What happens
Jack Benny broadcasts his program from the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Pierre in New York, with Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson and Abe Lyman and his orchestra. Benny trades jokes with Don Wilson about his unpopular status in New York, then receives a telegram from Kenny Baker about his trip. Abe Lyman complains about how he was portrayed, and Mary is surprised to learn she has an income tax problem. A singer named Bing Schoperman arrives hoping to perform, and the tension between Benny and Fred Allen escalates into threats of a fight. The 1937 Jello program is a comedy episode of the Jack Benny series, first broadcast on March 14, 1937, with Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone among the lead actors.
The Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Pierre in New York City, where the Jello program is broadcast.
Characters: Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Mary Livingstone, Abe Lyman, Fred Allen, Kenny Baker, Bing Schoperman, Phil Harris
Listen for: The running feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen, which builds through the program toward an threatened fight.
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.