tries to buy a ticket to the USC-UCLA game: Jack Benny (November 26, 1950)

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“tries to buy a ticket to the USC-UCLA game” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 26, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny and his companions set out for the USC-UCLA football game at the Coliseum. Before leaving, Jack copies the lineups from the newspaper, Dennis Day talks about his football days, and Rochester is sent to return the paper. Jack's neighbor Mr. Kitzel drops by with a roasting pan and a complaint about his brother-in-law's appetite, and Phil Harris stops by with a new Cadillac. The group drives to the stadium, pays for a parking lot, and gets separated in the crowd, while Jack and Mary struggle with a seating mix-up. The episode is part of the Jack Benny series, first aired on November 26, 1950, on NBC and CBS Radio, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the lead.

Jack Benny's house in Beverly Hills, then the streets and the Coliseum for the USC-UCLA football game

Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Dennis Day, Rochester, Phil Harris, Don Wilson, Mr. Kitzel, Mr. Savoni

Listen for: Jack's attempts to buy and locate his football tickets, and the trouble over seat 4 in row 72

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.