Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to another bonus comedy episode from down these mean streets.

This week we're looking to the Jack Benny program, though not the show itself.

Instead, we're shining a light on its outstanding supporting cast, arguably one of the best in radio.

Benny's show-made stars of his fellow cast members,

including his real-life wife Mary Livingston,

Eddie Rochester Anderson, announcer Don Wilson, and the two men will hear today,

Dennis Day and Phil Harris.

Both were key components of Benny's ensemble cast.

Dennis was the boyish tenor with an illogical streak to rival Gracie Allen's.

Phil was a hard-living, hard-drinking maestro, more comfortable with a pool cue than a baton.

It's no surprise that their success on the Jack Benny program led to shows of their own and many jokes at

Benny's expense about how his co-stars had two shows to his one. In this

week's episode we'll hear Dennis and Phil in their own very funny radio comedies.

First up is a day in the life of Dennis Day, which ran on NBC from 1946 until 1951.

Day starred, appropriately enough, as Dennis Day,

a character similar to his Jack Benny persona, but not intended to be the same person.

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