What happens
Chester A. Riley's friendship with his old co-worker Jim Gillis collapses after Gillis moves in next door. The two men trade insults over the backyard fence about lawn mowers, tin cans and their sons. Riley becomes convinced Gillis is secretly keeping a goat in his garage and resolves to expose him. Riley's wife Peg and the city dog catcher Mr. Johnson offer advice that does not calm him down. The episode is part of the long-running radio series The Life of Riley, first broadcast on 1945-09-15 on the Blue Network and NBC, with William Bendix in the title role.
A residential neighborhood where the Riley and Gillis families live next door to each other, with their connected backyards and garages.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Jim Gillis, Peg Riley, Junior, Mrs. Gillis, Eggbert Gillis, Mr. Johnson, Digby O'Dell
Listen for: Riley's escalating argument with Gillis over the fence, and his suspicion about the goat in Gillis's garage.
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.