What happens
Jack Benny argues with Don Wilson over a quotation attributed to John Paul Jones, and the dispute escalates until Benny storms out of the studio and goes home. Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson and Larry Stevens appear in the early exchanges, which mix jokes about Phil Harris's infancy, a reporter from Esquire asking Benny's age, and a fan letter read aloud for Larry Stevens. The episode is from the Jack Benny radio series, first broadcast on December 3, 1944, on NBC and CBS Radio. Benny's stubbornness over a point of naval history drives the comedy, which moves from the studio to his home, where Rochester is the only one present.
A radio studio during a live Lucky Strike broadcast, then Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Larry Stevens, Don Wilson, Dennis Day
Listen for: The running argument over whether John Paul Jones or Captain James Lawrence said 'Don't give up the ship', and Phil Harris's claim to have been in show business from birth
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.