What happens
Jack Benny celebrates his birthday on his radio program, and his friends and cast gather to mark the occasion with greetings, teasing and gifts. Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson and Kenny Baker trade jokes around him as the presents arrive, including a cake from Kenny and a potato from Mary. Later, Jack's prized violin goes missing, and the mood shifts when a guest, Ben Bernie, is reported to have vanished. The episode is part of the Jack Benny series, broadcast on February 14, 1937, on NBC and CBS Radio, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the lead roles.
A radio studio during Jack Benny's birthday broadcast, on Valentine's Day.
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson, Kenny Baker, Don Wilson, Ben Bernie
Listen for: The running jokes about Jack's age and his violin, and the moment the cast learns that Ben Bernie has disappeared.
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.