What happens
Riley, a war worker, and his wife Peg are preparing for Easter when Riley's uncle Baxter Turnbull, who is vain about his clothes, announces he will enter a best-dressed contest in the Easter parade with a $200 prize. Baxter sulks when Riley refuses to pay for a new outfit, so Riley makes a bet that he can find his uncle a job. Riley then borrows a rented wardrobe from Barney the clothier for Baxter. The Life of Riley is a half-hour radio comedy with William Bendix in the title role, broadcast on the Blue Network and NBC, and this episode first aired on April 9, 1944.
Riley's home in Inglewood, California, in the days before Easter Sunday, 1944
Characters: Riley, Peg, Uncle Baxter Turnbull, Junior, Barney, Sam Graham
Listen for: Uncle Baxter's vanity over his Easter outfit and Riley's bet to find him work
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.