What happens
Riley receives a letter from his old pal Herman Dugan, now in the Navy, asking him to stand in as his proxy at a wedding to Lily Mae Lightfoot, Herman's longtime fiancée. Riley reluctantly agrees, thinking it will be a quick trip to a justice of the peace. Lily Mae arrives at the Riley home with her father, a stern old cow puncher, and the plan soon grows complicated. The Life of Riley is a comedy series starring William Bendix, and this episode first aired on April 16, 1944. This is the first part of a two-part story.
The Riley home, and later the Riley front yard, in an American city during wartime.
Characters: Riley, Peg, Junior, Barbara, Uncle Baxter, Herman Dugan, Lily Mae Lightfoot, Mr. Lightfoot
Listen for: Riley's reluctant agreement to act as Herman's proxy and the arrival of Lily Mae and her father at the Riley home.
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.