What happens
Jack Benny tries to trade in his old Maxwell automobile for a new Packard, with his wife Mary Livingstone and his chauffeur Rochester along for the trip. Phil Harris, Dennis Day and Don Wilson trade jokes with Benny in the studio while the heat wave bears down on Southern California. The episode is part of the Jack Benny radio series, first broadcast on October 20, 1940, on NBC and CBS Radio, with Benny, Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the lead roles. The story follows Benny's shopping trip to a Hollywood dealership, where he haggles over the value of his car.
Hollywood and Beverly Hills in Southern California during a heat wave, including a radio studio and an automobile showroom.
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Rochester, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mr. Collins, Mr. Vandermeer
Listen for: Benny's arguments with the car salesman over the trade-in value of the Maxwell, and Rochester's comments from the front seat.
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.