A radio D.J. wakes Jack at 4 in the morning - Jack takes a walk: Jack Benny (November 1, 1953)

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“A radio D.J. wakes Jack at 4 in the morning - Jack takes a walk” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 1, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny is woken at four in the morning by a phone call from a disc jockey named Hank, who asks a trivia question and hangs up when Jack objects. Annoyed and unable to get back to sleep, Jack decides to take an early morning walk. Along the way he meets the street cleaner Mac, who is picking up a sleeping Frank Remley, and he encounters Bob Crosby and his band heading out hunting before sunrise. The story is told in the classic Jack Benny Program style, with Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson as Rochester, and Phil Harris among the regulars who appear. The episode aired on November 1, 1953.

Jack Benny's house in Beverly Hills and the surrounding streets in the early morning, and later a Hollywood clothing store

Characters: Jack Benny, Hank the disc jockey, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Mac the street cleaner, Frank Remley, Bob Crosby, Don Wilson

Listen for: Jack's escalating frustration with the disc jockey's phone call and Rochester's late-night return

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.