Benjamin or Benny?

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I don't get to see $100 bills very often and so I've never paid attention to the picture of Ben Franklin on it. But the controversy about the U.S. government messing up on $100 bills got me looking more closely. The picture on the $100 bill looks a lot like the late Jack Benny. Here's the best picture I could find in the wikipedia entry (Jack Benny is third from the right):

Here's a link to the best one I could find but I'm not putting it here because I'm concerned about copyright. (Scroll down to the bottom.)

And now look at the picture of Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill.

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ThomasL writes:

Jack Benny, had he done nothing else, would deserve great and undying credit for his role in 'To Be or Not to Be'. "Yes, I thought you would react just that way..."

They do look alike. I hadn't seen it before either. I think it's the lips.

Posted December 9, 2010 5:53 PM

Richard A. writes:

From left to right --

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Dennis Day
Phil Harris
Mary Livingstone (Jack's wife)
Jack Benny
Don Wilson (Jack's announcer)
Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny and many, many others)

Posted December 9, 2010 7:03 PM

Jacob Oost writes:

You can also see a naked man with a large penis on a pack of Camel brand cigarettes. There is also a lion there. (no, I'm not a smoker or a pervert, it's something I remembered from high school psychology class over a decade ago).

Posted December 9, 2010 7:51 PM

Grant Gould writes:

Aren't the goldbugs always telling us it's just funny-money? Guess they were right this time.

Posted December 9, 2010 8:16 PM

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