hin ’ ▁fun ny . ▁ ▁Andy : ▁Well , ▁Am os , ▁it ' s ▁just ▁like ▁I ▁told ▁ya ’ , ▁he ▁ain ' t ▁not hin ’ ▁without ▁Ro chester . ▁ ▁– ▁L augh ter ▁and ▁app la use ▁– ▁ ▁Jack ▁Ben ny ▁and ▁Ro chester ▁had ▁numerous ▁running ▁g ags , ▁often ▁based ▁on ▁Ro chester ' s ▁g amb ling , ▁attempts ▁to ▁e va de ▁work , ▁desire ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁Central ▁Avenue ▁to ▁drink , ▁and ▁Ben ny ' s ▁business ▁vent ures , ▁or ▁s idel ines ▁( s elling ▁sand wich es , ▁running ▁a ▁la und ry ▁service , ▁etc .). ▁ ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Central ▁Avenue ▁ ▁While ▁Anderson ▁was ▁born ▁and ▁raised ▁in ▁the ▁Oak land ▁area , ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁African - American ▁community ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁work ▁in ▁films . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁success ▁on ▁the ▁Ben ny ▁radio ▁show , ▁the ▁community ▁thought ▁of ▁him ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁and ▁was ▁proud ▁of ▁his ▁rise ▁to ▁st ard om . ▁The ▁reality ▁of ▁an ▁African - American ▁mayor ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁would ▁not ▁come ▁in ▁this ▁era ; ▁for ▁many ▁years , ▁those ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁Central ▁Avenue ▁area ▁had ▁held ▁mock ▁elections , ▁with ▁the ▁winner ▁being ▁known ▁as ▁" the ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Central ▁Avenue ". ▁The ▁title ▁holder ▁had ▁both ▁the ▁right ▁and ▁the ▁duty ▁to ▁speak ▁up ▁about ▁issues ▁affect