifs” is what would have happened if the original casting plan for “The Sunshine Boys” had occurred, with Jack Benny in George Burns’s part and Red Skelton in Walter Mathau’s role.
Mineola over 12 years ago
A great movie that’s usually shown around New Years! Love the part with Benny floundering in the giant coffee cup! I think I’m going to like this storyline.
arye uygur over 12 years ago
I remember, years ago, a Jack Benny TV show where jack emphatically mention “A Horn Blows at Midnight.” I asked what was the purpose of his mentioning that out of context and my parents told me the movie was a flop but Jack wanted the TV audience to remember his movie.
Buzza Wuzza over 12 years ago
Skeezix
axe-grinder over 12 years ago
Jack Benny was a giant.
Russell Sketchley Premium Member over 12 years ago
On the Jack Benny radio show (a true classic of old-time radio), “The Horn Blows at Midnight” was a running joke for years. People would bring it up any time movies were mentioned and it would always get Jack mad.
davidf42 over 12 years ago
I’m just glad to see Skeezix again!
battle of plattsburgh over 12 years ago
Looks like Skeezix has quite a DVD collection; nice to see him keeping up with the times. I’ve stil got piles of VHS tapes to convert.
Richard Tolleson Premium Member over 12 years ago
“The Horn Blows at Midnight” has apparently not been released on DVD in our universe—or at least I can’t find it on Amazon or Netflix. I searched Turner Classic Movies, and it’s not scheduled to be shown there either.
Richard Tolleson Premium Member over 12 years ago
I just found the film on YouTube, and it looks like it’s in pretty good quality.www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bbDZgCyk-o
MJ Premium Member over 12 years ago
Mentioning the title, “The Horn Blows at Midnight” to Jack Benny was kinda like mentioning the name Bucky Dent to a Red Sox fan. Both are (and were) always in good fun, though.
imrobert over 12 years ago
Horn Blows At Midnight is available as DVD on Amazon, VHS on eBay. The DVD cover in this comic is copied from the movie poster, also available on line.
BlitzMcD over 12 years ago
Jack Benny? Good! I definitely like where this new thread is going….
boldyuma over 12 years ago
“Well!.”..(puts hand up to chin).."Rochester..Oh Dennis!.
TheAuldWan over 12 years ago
I do remember!
jollyjack over 12 years ago
Great to see Skeezix, hope that this is both a good and long arc.
They are still showing Jack Benny (as well as Burns &Allen) on broadcast TV in Chicago. They are still VERY entertaining.
bmckee over 12 years ago
His turn in “Charlie’s Aunt” isn’t bad either. And of course there was “George Washington Slept Here.” “To Be Or Not To Be” was very special for Jack Benny because he was working with one of his closest friends, Carole Lombard. In fact when she died he was so overcome with grief that he didn’t do his radio show and and basically turned it over to Don Wilson, Phil Harris and Dennis Day. One of the great “what-ifs” is what would have happened if the original casting plan for “The Sunshine Boys” had occurred, with Jack Benny in George Burns’s part and Red Skelton in Walter Mathau’s role.
lmchildress over 12 years ago
As of today, there is no DVD of The Horn Blows At Midnight on Amazon. Too bad.