A gossip article about Jack: Jack Benny (October 26, 1952)

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“A gossip article about Jack” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 26, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny is nervous about a visit from columnist Louella Parsons, who is coming to interview him for an article about his career. He invites his friends to dinner and asks them to keep the conversation away from his last interview with her, which appeared in a fan magazine. Dennis Day, Bob Crosby and the Sportsmen Quartet all have plans of their own for the evening. This episode of the Jack Benny Program aired on October 26, 1952, on NBC and CBS Radio, and stars Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and a sightseeing bus tour through the city

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Bob Crosby, Don Wilson, Louella Parsons

Listen for: Jack's nervousness before Louella Parsons arrives and his attempts to keep the fan magazine article off the table

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.