Movies: Robert Benchley

Lesson No. 1 is a 1929 comedy short....

Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short....

A brief, illustrated lecture on digestion. Aburdist humor is the hallmark of this pseudo-scientific description of biting, chewing, swallowing, and digesting food. The on-screen narrator begins with teeth, "little sentinels" as he calls them, and the...

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game....

Robert Benchley answers questions ranging from across the political spectrum....

While his wife is away, Frederick Stumplefinger lets his kids go out jitterbugging on a school night, only to have his wife return early....

Benchley fills in for a music critic on a radio show. His performance is less than stellar....

Robert Benchley's wry forerunner to "Father of the Bride" detailing his perspective of the upcoming nuptials....

Robert Benchley's everyman spends an evening home alone....

After some investigation, Robert Benchley finds his nerves are in a bad state. He has the jitters so bad he can't hold his cup still enough to drink his coffee, and he thinks the arrival of some plumbers is just a giant conspiracy to keep him unnerve...

Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands and shave. Then she sends him to the store for some butter, and he comes back with everything - excep...

Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of authority (real or imagined)....

Robert Benchley explains Technocracy with visual aids in his classic befuddled manor....

In this Robert Benchley instructional video, he demonstrates the pitfalls of a homebody husband attempting to take a vacation apart from his wife....

Robert takes a train ride to Washington, DC, on "important business."...

Robert Benchley revamps his pre-code classic "Sex Life of the Polyp" for a new generation....

Robert Benchley lectures on physical witness in middle age....

Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right....

Robert Benchley aims his keen observational skills toward expectant fathers....

Robert Benchley shows how to successfully play croquet....