What happens
Chester A. Riley is a proud but overbearing father who wants his fourteen-year-old son Junior to enter the soapbox derby. Junior would rather spend time with his girlfriend and does not share his father's enthusiasm. When Junior insists on building his racer alone, Riley's pride is wounded and he sets out to make a point. The story is part of The Life of Riley, a comedy series starring William Bendix, with Paula Winslowe, Hans Conried and Alan Reed in the cast. It was broadcast on May 18, 1951, on the Blue Network and NBC.
A suburban home and the city soapbox derby, in the United States, around 1951.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Junior, Peg, Babs, Gilmore, Digger O'Dell
Listen for: Riley's boasting about his blueprints and the family's reactions to his interference in Junior's derby entry.
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.