Guest Leo Durocher - Leo and Jack watch the World Series: Jack Benny (October 4, 1953)

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“Guest Leo Durocher - Leo and Jack watch the World Series” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 4, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny hosts a Saturday in his home, where he, Mary Livingstone and Dennis Day gather to watch the World Series on television. Baseball manager Leo Durocher unexpectedly drops in and joins the group. Rochester keeps busy with chores while Jack teases Dennis about a bet. Jack Benny stars, with Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris among the regulars. The episode originally aired on October 4, 1953 on NBC and CBS Radio.

Jack Benny's home, on a day off, as the World Series is about to be televised

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

Listen for: Leo Durocher's unexpected arrival and the television set failing during the game

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.