The Last First Comic: How Burlesque Died and Irv Benson Lived to Tell It!
- 2011
- 1h 30m
101 year old Irv Benson is the last surviving comedian that got their start in America's burlesque theater. Comedians such as Red Skelton, Abbott and Costello, Jackie Gleason and Milton Berl... Read all101 year old Irv Benson is the last surviving comedian that got their start in America's burlesque theater. Comedians such as Red Skelton, Abbott and Costello, Jackie Gleason and Milton Berle. And now, Irv is the last one left.101 year old Irv Benson is the last surviving comedian that got their start in America's burlesque theater. Comedians such as Red Skelton, Abbott and Costello, Jackie Gleason and Milton Berle. And now, Irv is the last one left.