What happens
Chester A. Riley, a riveter, tries to escape his bullying foreman Gus Hawkins by volunteering him for a six-month job in the South American jungle. The scheme backfires when Riley himself is assigned the post, and he must face leaving his wife Peg and their children. The episode is from the series The Life of Riley, originally broadcast on October 26, 1946, on the Blue Network and NBC, and it stars William Bendix. Riley's family pretends to be glad he is leaving, while Riley tries to find a way out of the job he created for himself.
Riley's home and the company plant in an American city, with later scenes at a dock and the consulate for Santo Meringo in South America
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Gus Hawkins, Peg Riley, Junior, Babes, Gillis, Mr. Stevenson, Digby Odell
Listen for: Riley's attempts to speak Spanish at the consulate and the family pretending to be glad he is leaving
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.