What happens
Chester A. Riley brings home a stray dog and finds his household disrupted when his old friend Sidney Monahan arrives in town and stays with the family. Riley grows suspicious of Monahan after he sells him a life insurance policy with a double indemnity clause and seems to take an interest in his wife, Peggy. Riley becomes convinced that Monahan plans to murder him, and his fears lead to a series of misunderstandings at home. The Life of Riley is a comedy series, and this episode was broadcast on the Blue Network and NBC, with William Bendix in the title role and Paula Winslowe as Peggy. The episode is a comedy about jealousy and suspicion, with a dog's fleas and a chloroform bottle at the centre of the trouble.
The Riley family's California bungalow in Los Angeles, including the dining room, living room, and kitchen.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Peggy Riley, Sidney Monahan, Waldo, Digger Beaudale, Riley's daughter, Riley's son
Listen for: Riley's growing suspicion that Sidney Monahan is planning to murder him, after he signs the insurance policy and hears Waldo talk about double indemnity.
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.