What happens
Riley, a riveter at an aircraft plant, is proud of his son Junior and decides to give him piano lessons so he can keep up with his friend Jim Gillis's son Egbert. Riley hires a music teacher, Professor Manetti, and Junior reluctantly agrees to begin. When Junior avoids the first lesson, Riley enters him in a piano scholarship contest at Miss Pringle's School of Music. The life of Riley series aired on the Blue Network and NBC, and this episode first aired on November 5, 1944. William Bendix stars as Riley, with Paula Winslowe, Hans Conried, and Alan Reed in supporting roles.
Los Angeles, at an aircraft plant during lunch, and then at the Riley home and Miss Pringle's School of Music
Characters: Riley, Junior, Jim Gillis, Egbert Gillis, Peg, Professor Manetti, Echo Wallaby
Listen for: Riley's boasts about his son and Junior's excuses when the piano lessons begin
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.