What happens
Riley disapproves of his teenage daughter Babs dating Simon Vanderhopper, and he is determined to stop their romance. When Simon takes Babs and Peg on what Riley believes is an elopement, Riley and his neighbor Waldo hurry off in pursuit. The episode is an installment of The Life of Riley, broadcast on September 21, 1946 on the Blue Network and NBC, starring William Bendix as Riley, with Paula Winslowe, Hans Conried and Alan Reed in the cast. Riley's attempts to catch the young couple lead him and Waldo onto the wrong boat, where they meet two young women. The transcript ends with the two men still aboard that unfamiliar boat.
Los Angeles area, including Santa Monica and Catalina Island
Characters: Riley, Babs, Simon Vanderhopper, Peg, Waldo Benny, Vivian, Digby Odell
Listen for: Riley's mistaken belief that Babs and Simon are eloping, and his and Waldo's hiding on the wrong boat
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.