Sweet Are the Uses of Publicity: Let George Do It (August 7, 1950)

“Sweet Are the Uses of Publicity” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 7, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is hired by publicity agent Jacob Flannery to work as a bodyguard at a fancy party. Flannery reveals his shocking secret: his most famous client, the glamorous and romantic Caleb Romano, doesn't actually exist. Flannery created the fictional character to build his business, but now Romano has become a problem he can't control.

San Francisco Bay area, starting at an uptown venue and moving to a ship departing for Europe

Characters: George Valentine, Jacob Flannery, Pete the bartender, Miss Brooks

Listen for: The clever setup of Flannery's confidence scheme involving a non-existent celebrity client, and how George must manage the chaos when reporters show up demanding to meet the phantom Caleb Romano in person

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.