What happens
Duffy's Tavern is threatened with closure after a brawl and a letter from the bank that leases the building, which may refuse a new lease. The bank's attorney warns that the tavern's reputation for fights is the problem. To give the place some class, Archie hires the British actor Arthur Treacher as a front man, and he tries to reform the staff and customers with lessons in manners and cleaning. The tavern's proprietor, Archie, is the narrator and manager of the tavern, and the program is the Duffy's Tavern radio comedy from 1951 starring Ed Gardner and Shirley Booth, broadcast on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC in the original air date of March 2, 1951.
Duffy's Tavern, a bar in New York City
Characters: Archie, Arthur Treacher, Duffy, Miss Duffy, Finnegan, Callahan, Happy Dad, Pena Slavnik
Listen for: Archie's attempt to hire Arthur Treacher as a front man and Treacher's attempts to refine the tavern's staff and customers
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.