According to Jack Benny 's posthumous autobiography , '' Sunday Nights at Seven '' , the tone of racial humor surrounding Rochester declined following World War II , once the enormity of The Holocaust was revealed . After the war , Benny and his writers made a conscious effort to remove all stereotypical aspects from the Rochester character . The changing times became very apparent in 1948 , when a 1941 script was re-used on '' The Jack Benny Program '' . The script including several African-American stereotypes — for example , a reference to Rochester carrying a razor — and prompted some listeners , who were unaware the script was reused , to send in angry letters protesting the stereotypes . Thereafter , Benny insisted that his writers guarantee that no racial jokes or references should be heard on his show . Benny often gave key guest-star appearances to African-American performers such as Louis Armstrong and The Ink Spots , and Benny himself made numerous personal appeals on his show , asking listeners to reject racism in favor of fraternity and peaceful relations between all races of the world
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson