What happens
Archie tries to keep his waiter Arthur Treacher from leaving Duffy's Tavern for the rival bar across the street, Grogan's, and the tavern's owner, Duffy, remains offstage throughout. Treacher resigns over his pay, and the Mad Russian volunteers to spy on Grogan's for Archie. Archie then hires a former prizefighter, Maxie Rosenblum, as a waiter, but Maxie proves violent and clumsy, and Treacher comes back to work. Duffy's Tavern is a comedy series, and this episode aired on March 16, 1951, with Ed Gardner, Shirley Booth, Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop in the lead roles.
Duffy's Tavern, a bar in New York
Characters: Archie, Duffy, Arthur Treacher, Mad Russian, Miss Duffy, Maxie Rosenblum, Grogan
Listen for: Maxie Rosenblum's boasts about his boxing career and his attempts at waiting tables
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.