Archie's Teacher Visits the Tavern: OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles (December 14, 1951)

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“Archie's Teacher Visits the Tavern” is an episode of OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 14, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Archie, the bartender-narrator at Duffy's Tavern, learns that his old schoolteacher, Miss Tompkins, is touring the city to visit former pupils, and she plans to stop by the tavern that evening. Archie and Miss Duffy prepare the place and recall Tompkins's strict methods from grammar school, including the nickname "Turkey Neck" and the lessons she gave him. When the teacher arrives, Archie tries to impress her with his reading and his tavern, and the group sets up a mock round-table discussion on international affairs. The guide follows the evening only as far as the transcript carries it.

Duffy's Tavern, New York City, on the evening of a visit by Archie's former grammar school teacher

Characters: Archie, Miss Duffy, Finnegan, Miss Tompkins

Listen for: Archie's memories of Miss Tompkins and the mock round-table discussion, where the teacher is asked to give her views on world affairs

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.