Violin Lesson Don Mad At Jack: Jack Benny (December 5, 1948)

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“Violin Lesson Don Mad At Jack” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 5, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Jack Benny takes a violin lesson at his Beverly Hills home from Professor LeBlanc, who keeps losing patience with his pupil. Mary Livingstone and Don Wilson drop by, and a quarrel between Jack and Don over history leads to a standoff. Phil Harris calls about a hunting trip, and Dennis Day arrives with football talk. The Jack Benny program, sponsored by Lucky Strike, aired on NBC and CBS Radio on December 5, 1948, starring Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris.

Jack Benny's home in Beverly Hills, California

Characters: Jack Benny, Professor LeBlanc, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Rochester, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, Eddie Anderson

Listen for: Jack and Don arguing over whether Kipling or Shakespeare wrote a famous line

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.