Steals A Girl From Phil Harris: Jack Benny (November 13, 1938)

“Steals A Girl From Phil Harris” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 13, 1938. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone and Phil Harris argue on the Jell-O program after Jack is seen at the Wilshire Bowl with Barbara Whitney, a girl Phil had been dating. Phil taunts Jack about the romance and about a bouquet of roses, and Kenny Baker is drawn into the feud. Jack, Mary and Rochester then drive to Dracula Drive to consult the fortune teller Madame Zombie, hoping to learn whether Barbara really cares for him. The episode is the 1938 broadcast from NBC and CBS Radio, starring Jack Benny with Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Beverly Hills and the Wilshire Bowl, then a visit to a fortune teller's house on Dracula Drive

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Kenny Baker, Rochester, Barbara Whitney, Madame Zombie

Listen for: Phil's teasing of Jack over Barbara Whitney, and Jack and Mary's visit to Madame Zombie's dark parlor

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.