What happens
Fred Allen hosts a Navy-homecoming broadcast in which he trades jokes with Kenny Delmar and Portland Hoffa about the fleet's return and the city's traffic. Allen then visits the neighbours in his radio alley: Senator Claghorn, the grumbling Mr. Moody, Mrs. Nussbaum with her fish dinners, and a pair of singing boys. A summons from Charlie McCarthy's lawyer complicates the evening, and a stand-in named Frank Sinatra arrives when the scheduled singing street cleaner fails to appear. The show ends with a hillbilly-style bit that Allen and Sinatra build together.
A New York radio studio on a Navy-homecoming evening, with comic visits to the neighbours of Allen's radio alley.
Characters: Fred Allen, Kenny Delmar, Portland Hoffa, Senator Claghorn, Mr. Moody, Mrs. Nussbaum, Frank Sinatra, Charlie McCarthy
Listen for: Allen's rapid exchanges with Portland Hoffa and Kenny Delmar, and the moment Frank Sinatra steps in as a stand-in singer.
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.