What happens
Archie the manager and Eddie at Duffy's Tavern discover that Finnegan, a regular customer, has a poodle named Pierre who can talk and sing. Archie sees a business opportunity and arranges an audition, drawing on the tavern's comedic running gags. Ed Gardner stars as Archie, with Charlie Cantor and Florence Halop in the cast. This episode of the Duffy's Tavern series aired on May 10, 1946, on CBS, NBC Blue and NBC. Finnegan brings Pierre in and the audition is set up, with Archie pressing his plan forward while Finnegan and the dog are questioned about the singing.
Duffy's Tavern
Characters: Archie, Eddie, Finnegan, Pierre, Mr. Billingsley, Duffy, Mrs. Duffy, Lottie
Listen for: Pierre the poodle's singing audition and Archie's plan to sign him to the tavern
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.