What happens
Eddie and Archie at Duffy's Tavern are visited by Lucille Ball, a Hollywood star, during her guest appearance on Duffy's Tavern, a radio comedy series. The episode first aired on November 9, 1943, on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC, with Ed Gardner and Shirley Booth among the cast. Archie is excited when a publisher named Human and Shyster says he will be listed in a reference book of famous men, and he begins filling out a questionnaire. Lucille Ball recalls old friends from Brooklyn, and the tavern's regulars trade jokes and banter about the honor and the forms.
Duffy's Tavern, a bar and canteen in New York
Characters: Eddie, Archie, Lucille Ball, Harry, Duffy
Listen for: Archie's excitement over being listed in the book of famous men and his questionnaire, and his awkward reunion with Lucille Ball.
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.