What happens
Archie, the manager of Duffy's Tavern, learns that his eleven-year-old nephew Morton is coming to stay with him while Morton's family is away in the Catskills. Archie frets over how to look after the boy, and Miss Duffy offers to help, while the regulars at the tavern react to the news. The boy arrives at the tavern and begins to show his surprising knowledge. This episode is from the Duffy's Tavern series, originally broadcast on October 26, 1945, starring Ed Gardner and Shirley Booth.
Duffy's Tavern on 92nd Street, and Archie's apartment above it
Characters: Archie, Miss Duffy, Eddie, Morton, Charlie, Finnegan, Miss Sefnick
Listen for: Morton's unexpected and precocious answers as he and Archie take on the quiz questions
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.