What happens
Jack Benny returns to his hometown of Waukegan, Illinois, for the last broadcast of the 1939 season, staged at the Genesee Theatre. Jack, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and Don Wilson reminisce about Jack's old haunts, while Phil describes a night spent in a local jail and Mary reads a poem praising the town. Mayor Bidey Talcock makes a guest appearance, and Phil and Mary sing a duet before the premiere of Paramount's Man About Town. The broadcast aired on June 25, 1939, on NBC and CBS Radio, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the lead.
The stage of the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Illinois, during the final Jell-O program of the 1939 season
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Rochester, Mayor Bidey Talcock
Listen for: Jack's reunions with old acquaintances in Waukegan, Phil's account of spending a night in jail, and Mary's poem about the town
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.