A Walk Through The Easter Parade: Jack Benny (April 17, 1949)

“A Walk Through The Easter Parade” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 17, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

On Easter Sunday in Beverly Hills, Jack Benny prepares for a stroll down Wilshire Boulevard while his valet Rochester lays out his clothes. Rochester finds Benny's diary and reads entries about his recent trip to New York, including a dinner party at the home of William Paley. Benny and Mary Livingston join the Easter crowds, meeting a neighbor boy with a rabbit, Phil Harris, Don Wilson and others along the way. The Jack Benny program aired on NBC and CBS Radio on April 17, 1949, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Beverly Hills and Wilshire Boulevard on Easter Sunday

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Rochester, Phil Harris, Joey, Don Wilson, Dennis Day, Murray

Listen for: Rochester reading Benny's diary and the rabbit exchange with the neighbor boy Joey

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.