goes shopping with Mary in Scotland: Jack Benny (September 21, 1952)

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“goes shopping with Mary in Scotland” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 21, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone are in Scotland on a personal appearance trip. Jack has lunch with Dennis Day and Bob Crosby at a Los Angeles drugstore, where Dennis insists on singing and the group talks about Jack's upcoming television debut. Back in Glasgow, a band serenades Jack at his hotel window, and Jack's valet Rochester is sent out to find a gift. Jack and Mary go shopping at the Bonnie Heather department store, where Jack haggles over the price of a bottle of perfume. This episode of the Jack Benny program aired on September 21, 1952, on NBC and CBS Radio, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Los Angeles drugstore, then Glasgow, Scotland, including a hotel and the Bonnie Heather department store

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby, Don Wilson

Listen for: Jack haggling with the clerk over the price of the perfume

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.