What happens
Jack Benny hosts this Jell-O broadcast from the Presidio army post in San Francisco, marking George Washington's birthday. Benny trades good-natured jabs with Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day and Rochester about where each of them is staying in town, with the cast's hotel and lodging claims growing increasingly absurd. Dennis Day sings a new number, and Mary Livingstone reads a poem for the soldiers. The episode aired on February 22, 1942, on NBC and CBS Radio.
The Presidio army post in San Francisco, California, during a live broadcast for soldiers
Characters: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Rochester
Listen for: The running jokes about where each cast member is staying in San Francisco, Dennis Day's debut of the song Private Buckaroo, and Mary Livingstone's poem for the soldiers
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.