It was more than fictional. Benny was playing the Orpheum in Los Angeles and would frequent the May Company store across Broadway to court Sadie Marks, whom he had known from Seattle (she had a crush on him and he had ignored her). Legend has it that he bought so much hosiery from her she set a store record.
--Dave Sikula On Aug 28, 12:18 am, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Apropos of nothing but TV-related stuff, Jack Benny's wife/girlfriend > Mary Livingston was said to work at the May Company in L.A. as part of > Benny's fictionalized comedy life on his program. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
