What happens
Jack Benny gets a phone call from Bob Crosby, who asks to borrow $500 and explains that he needs the money to bail out a friend. Jack is reluctant, and the conversation turns to Bing Crosby's collateral arrangements. Meanwhile, Jack's household is preparing for his personal appearance in San Francisco, and a series of visitors arrive, including Dennis Day, a would-be baseball player, Sherwood, and several auditioning performers. Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris are among the cast. The episode, from the Jack Benny series, was broadcast on April 19, 1953 on NBC and CBS Radio.
Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills, California, on the day before he leaves for a three-week engagement in San Francisco
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Bob Crosby, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Sherwood, Charmaine Francois
Listen for: Bob Crosby's request to borrow $500 and Jack's exchange with him about Bing Crosby's collateral; Jack's auditions for his San Francisco stage show
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.