What happens
Jack Benny, recovering from a blow to the head and a bad cold, lies in bed mourning a thousand-dollar deposit he paid on a yacht. His valet Rochester tries to cheer him up and reads to him from a novel, while Mary Livingston and Barry Livingston visit. A nurse, a telephone call from Phil Harris, and a visit from Dennis Day follow, with Benny becoming increasingly irritable. The episode is from the Jack Benny program, broadcast on NBC and CBS Radio on October 16, 1949, starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.
Jack Benny's home, where he is confined to bed while recovering from a cold and an injury.
Characters: Jack Benny, Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Barry Livingston, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Don Wilson
Listen for: Jack Benny's exasperated responses as a steady stream of visitors, nurses and advisers disrupt his attempts to rest.
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.