What happens
Jack Benny ends his season with a final show full of his usual bickering with Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby and Rochester. Benny jokes about his busy year and his thrifty habits, and Rochester calls with news that he is getting married. Benny then recounts a trip to Venice, where a sightseeing gondola ride goes awry for him and Mary. The guide's Italian commentary is mangled in the retelling, and Benny works on a joke he plans for next season. Rochester then calls back with news that the wedding is off. The transcript ends before the program closes.
Jack Benny's radio studio at the end of the 1952-53 season, with flashbacks to a trip to Venice
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby, Rochester, Mabel, Don Wilson
Listen for: Benny's recollection of the gondola ride in Venice and Mary's exchanges with the sightseeing guide
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.