Agreed - catch them now, especially any that featured Eddie Anderson as Rochester. The SJW crowd won’t allow those to hang around much longer, no matter how wrong they would be about the relationship of Jack Benny’s character with Rochester. Any I can recall seeing showed Rochester was usually 2 steps ahead of Jack while letting Jack think he was in charge. There certainly wasn’t any subservience on the part of Rochester, IMO.
A weak redux of that was Benson and Governor Gattling...they tried but no one should ever try to recreate the magic of the originals.
#lightninginabottle
As a long time fan of horse racing and employee of several big name barns as a teen back in the 70s here in New York and in Florida, I was pleasantly surprised when I looked up Eddie Anderson/Rochester’s background and learned that he too was a big fan of horse racing, even becoming a trainer later on his life. ...
Horse racing
Anderson was the owner of racehorses.[67] The best known of them was Burnt Cork, a Thoroughbred that ran in the 1943 Kentucky Derby, making him the first African-American owner of a horse entered into the Derby.[68][69]
Having been given the following day off by Benny, Anderson and his wife, Mamie, traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to see their horse run in the Derby. Since segregation in public accommodations was practiced there, the Andersons were invited to be guests at the home of Mae Street Kidd, a noted female African-American Kentucky politician.[70][71]
Both before and after the race, Anderson was accused of entering his horse in the race strictly for publicity purposes for himself, especially after Burnt Cork finished last. Those making the statements believed this tarnished the name and history of the race.
Jack Cuddy, a United Press International sports columnist, pointed out in his column that around the same time Burnt Cork ran last for Anderson, King George VI’s horse, Tipstaff, finished last at Ascot without any of the comments that surrounded Anderson.[72]
When Burnt Cork won an important race, Anderson came to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for work dressed as a Kentucky colonel; he also insisted on being called “Colonel Rochester”.[1]
After the Benny television show had left the air, Anderson turned back to his love of horses and racing, working as a trainer at the Hollywood Park Racetrack until shortly before his death.[23][73]
He acquired much of his knowledge when one of his racing horses, Up and Over, was injured in a fall; it was suggested that the horse be euthanized due to the extent of those injuries.
Anderson refused this and said he would take care of his injured animal. He spent extensive periods of time at the Paramount Pictures studio library, reading everything in their collection on equine anatomy. This led Anderson to a veterinary surgeon who was interested in helping Up and Over; together the two men got the thoroughbred back on his feet again.[19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_%22Rochester%22_Anderson#Horse_racing