My Birthday

February 5th is my birthday, and since I go by the name "Jack Benny" to honor him, I'll let you all celebrate with me by posting a direct download for an MP3 of one of the "real" Jack Bennys' old radio shows from Feb. 17, 1946. Here, you'll see that Jack wasn't always '39', in fact, he'd been fudging his age for a number of years before he ever reached '39'. In this show, Jack claims to have just turned 37, but Don Wilson points out that he was 37 the last year, and the year before that, and before that.

The title of the show is...

"Rochester Lost at Sea - Briefly MP3"

In the show, after Jack talks about his birthday with Don, Phil Harris is late (again) so Mary Livingston plays his part in a routine with Jack till Phil finaly arrives. Later Jack tells that while taking a violin lesson from Professor LeBlanc (played of course, by Mel Blanc), he learned Rochester was lost at sea.

To find out how everything turns out, well, you'll just have to tune in and enjoy.