What happens
Jack Benny prepares for a Thanksgiving dinner with his household staff, Rochester and Mary Livingstone, taking inventory of the pantry and supplies. Visitors including Bob Crosby, Dennis Day and Don Wilson drop in with requests and minor complications, while Mel Blank complains about his role on the show. Jack and Mary then go shopping at a market for a turkey, where the bird gets away from them in the street. The episode is part of the Jack Benny series, broadcast on November 29, 1953, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris as the lead cast.
Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills and a local supermarket, the day before Thanksgiving
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Bob Crosby, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mel Blank, Mr. Kitzel
Listen for: Jack's inventory of the pantry and the turkey shopping trip at the market
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.