What happens
Chester A. Riley and his wife Peg worry when their daughter Babs is late returning from her babysitting job. Babs has been seeing Don Roberts, a medical student, and the Rileys soon learn of their romance. Riley, trying to discourage the match, unexpectedly announces Babs and Don's wedding, which leads to panic and confusion at home. Riley's son Junior is pressed into spying on his sister. The series is The Life of Riley, first broadcast on October 7, 1949 on NBC, starring William Bendix as Riley and Paula Winslowe as Peg.
The Riley family home, and a nearby apartment, in an American city
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Peg Riley, Babs, Don Roberts, Junior, Bigelow O'Dell
Listen for: Riley's attempts to scare Babs and Don away from marriage, and Junior's clumsy spying
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.