What happens
Riley, the good-natured aircraft worker, and his Uncle Baxter Turnbull take jobs as butler and cook for the Hotchkiss family, hoping to land work at the bread company run by Mr. Hotchkiss. The show is The Life of Riley, heard on the Blue Network/ABC and NBC, aired January 30, 1944, starring William Bendix as Riley. Riley admits he knows nothing about being a butler, and his uncle's nervous attempts to prepare dinner add to the chaos. Riley tries to follow Uncle Baxter's instructions for serving the meal, while the guests arrive and the couple's first evening in the house gets off to a rocky start.
The Hotchkiss house, where Riley and Uncle Baxter work as butler and cook during a dinner party
Characters: Riley, Uncle Baxter Turnbull, Mr. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Hotchkiss' guests
Listen for: Riley's attempts at being a butler and the chaos in the kitchen during the Hotchkiss dinner
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.