Guest Jinx Falkenberg: OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles (June 8, 1945)

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“Guest Jinx Falkenberg” is an episode of OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 8, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Archie, the put-upon waiter at Duffy's Tavern, announces he is quitting after fifteen years of low pay and abuse from his boss, Duffy. Eddie, the bartender, and Miss Duffy try to talk him out of it, and Archie sees a chance to leave when glamorous Jinx Falkenberg comes into the tavern. Jinx is planning a trip overseas to entertain servicemen, and Archie offers to join her. The episode is part of the OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles series, originally broadcast on June 8, 1945, on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC, with Ed Gardner, Shirley Booth, Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop in the lead roles.

Duffy's Tavern, a New York bar and restaurant

Characters: Archie, Eddie, Duffy, Miss Duffy, Jinx Falkenberg, Finnegan

Listen for: Archie's announcement that he is quitting and his offer to go overseas with Jinx Falkenberg

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.