What happens
Chester A. Riley and his wife Peg worry about their sixteen-year-old daughter Babs, who wants to join a sorority. Babs is excited about the sorority, but Helene Bidwell, a rich classmate, blackballs her from membership. Riley confronts Helene's father, banker Farrington K. Bidwell, about the matter, and the family's pride and money become a source of friction. The Life of Riley is a radio comedy series; this episode, first broadcast on December 13, 1947, stars William Bendix as Riley and Paula Winslowe as Peg. The guide ends at that point, before the outcome is revealed.
The Riley home and the Bidwell house in an American town, around 1947
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Peg Riley, Babs Riley, Junior Riley, Helene Bidwell, Elaine Bidwell, Farrington K. Bidwell, Lucille Bidwell
Listen for: Riley's indignant defense of his family's honesty and his blunt lecture to the sorority girls on democracy
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.