So Now You Know

During his early radio shows, Benny adopted a medley of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and "Love in Bloom" as his theme music, opening every show. The strange interpolation of "Yankee Doodle Dandy" seems to have been an inside joke at Benny's expense: Jack Warner of Warner Brothers had once promised to cast Jack Benny in the film "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (which didn't happen). "Love in Bloom" later became the theme of his television show as well.