What happens
At Duffy's Tavern, Archie the manager tries to persuade singer Kate Smith to perform there, and her manager Ted Collins insists on terms. Archie drafts a contract full of legal jargon, and Eddie is pressed into witnessing it. Duffy, who has a combination radio and phonograph, is said to be unable to hear Kate sing. Archie also bumps into an old acquaintance, Ernest Brother, while Miss Duffy talks about her former boyfriend Stephen D'Orton. The show is Duffy's Tavern, a comedy with Ed Gardner, Shirley Booth, Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop, originally aired on 1942-12-15.
Duffy's Tavern, a bar in New York
Characters: Archie, Eddie, Duffy, Kate Smith, Ted Collins, Miss Duffy, Finnegan, Ernest Brother
Listen for: Archie's attempts to get Kate Smith to sing at the tavern, and the arguments over the contract
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.