Editing Jack Benny (section)

==Honors and tributes==
In 1960, Benny was inducted into the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] with three stars. His stars for television and [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|motion pictures]] are located at 6370 and 6650 [[Hollywood Boulevard]], respectively, and at 1505 [[Vine Street]] for radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/jack-benny |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame – Jack Benny |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=November 16, 2017 |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116141857/http://www.walkoffame.com/jack-benny |url-status=live }}</ref> He was inducted into the [[Television Hall of Fame]] in 1988<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/hall-of-fame-honorees|title=Honorees|website=Television Academy|access-date=July 13, 2019|archive-date=August 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828154456/https://www.emmys.com/awards/hall-of-fame-honorees|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiohof.org/jack_benny.htm|title=National Radio Hall of Fame – Jack Benny|access-date=November 16, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116132141/http://www.radiohof.org/jack_benny.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/461393-THE_BROADCASTING_CABLE_HALL_OF_FAME.php |title=The Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame |publisher=Broadcastingcable.com |date=December 21, 2010 |access-date=May 10, 2014 |archive-date=October 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023223941/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/461393-THE_BROADCASTING_CABLE_HALL_OF_FAME.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

Benny was inducted as a laureate of [[The Lincoln Academy of Illinois]] and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the state's highest honor) by the governor of Illinois in 1972 in the area of the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-44|title=Laureates by Year|website=The Lincoln Academy of Illinois|language=en-US|access-date=March 7, 2016|archive-date=September 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204516/http://thelincolnacademyofillinois.org/4632-2/#toggle-id-44|url-status=dead}}</ref>

''A Tribute To Jack Benny'', written and narrated by [[Charles Kuralt]], was aired on [[CBS-TV]] on the day of his funeral, including coverage of the funeral service.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=December 31, 1974|page=5|title=Television review: A Tribute To Jack Benny|author=Daku.}}</ref>

When the price of a standard first-class U.S. postal stamp was increased to 39 cents in 2006, fans petitioned for a Jack Benny stamp to honor his stage persona's perpetual age. The U.S. Postal Service had issued a stamp depicting Benny in 1991 as part of a booklet of stamps honoring comedians; however, the stamp was issued at the then-current rate of 29 cents.<ref>[http://usapostagestamps.com/2019/29c+Jack+Benny.+Comedians+Issue+1991/ Jack Benny Postage Stamp] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416081023/http://www.usapostagestamps.com/2019/29c+Jack+Benny.+Comedians+Issue+1991/ |date=April 16, 2021 }} Stamp Title:
29c Jack Benny. Comedians Issue 1991
Issue Year: 1991 Date of Issue: August 29, 1991
Face Value: 29c Stanley Gibbons Catalogue No: 2607 Scott Catalogue No: 2564
Printer: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Issue Copies: 139,995,600
Designer(s): Al Hirshfeld
Theme(s): Cartoon/Animation
Description: 29c Jack Benny. Comedians Issue 1991</ref>

Jack Benny Middle School in Waukegan is named after Benny.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://benny.wps60.org/|title=Jack Benny Middle School|website=benny.wps60.org|access-date=February 2, 2015|archive-date=September 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911193548/http://benny.wps60.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> Its motto matches his famous statement as "Home of the '39ers." A statue of Benny with his violin stands in downtown Waukegan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-jack-benny-plaque-st-0216-20150215-story.html|title=Historical marker on Waukegan home honors Jack Benny on his birthday|last=Olson|first=Yadira Sanchez|website=Chicago Tribune|date=February 16, 2015|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410205718/https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-jack-benny-plaque-st-0216-20150215-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waukeganil.gov/473/The-Jack-Benny-Residence|title=The Jack Benny Residence {{!}} Waukegan, IL – Official Website|website=www.waukeganil.gov|access-date=April 10, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410194625/https://www.waukeganil.gov/473/The-Jack-Benny-Residence|url-status=live}}</ref>

The British comedian [[Benny Hill]], whose original name was Alfred Hawthorne Hill, changed his name as a tribute to Jack Benny.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7547472/Benny-Hill.html |title=Benny Hill – Telegraph |website=www.telegraph.co.uk |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423072452/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7547472/Benny-Hill.html |archive-date=23 April 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was mentioned by [[Emmett Brown|Doc Brown]] in ''[[Back to the Future]]'', in which Doc guesses who would be [[Secretary of the Treasury]] by 1985, not believing [[Ronald Reagan]] was President of the United States of America.