What happens
Jack Benny and his friends gather at his Beverly Hills home to listen to the 1948 World Series on the radio. Rochester, Benny's valet, has been reading Benny's diary from his European trip, and Benny wonders aloud about a persistent echo that has followed him home. Dennis Day arrives wearing glasses, Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson join the group, and Phil Harris turns up with teasing remarks. Among the broadcast's crowded interruptions and commercials, the friends debate who will win the series and make small bets. This episode from the Jack Benny program aired on October 10, 1948, on NBC and CBS Radio, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris as the leads.
Jack Benny's house in Beverly Hills, California, during the World Series
Characters: Jack Benny, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Polly
Listen for: Benny's diary readings from his European trip, the mysterious echo, and the friends arguing over the World Series picks
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.