visits a sick Dennis: Jack Benny (December 26, 1954)

“visits a sick Dennis” is an episode of Jack Benny, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 26, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Jack Benny spends Christmas week visiting his friends around Beverly Hills, starting at home with his servants Rochester and Roy. Jack delivers a gift to Ed, the man who guards his vault, and later pays a call on Dennis Day, who has a bad cold. Dennis plays a record for the visitors, and the visit gets complicated when Mrs. Day arrives with her opinions about her son's care. The episode is part of the Jack Benny radio series, first broadcast on December 26, 1954, on NBC and CBS Radio, with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the lead roles.

Jack Benny's house in Beverly Hills, the vault and moat on his grounds, and Dennis Day's home during the Christmas holidays

Characters: Jack Benny, Rochester, Roy, Ed, Dennis Day, Mrs. Day, Don Wilson, Mel

Listen for: Jack's visit to Dennis Day, who is sick in bed, and his friction with Mrs. Day

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.