What happens
Jack Benny fires his singing quartet after a dispute, and his sponsor, Mr. Rigio, calls from New York insisting he rehire them. Benny stands his ground, citing his contract, while Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and Dennis Day react to the dispute. Benny's cast worries about their jobs, and Benny starts to consider a way to bring the quartet back. Jack Benny is the lead, with Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris among the cast, and the program was broadcast on Lucky Strike's sponsorship on March 2, 1947.
Jack Benny's radio studio and the cast's surroundings in Hollywood, California, with a telephone call from New York.
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Rochester, Mr. Rigio
Listen for: Benny's argument with his sponsor over rehiring the quartet, and the cast's reactions as their jobs are threatened.
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.