What happens
Duffy's Tavern is visited by the opera singer Lauritz Melchior, who has been invited to the bar. Archie, the manager, learns the Metropolitan Opera is short of money, and Ed Gardner's character Archie writes to the company offering help. Meanwhile, the forger Crackpot appears at the tavern, and Archie asks him to write a check. Lord Smilkyor, a patron who loves opera, also appears. The episode is part of the Duffy's Tavern series and was originally broadcast on January 18, 1944, on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC, with Ed Gardner and Shirley Booth among the leads.
Duffy's Tavern
Characters: Archie, Lauritz Melchior, Duffy, Eddie, Finnegan, Miss Duffy, Crackpot, Lord Smilkyor
Listen for: Archie's letter to the Metropolitan Opera and the forged check Crackpot writes for Duffy
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.