What happens
Chester Riley, a family man, tells his son Junior that he once played professional football for the New York Giants, a claim his wife Peg knows is false. When a photo and a school newspaper item spread the story, Riley is pressed by a former classmate, Bruiser McCoy, to play in a night school exhibition game. Riley is left to choose between admitting the lie and facing a team of hard-hitting opponents. The Life of Riley aired on November 23, 1946, on the Blue Network and NBC, starring William Bendix as Riley, with Paula Winslowe and Hans Conried in supporting roles.
The Riley household and a night school football field
Characters: Chester Riley, Junior Riley, Peg Riley, Bruiser McCoy, Tigger
Listen for: Riley's fabricated football past and how the exhibition game unfolds
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.