Trick Or Treating With The Beavers: Jack Benny (October 31, 1948)

“Trick Or Treating With The Beavers” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 31, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jack Benny takes a group of neighborhood children from the Beavers Club trick-or-treating across Beverly Hills on Halloween night. Benny visits Mary Livingston, who is startled by his mask, and the group later stops at the homes of Dennis Day and Phil Harris, where a series of comic mishaps and exchanges unfolds. The Jack Benny program aired on NBC and CBS Radio on October 31, 1948, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the cast. The episode is a light Halloween comedy built around Benny's sketches with the kids and his visits with his regular cast.

Beverly Hills, on Halloween night

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Pauline, Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mr. Ketsel

Listen for: Benny's trick-or-treat visits to Mary Livingston, Dennis Day and Phil Harris, and the Beavers' comic exchanges with him.

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.