What happens
Jack Benny gathers his radio cast on a Sunday rehearsal day, and the trouble begins with their new contracts. Benny's longtime announcer Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and Dennis Day each object to clauses they find unfair, while Rochester Anderson raises the matter of his own agreement. The series is Jack Benny, a show that aired on NBC and CBS Radio, and the episode originally aired on May 20, 1951. Lead actors include Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris. Benny insists the terms are generous, and the cast's grievances mount as the broadcast approaches.
A Sunday rehearsal and broadcast day at the studio, with the cast gathered before the Lucky Strike radio program.
Characters: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby
Listen for: Listen for the cast's complaints about their contracts and the lawyers they keep mentioning, and for the musical numbers the sponsor's quartet performs.
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.