Comedians

Kansas City Symphony fund-raiser. Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, unidentified man, Jack Benny.

Jack Benny with his fiddle at a Kansas City Symphony fund-raiser.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph C. Grew, and Bob Hope pin a Red Cross on President Truman for the 1948 fundraising campaign.

Former President Harry S. Truman and comedian Jack Benny at a fundraising concert for the Kansas City Symphony, held at the Music Hall of Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.

Entertainer Bob Hope (second from left) visits with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (second from right) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) at the Truman home. Also present is Joyce C. Hall (left).

Entertainer Bob Hope (left) visits with Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman (center) and former President Harry S. Truman (right) at the Truman home.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Jack Benny (right) rehearse their lines and look at an exhibit case for the filming of the "Jack Benny Program" television show at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Jack Benny (right) rehearse their lines and look at an exhibit case for the filming of the "Jack Benny Program" television show at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Jack Benny (right) rehearse their lines and look at an exhibit case for the filming of the "Jack Benny Program" television show at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Jack Benny (right) rehearse their lines for the filming of the "Jack Benny Program" television show at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.