What happens
Riley and his family, who have been living in the bridal suite of a Los Angeles hotel, prepare to move into a house. Riley works in a war plant, and the family is trying to solve its housing problem. Before they can leave, Riley learns the hotel bill is large, and Uncle Baxter has arranged for a poker game to be run in the suite the family is vacating. Part of the story follows the family as they try to reach their new house. The Life of Riley aired on the Blue Network and NBC, with William Bendix in the lead role, and this episode is from February 6, 1944.
Los Angeles and the nearby towns of Inglewood, Glendale and Van Nuys, 1944
Characters: Riley, Mrs. Riley, Junior, Barbara, Uncle Baxter, Snake Eyes, Mrs. Hill, Humphrey
Listen for: Riley's frustration with the hotel bill and the family's attempts to get into their new house
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.