I was a little kid when Jack Benny was still around in the 60s and 70s. He died in '74 when I was starting high school, and I remember that everyone spoke incredibly warmly about what a nice guy he was in real life; nobody had a bad word to say about him.
I think one of his most classic skits was with violinist Gisele MacKenzie, probably in the 1950s, and their "legendary violin duet." She outperforms him and he is struggling mightily between politeness and exasperation.
Then, apparently a few weeks later, a little 12 year old girl appeared on the show and also offered to play a violin duet with him. (I think this clip has more prolog). Benny, of course, assumes that this small child can't possibly repeat the experience of a partner fiddling rings around him and leaving him in her dust. But....
