What happens
Jack Benny and his valet Rochester go over the household bills after returning from Europe, while the house fills with visitors including Dennis Day and Phil Harris. Mary Livingstone reads a letter from her mother about the reviews of Benny's opening program. The episode then turns to Mary's account of the couple's trip to Venice, where a sightseeing gondola ride goes awkwardly wrong for Jack and Mary. This 1950 episode of the Jack Benny radio series aired on September 17, 1950, with Benny, Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the leading roles.
Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills, and a gondola sightseeing tour on the canals of Venice
Characters: Jack Benny, Rochester, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris
Listen for: Mary Livingstone's account of the gondola ride in Venice and Jack Benny's Italian-speaking tour guide exchanges
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.