What happens
Jack Benny practices archery in his Beverly Hills backyard with Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Don Wilson and Larry Stevens, and a bet over shooting an apple from Don's head leads to a series of mishaps. Later, a reporter visits Jack in his library to ask about his cast, and Jack recounts how he first met his valet Rochester in New York in 1936, after a traffic accident involving his old car and a taxi company. The program is part of the Jack Benny series, broadcast on March 11, 1945, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the leading roles.
Jack Benny's house in Beverly Hills, California, and his library, with flashback to New York in 1936
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Larry Stevens, Rochester, Joe Turner, Andrew H. Brown
Listen for: The archery bet with Don Wilson and the reporter's interview in the library, where Jack explains how he came to hire Rochester
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.