What happens
Archie, the manager of Duffy's Tavern, is taken with the idea of writing an opera after Eddie attends a performance and finds it confusing. Archie drafts a piece called The Common and recruits comedian Ed Wynn to serve as the on-stage commentator who explains the action to the audience. Singer Joe and Miss Duffy are also enlisted to help with the production. The episode is a comic broadcast from the series Duffy's Tavern, first aired May 25, 1949 on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC, starring Ed Gardner and Shirley Booth. The first part of the program is taken up with Archie's preparations and Wynn's arrival.
Duffy's Tavern, a New York bar
Characters: Archie, Eddie, Miss Duffy, Ed Wynn, Joe, Finnegan
Listen for: Archie's opera plot and Ed Wynn's commentary
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.