What happens
Jack Benny returns from his summer break for the opening broadcast of his new season on radio, and the episode follows the cast as they prepare. A sightseeing bus tours Beverly Hills, passing the homes of Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, and Phil Harris, whose lives are shown in comic detail. Mary's maid Pauline recalls her summer visits from Jack, and Dennis's mother lectures him about money and Jack. Benny, nervous before the show, finds his scripts left behind on the bus. The episode is a 1949 broadcast of The Jack Benny Program, first aired on September 11, 1949, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson, and Phil Harris in the lead roles.
Beverly Hills and Hollywood, California, on a Sunday in September 1949
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Rochester, Don Wilson, Pauline, Tom
Listen for: Benny's frustration when he loses his scripts on the sightseeing bus
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.