What happens
Chester A. Riley, a factory worker, tries to protect his mother from a suspected suitor who has been writing her romantic letters. Riley's mother is staying with him in California, and her daughter Babs and grandson Junior are caught up in the household's fuss. Neighbor Waldo Benny backs Riley's schemes, and Riley sets a trap for the visitor. The Life of Riley aired on the Blue Network and NBC, with William Bendix in the lead role, and this episode was first broadcast on December 15, 1945.
The Riley home in California, in the 1940s
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Babs, Riley's mother, Waldo Benny, Junior, Captain Riley, Mr. Odell
Listen for: Riley's plan to win back his mother's affections and the trap he sets for the visitor
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.