What happens
Jack Benny and his cast perform a comedy broadcast from Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1944. Jack tours the city with Don Wilson, meets a visiting official, and Mary Livingston reminisces about her hometown. Phil Harris is introduced as a bandleader Jack is struggling to manage, and the program gives a farewell to Dennis Day, who is leaving to join the Navy. The show is part of the Jack Benny series, first broadcast on April 23, 1944, and the lead cast includes Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.
Vancouver, British Columbia, during a live broadcast in 1944
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Rochester, Ruby Wagner, Mayor Cornette
Listen for: Jack's tour of Vancouver with Don Wilson and the bathtub and bagpipe bits, Mary's reunion with her old school friend Ruby, and Dennis Day's farewell as he prepares to join the Navy.
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.