What happens
Chester A. Riley disapproves of his 17-year-old daughter Babes seeing Simon, a 22-year-old boy he finds lazy and dislikes on sight. Riley recalls a cruel former boss, Griffin, and his dislike of Simon's face grows. Babes is hurt by her father's harshness, and Simon is ordered out of the house. Mrs. Riley and neighbor Gillis offer their opinions on how to handle the matter. The episode is an installment of The Life of Riley, first aired on December 29, 1950, with William Bendix as Riley and Paula Winslowe as Mrs. Riley.
The Riley home, with its living room and kitchen, and the neighboring yard, in an American town.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Babes, Simon, Mrs. Riley, Gillis, Digby O'Dell, Griffin
Listen for: Riley's escalating anger toward Simon and the reasons he gives for it, and the reactions of Babes and Mrs. Riley.
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.