What happens
Riley worries about his daughter Babs, who is out with Harry Bates, a boy Riley considers unsuitable. Riley insists she go out with Leonard Stevenson, the nephew of his boss, a college student. Babs agrees, but she has already promised Bruce, so she sends her friend Minerva to meet Leonard in her place. Riley's concern grows as the evening's arrangements become confused. The episode is part of the radio series The Life of Riley, first broadcast on September 13, 1947, on the Blue Network/ABC and NBC, starring William Bendix as Riley and Paula Winslowe as his wife.
Riley's home and the factory where Riley works, in a city in the late 1940s.
Characters: Riley, Babs, Peg, Junior, Harry Bates, Leonard Stevenson, Mr. Stevenson, Gillis
Listen for: Riley's attempts to steer Babs toward Leonard, and the mounting confusion over her dates.
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.