What happens
Babs Riley wants to take a summer job in San Francisco, but her father Chester A. Riley refuses to let her leave home at sixteen. Her mother Peg and brother Junior take sides in the argument, and Riley changes his mind more than once. Babs is offered a job at a Hollywood studio, which seems to settle the matter, but the family's plans keep shifting. The Life of Riley is a radio comedy series, and this 1947 episode was broadcast on June 21, 1947, on the Blue Network and NBC. William Bendix stars as Riley, with Paula Winslowe as Peg.
The Riley family's California bungalow in Los Angeles, and a train station.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Peg Riley, Babs Riley, Junior Riley, Digger O'Dell, Sam Tuttle, Mr. Stevenson
Listen for: Riley's changing position on Babs's trip to San Francisco.
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.