Guest Margaret O'Brien: OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles (November 24, 1950)

“Guest Margaret O'Brien” is an episode of OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 24, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Archie and Eddie prepare Duffy's Tavern for a visit from child star Margaret O'Brien, and Archie fusses over the place's appearance while Miss Duffy is also expected. Archie then writes a television play for the young actress, a retelling of Cinderella, and the tavern crew turns the rehearsal into a comic mess. The episode is a Duffy's Tavern broadcast from November 24, 1950, first aired on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC, starring Ed Gardner and Shirley Booth alongside Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop.

Duffy's Tavern, a bar where Archie and Eddie work, preparing for a visit from a Hollywood child star

Characters: Archie, Eddie, Duffy, Margaret O'Brien, Miss Duffy, Charles Brighton

Listen for: Archie's extended Cinderella television play, performed with Margaret O'Brien, which Archie narrates and parodies

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.