Death At Midnight Part 2: Jack Benny (June 6, 1937)

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“Death At Midnight Part 2” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 6, 1937. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny panics when he loses the diamond wristwatch that Phil Harris gave him for Christmas, and he dreads facing Phil without it. Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson try to help, placing a newspaper ad and asking around, while Kenny Baker drops by. A man arrives claiming to have found a watch, and Jack negotiates a reward. The program is a Jell-O broadcast from the Jack Benny series, first aired on June 6, 1937, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the leading roles.

Jack Benny's office at the studio, where the cast gathers before the broadcast.

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Kenny Baker

Listen for: Jack's growing anxiety about the lost watch and the negotiation with the man who says he found it.

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.