What happens
Jack Benny, a guest conductor Benny Goodman, and the regular cast gather at a New York theatre for a broadcast of the Jack Benny series, first aired on December 13, 1942. Benny jokes about his stay at the Acme Plaza hotel, where he has been unable to leave for lack of money, and his cast mates trade banter with him. Actor Gary Cooper arrives, and Benny prepares to show him around New York. The two set out to see the sights and the nightlife, with Mary Livingston, Dennis Day and Phil Harris joining in the exchanges. The transcript ends before their evening reaches a conclusion.
A broadcast from the Vanderbilt Theatre in New York City, followed by a night out in New York.
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Dennis Day, Rochester, Don Wilson, Benny Goodman, Phil Harris, Gary Cooper
Listen for: Benny's running jokes about the Acme Plaza hotel and his lack of money, and his tour of New York with Gary Cooper.
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.