Don Wilson's New Contract: Jack Benny (January 23, 1949)

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“Don Wilson's New Contract” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 23, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny and Don Wilson spend a long morning locked in the den, arguing over Don's new contract. Don wants more money, and Jack keeps offering other perks, including a clause forbidding eating during broadcasts. Mary Livingston arrives and mentions a party at Barbara Stanley's home that she plans to attend. Later Jack visits a dentist's office across the hall, where a series of mix-ups leave him in the chair. The Jack Benny program aired on January 23, 1949 on NBC and CBS Radio, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Jack Benny's house in Los Angeles, and a dentist's office across the hall

Characters: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Dr. Nelson

Listen for: Jack and Don's argument over the contract in the den, and Jack's visit to the dentist

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.