A trip to the race track - Jack bets on Our Fancy: Jack Benny (January 23, 1955)

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“A trip to the race track - Jack bets on Our Fancy” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 23, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny takes his friends Mary Livingstone, Rochester and Dennis Day to the racetrack, where Jack plans to bet on the horse Our Fancy in the sixth race. Rochester is unhappy about a second telephone being installed, and Jack struggles to find lunch and to get useful tips at the track. Dennis explains his own unusual betting system, and Jack tries to persuade Mr. Paley to back his pick. This 1955 episode of The Jack Benny Program aired on NBC and CBS Radio and stars Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills, a racetrack, and a clubhouse lunch counter

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mr. Paley

Listen for: Jack's attempts to get a tip on Our Fancy and Dennis's explanation of his betting system

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.