The Stand-In: Let George Do It (November 17, 1952)

“The Stand-In” is an episode of Let George Do It, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 17, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Valentine is knocked unconscious in an alley while following a mysterious man who has been watching him and his secretary Miss Brooks. He wakes in a wealthy household where he discovers he's been mistaken for Paul Gibson, a man recently arrived from Australia. Paul's stepsister Gloria has decided to marry him for his inheritance, and she's enlisted his lookalike to help with some unknown scheme.

George's office, a restaurant, city streets and alley, and the Gibson family home

Characters: George Valentine, Miss Brooks, Gloria Bradley, Paul Gibson, Emily, Henry

Listen for: George's confusion upon waking and his discovery that someone has arranged for him to pose as Paul Gibson; the revelation of Gloria's plan to marry Paul for his fortune

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.