Archie's Plant ( #121): OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles (March 1, 1946)

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“Archie's Plant ( #121)” is an episode of OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 1, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Archie receives a potted plant with an unsigned card reading 'from an ardent admirer,' and he and Eddie puzzle over who sent it, considering his former girlfriend Mildred and a woman he met at a ball. Archie fusses over the plant's care, reminisces about his boyhood in the Woodcraft cadets, and learns from Kaluchi that the plant may not be what they assumed. Archie then decides to turn the tavern's backyard junk pile into a farm, with Pentagon hired to clear it. Duffy's Tavern is a radio comedy series starring Ed Gardner, Shirley Booth, Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop, and this episode first aired on March 1, 1946.

Duffy's Tavern

Characters: Archie, Eddie, Pentagon, Finnegan, Kaluchi, Ozzy, Mildred, Miss McGillicuddy

Listen for: Archie's rambling reminiscences about the Woodcraft cadets and his plans for a backyard farm

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.