{"id":6405,"date":"1958-04-20T00:14:48","date_gmt":"1958-04-20T00:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/?post_type=aiovg_videos&#038;p=6405"},"modified":"2024-09-10T13:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:33:04","slug":"watch-the-jack-benny-program-hillbilly-act-with-joseph-kerns","status":"publish","type":"aiovg_videos","link":"https:\/\/lincon.com\/site\/classic-tv\/watch-the-jack-benny-program-hillbilly-act-with-joseph-kerns\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH The Jack Benny Program &#8211; Hillbilly Act with Joseph Kerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"linco-3400056951\" class=\"linco-before-content linco-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7218081052625257\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7218081052625257\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2982622224\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p>Jack is angry because his writers don&#8217;t have a script for the next show; saying that he&#8217;s been working too hard, Jack skips rehearsals and goes to play golf. In a flashback, the agent tells Jack&#8217;s secretary the ridiculous story of how he discovered Jack: &#8220;Zeke&#8221; Benny was once a fiddle-playing hick in Arkansas, with a shabby band called the Ozark Hillbillies. 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