Guest Roy Rogers ( #133): OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles (May 24, 1946)

“Guest Roy Rogers ( #133)” is an episode of OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 24, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Duffy inherits a saloon in Las Vegas from his uncle and sets off West with his friend Eddie and a sidekick named Pierre de Dough in a battered old car. Their plans for the tavern go awry when they meet Roy Rogers, who is in town making a movie. Duffy and Eddie decide to turn the place into a fish and chips joint, with Roy Rogers as a partner, and the arrangement soon runs into trouble. This is the Duffy's Tavern series, the episode first aired on May 24, 1946, and the lead actors are Ed Gardner and Shirley Booth.

New York, then the road west and a saloon in Las Vegas, Nevada

Characters: Duffy, Eddie, Pierre de Dough, Miss Duffy, Roy Rogers, Clifton Feningen, Finnegan

Listen for: Duffy's plans for the Las Vegas saloon and his dealings with Roy Rogers

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.