- Jack Eigen was born on May 23, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for I Surrender Dear (1948), Buddy Rich and His Orchestra (1949) and Louis Prima and His Orchestra (1948). He died on January 23, 1983 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
- On February 15, 1954, Jack Eigen engaged in a kiss with actress Cleo Moore that lasted for an estimated five minutes. Moore -- who was promoting her movie "Bait" -- and Eigen locked lips during a live broadcast of Eigen's show on Chicago's WBKB (ABC's Channel 7). The following day, following a flood of calls from irate viewers, WBKB's station manager, Sterling "Red" Quinlan, sent Eigen a telegram informing him that he was being dismissed from his job "due to extreme poor taste exhibited in [Monday night's] telecast...".
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