I really don'’t know much about Robert, so I started looking around. Instead of giving you some drawn out bio, here'’s some of the more interesting points I found, compliments of Wikipedia:
- He was an early and regular contributor to the New Yorker Magazine, Life magazine and a humor columnist for the Hearst Corporation Newspapers.
- The Robert Benchley Society gives an annual humor award in Benchley's honor.
- He's in Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (aha, another familiar face)
- One of Benchley's specialties in film was the "embarrassing speech" -- nervous, stammering, clearing his throat, making no sense whatsoever.
- He is the father of author Nathaniel Benchley author of The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and grandfather of Jaws writer Peter Benchley.
- Spotted these on IMDB - The Sex Life of a Polyp and The Romance of Digestion
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you should definitely check out the newly released dvd of his paramount comedy shorts!
Will do - What's the name of it - just look under his name??
here ya go.....
sorry....i didn't know if my livejournal skillz would work here on blogspot, so you get the whole link instead of just a highlighted word.;p
ah drat....the link didn't work.
ok, go to amazon, look under dvd for robert benchley, and then you'll be in business.;p
Oh cool - found it ...*wish list*
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