Sees A Doctor: Jack Benny (November 7, 1954)

“Sees A Doctor” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 7, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jack Benny spends an afternoon before rehearsal running errands and pausing at a drugstore, where he bickers with Mary Livingstone and Dennis Day. Jack then goes to his doctor's office with Mary to get a vitamin shot and see his X-ray pictures. In the waiting room he meets an odd patient who believes he is a rabbit, and Jack is sent to a different doctor than planned. The episode aired on November 7, 1954, on NBC and CBS Radio, and its cast includes Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

A drugstore, a radio studio and a doctor's office in Los Angeles

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Dennis Day, Bob Crosby, Don Wilson, Dr. Stevens, Dr. Nelson

Listen for: The waiting room scene with the patient who thinks he is a rabbit, and Jack's mix-up with Dr. Nelson

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.