The Benny printing press - Ronald Colman wins the Oscar: Jack Benny (March 21, 1948)

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“The Benny printing press - Ronald Colman wins the Oscar” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 21, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny's household is busy on a spring day in Beverly Hills, with Rochester doing the house cleaning and Benny celebrating news that Ronald Colman has won an Academy Award. Mary Livingstone visits and asks Benny to a preview, but he must give a speech at a club meeting that evening. Dennis Day arrives with a message from his mother about the program, and Phil Harris calls to invite Benny fishing. Benny's broadcast is part of the Lucky Strike program, first aired March 21, 1948, on NBC.

Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills on the first day of spring, 1948, and later the meeting of the Beverly Hills Beavers club

Characters: Jack Benny, Rochester, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Ronald Colman

Listen for: Benny's speech to the Beverly Hills Beavers club on the subject of thrift

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.