What happens
Chester A. Riley, a devoted brother, is determined to find a husband for his unmarried sister Cissie. When Cissie's suitor Otto Schmidlapp is due to call, Riley arranges the living room to set the mood, but Cissie prefers Hugo Harary, a gambler. Riley's plans for romance quickly become a tangle of mix-ups, with Junior sent to delay one caller and an ice cream errand sending Otto away. The Life of Riley, starring William Bendix as Riley, first aired on March 24, 1950, on the Blue Network/ABC and NBC, with Paula Winslowe in the cast.
The Riley family living room in an ordinary American home, on the evening Otto is due to propose to Cissie.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Cissie, Otto Schmidlapp, Hugo Harary, Junior, Peg, Gerald
Listen for: Riley's elaborate preparations for Otto's visit, and the escalating confusion when Hugo turns up at the door.
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.