What happens
Archie, the bartender at Duffy's Tavern, decides to buy an airplane after an old school friend, Slippery Maguire, begins selling army surplus. Archie hands over his savings to Slippery, who arranges a helicopter, a propeller and a hangar, and soon Archie is short of money and worried about whether his purchase is legal. Miss Duffy keeps the tavern's accounts and is not pleased with the situation. Eddie, the waiter, watches Archie's enthusiasm grow as the plans take shape. The series is Duffy's Tavern, which was first broadcast on 1950-09-07 on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC, with Ed Gardner, Shirley Booth, Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop among the cast.
Duffy's Tavern, a bar in New York
Characters: Archie, Eddie, Miss Duffy, Slippery Maguire
Listen for: Archie's plan to buy an airplane from Slippery Maguire and the price he pays for it
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.