Willie Gundig: OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles (February 16, 1949)

“Willie Gundig” is an episode of OTRR Duffy's Tavern Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 16, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Archie, the manager of Duffy's Tavern, receives a letter from Willie Gundig, a former schoolmate he never liked, announcing a visit. Archie and his friend Eddie look through an old school yearbook and recall their classmates, including Willie, who was voted most likely to succeed. Archie decides to impress Willie by pretending to be a millionaire, and Finnegan is recruited to play a stockbroker. The series is Duffy's Tavern, a comedy with Ed Gardner, and this episode first aired on February 16, 1949.

Duffy's Tavern, a bar in New York, and the old PS 4 school days remembered through a yearbook

Characters: Archie, Eddie, Willie Gundig, Finnegan, Miss Archer, Joe Moran

Listen for: Archie's attempts to impress Willie Gundig with a rented Cadillac and a pretend stockbroker

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.