What happens
Jack Benny broadcasts from Washington, D.C., where he is the guest of honor at a dinner given by the French Embassy. Mary Livingstone, Kenny Baker, Don Wilson and Johnny Green join him for a lively program of banter about Washington, the state of the Union, and St. Patrick's Day. Jack is invited to the embassy banquet and attends in formal dress, where he meets a series of dignitaries and guests. The episode is a comedy of errors around the dinner, with Jack's speech and a running gag about Jello. Series: Jack Benny. Original air date: March 15, 1936. Network: NBC / CBS Radio. Lead actors: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson, Phil Harris.
Washington, D.C., in 1936, including a radio broadcast and a French Embassy dinner at the Ritz.
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Don Wilson, Kenny Baker, Johnny Green, Senator Fudlberry, Congressman Van Snooft, Benjamin Franklin
Listen for: Jack's mock speech at the embassy banquet and the running jokes about Jello and Washington's officials.
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.