Tries To Fire The Sportsmen: Jack Benny (November 3, 1946)

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“Tries To Fire The Sportsmen” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 3, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny asks his cast to gather at his house for publicity photographs, but the day goes awry. Jack, Mary Livingston, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day and Don Wilson gather at Jack's home, where Dennis is delayed and a photographer arrives to shoot the group. Jack's misunderstanding about the quartet leads him to visit a lawyer, Mr. Fisher, hoping to break a contract. The episode is from the Jack Benny series, first aired November 3, 1946 on NBC and CBS Radio, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Jack Benny's house in Beverly Hills, and later a lawyer's office in downtown Los Angeles

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

Listen for: Jack's confusion over the photographer and the quartet, and his visit to the lawyer's office

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.