What happens
Jack Benny is in New York when radio host Fred Allen visits his hotel room and asks him to appear as a guest on his program. Benny is reluctant at first, and the two trade jokes while Benny is in his bath. Allen offers payment, and the pair haggle over the fee, with Benny's manager Rochester on hand. Benny's own show features Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day with a monkey he has picked up, and Phil Harris, and the episode is from 1946 on NBC and CBS Radio, broadcast on May 19, 1946.
A New York hotel, where Jack Benny is staying during his visit to the city.
Characters: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Rochester, Don Wilson
Listen for: The haggling over Fred Allen's fee while Jack Benny sits in his bath, and the banter about the monkey Dennis Day brought back.
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.