Irma and her roommate Jane live together in New York, and Irma's habit of making poor decisions causes trouble. Irma buys a fur coat on Second Avenue for eighty dollars, but the garment looks worthless and sheds everywhere, and Jane insists it must be taken back. The episode is part of the My Friend Irma series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on June 13, 1947, with Marie Wilson as Irma and Cathy Lewis as Jane. Irma and her friends set out to recover the money from the shop, and their efforts bring them to the Better Business Bureau and the trolley lines, where their plans grow ever more complicated.
Characters: Irma, Jane, Al, Professor Kropotkin, Mrs. O'Reilly, Mr. Boothby, Mr. Gerard
The transcript of “The Fur Coat”, an episode of My Friend Irma first broadcast June 13, 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Search inside this transcript.
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The Columbia Broadcasting System presents the new comedy. My friend Irma. During Marie Wilson's Irma and Kathy Lewis's Jane with John Brown as hell. Friendship, friendship, just the perfect. Blench if with other friendships within forgot.
There's will still be hot to my friend. I live with my friend Irma. She's my roommate and I love her. I wouldn't trade Irma for the world, but we have our difficulty, because just so happens, that she's not the brightest girl in the world.
Like, for instance, the other day I said, Irma, I see where they're going to make military service compulsory. And Irma said, I don't think that's fair. A girl shouldn't have to go out with a sailor unless she wants to.
See what I mean? That's my friends, as one of Irma's more logical remarks. but it is her deeds rather than her words that strike consternation in the human heart. Well, it was shortly before noon I was listening to the radio.
And fellow citizens, I'm happy to say that the better business bureau and the police department are waging a campaign to stamp out the racketeers who rent stores on second avenue, fill them with worthless merchandise, and sell them to unsuspecting citizens.
This campaign will chase those spakers from second avenue. Well, that's good news. Of course only a moron would buy there. Oh, Armah, where have you been? Shopping on 2nd Avenue. Oh, no. Why, something wrong?
I don't know yet. What did you buy? A fur coat. It only cost me $80, and it's worth $5,000. Who told you it was? The man who sold it to me. And I know he's honest because he had it appraised by whom?
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And that's how it's been, and I think how it's always gonna be with my friend Irma. My friend Irma was produced and directed by Sky Howard. The night script was written by Sky Howard, Park Levy, and Stanley Adams.
Remember next week, instead of dialing your telephone to listen to your best friend, dial your radio to this same Columbia station same time to listen to... to listen to My Friend Irma. Starring Marie Wilson-Cermain and Kathy Lewis is Jane with John Brown as well.
Professor Kofotkin was played by Hans Conry. Also appearing in tonight's cast were Irene Tedro, Alan Reed and Terri O'Sullivan. Music was by the sportsman Fort Tanton, Ludblaskin and his orchestra. Morrie Webster speaking. This is PBS Columbia Broadcasting Business.
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