Dream Of Killing Quartet - Chiss Sweeze: Jack Benny (October 27, 1946)

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“Dream Of Killing Quartet - Chiss Sweeze” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 27, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny, a radio comedian, is annoyed by the quartet that sings his commercials and wishes he could get rid of them. After a day at the studio, Jack and Mary Livingstone stop for a snack, and Dennis Day and Phil Harris join them amid comic bickering over orders and the weigh-in card. Later at home, Jack goes to bed and dreams that the quartet steps out of his radio. The episode is a 1946 Jack Benny program, first broadcast on October 27, 1946, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris among the leads.

Hollywood, California: the studio, a drugstore, Jack Benny's house, and a dream courtroom

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Rochester, Don Wilson, Polly

Listen for: The quartet's commercial jingle and Jack's dream about the quartet

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.