What happens
Jack Benny is visited at home by two Income Tax Department agents, Mr. Kerns and Mr. Wright, who want to review his previous year's return. Benny insists he spent only seventeen dollars on entertainment, while his butler Rochester explains how his pay is handled. The agents question Benny about his violin expenses, which leads them to his violin teacher, Professor LeBlanc. Earlier, Benny has been in a steam cabinet, Mary Livingstone invites the cast to a party, and Dennis Day and Phil Harris drop by his home. The broadcast is a 1952 episode of the Jack Benny series, first aired on March 16, 1952, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the leading roles.
Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills
Characters: Jack Benny, Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Mr. Kerns, Mr. Wright, Professor LeBlanc
Listen for: Benny insisting that he spent only seventeen dollars on entertainment, and Rochester's account of his take-home pay
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.