What happens
Jack Benny prepares for a vaudeville engagement in Chicago and New York, with help from Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Dennis Day and Phil Harris. Mary tries to advise Jack on a stage outfit, Jack practices a bow and a tap dance, and Dennis and Phil offer their own ideas for the act. Later, Ronald and Benita Colman are invited to the broadcast, and Jack offers to drive them there in his car. This is a 1947 episode of the Jack Benny program, first aired April 27, 1947 on NBC and CBS Radio, with Benny, Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the leading roles.
Beverly Hills, California, and the streets between the Benny house and the Colmans' home, in the days before the Chicago trip.
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Ronald Colman, Benita Colman
Listen for: Jack's attempts at a stage bow and tap dance, Rochester's offbeat advice, and the car ride with the Colmans.
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.