What happens
Jack Benny celebrates his birthday during a broadcast from March Field, with Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and Dennis Day among the cast. Friendly jokes about his age and a surprise party follow, and the program has him promise a 36-hour pass to a soldier in the audience. Later, Rochester's party at the Benny house gets out of hand, prompting a call from Mary Livingstone. Jack then recalls a trip to Egypt with Larry Adler, where he bargains for a camel in Cairo's bazaar. The episode is a Jack Benny show, broadcast on February 13, 1944, on NBC and CBS Radio, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.
A radio broadcast from March Field, California, followed by Jack Benny's recollections of a trip to Cairo, Egypt.
Characters: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Rochester, Larry Adler
Listen for: Jack's bargaining with the clerk over the camel in Cairo, and Mary's call with Rochester's party.
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.