What happens
Chester A. Riley is hiding from the Gold Coast Collection Agency after falling behind on a $42 bill for an oil portrait he ordered as a birthday gift for his mother. When a collector arrives at the door, Riley's son Junior is left to deal with him, and Riley hopes to avoid being found out. Meanwhile, his daughter Babs is dating Dick Franklin, a classmate at medical school, and the family's dealings with Dick's family begin to tangle with Riley's own debts. The episode is from The Life of Riley, broadcast on October 20, 1950, on the Blue Network and ABC, with William Bendix as Riley, Paula Winslowe, Hans Conried and Alan Reed in the cast.
The Riley family home, and a hotel suite in town.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Junior, Peg, Babs, Dick Franklin, Digger O'Dell
Listen for: Riley's attempts to hide from the collector and avoid meeting Dick's father.
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.