is insured by the sponsor for $1,000,000: Jack Benny (February 6, 1955)

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“is insured by the sponsor for $1,000,000” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 6, 1955. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny wakes at home in Beverly Hills and tries to make breakfast, but his orange juice disappears, and he wrongly accuses his butler Rochester of drinking it. Mary Livingstone arrives and confesses she drank it, and Jack apologizes to Rochester. Jack then learns his sponsor has taken out a million-dollar insurance policy on him and must go for a physical examination, which Rochester drives him to. Bob Crosby, Dennis, and the doctors' office provide further comic complications. The episode is from the Jack Benny program, broadcast February 6, 1955, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson, and Phil Harris in the lead roles.

Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills, a doctor's office, and the streets of Los Angeles

Characters: Jack Benny, Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Bob Crosby, Dennis, Dr. Gordon

Listen for: Jack's accusation that Rochester drank his orange juice and Jack's visit to the doctor for his insurance physical

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.