What happens
Jack Benny and his regulars perform a comedy broadcast for an army audience in Palm Springs, California, during World War II. Jack, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day and Don Wilson trade jokes about soldiers in town, rationing and Thanksgiving dinners. The show builds to a sketch in which Jack and his tank crew are sent on a mission to capture General Rommel in North Africa. This episode is part of the Jack Benny series, broadcast on NBC and CBS Radio on November 29, 1942, and the cast includes Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.
A broadcast from the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, California, followed by a comedy drama set in North Africa.
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Eddie Anderson, General Rommel
Listen for: Jack's tank crew stopping for gas in the desert and their encounter with a man in a long robe who turns out to be Rommel.
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.