Prominent Hollywood publicist Michael Levine has been recruited to lead the campaign to get Jack Benny on a 39-cent stamp. "The extraordinary good will felt by millions of Americans and countless others throughout the world toward Jack Benny make him a great symbolic ambassador of the post office," said Levine.

Working in conjunction with the International Jack Benny Fan Club and noted celebrities who knew and worked with Benny, Levine will lead an effort to have 20,000 letters and petition signatures sent to the U.S. Post Office’s Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee to reflect Benny’s enduring appeal and popularity.

Jack Benny was active through sixty years and four eras of American entertainment: vaudeville, motion pictures, radio, and television. His warm, gentle humor made tens of millions laugh, and continues to inspire new fans with its timelessness. Along with being perennially 39 years old, Benny’s character was known for his stinginess (including driving a Maxwell car that was forever on the verge of extinction) and his vain attempts at playing the violin. Jack was a World War I veteran, and entertained American troops overseas through World War II and Korea, contributing as much time to the armed forces as his contemporary, Bob Hope. Benny was also recently selected as one of Variety's 100 Icons of the 20th Century and included in the Comedy Channel's top 30 comedians of all time.

Laura Leff, President of the International Jack Benny Fan Club observed, “Having Jack Benny on a 39-cent stamp has long been a dream of many fans.  But I’m sure that Jack himself would have had a few comments about the price!”

Stamp supporters can sign the online petition at www.jackbenny.org, or write letters directly to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee in Alexandria, Virginia.

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