What happens
Jack Benny opens the show by recounting his embarrassing Easter parade mishap, when his suspenders broke on Sunset and La Brea and his pants fell down. Don Wilson wonders why he is not in a new suit, and Phil Harris teases Jack about his own clothes. Jack insists that Don read a Jell-O commercial, and Don refuses, storming out of the studio. Mary Livingstone receives a letter from her mother, and Rochester calls to quit after Mr. Billingsley begins shooting at apples on his head. The episode is from the Jack Benny series, first broadcast on April 5, 1942, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris as the leads.
The Jack Benny radio show studio, with Jack's Easter parade mishap and Rochester's home as the other location.
Characters: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Mr. Billingsley
Listen for: Don Wilson refusing to read the Jell-O commercial and Jack's running jokes about tailoring and suits.
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.