What happens
Chester A. Riley learns that his son Junior has been placing bets with a bookmaker at school, and Riley resolves to put a stop to it. Visiting the principal, Mr. Pendleton, he sets out to prove the scale of the betting. Part of the story shows Riley working through the school yard and an encounter with a gangster called Big Louie. The series is The Life of Riley, first broadcast on December 2, 1949, on the Blue Network and ABC, and NBC, starring William Bendix as Riley and Paula Winslowe as his wife Peg.
A residential neighborhood and a school in a city, with Riley's home and the surrounding streets.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Junior, Peg Riley, Mr. Pendleton, Big Louie, Digger Hotel, Eileen, Orphan Annie
Listen for: Riley's attempts to expose the school bookmaking and his dealings with Big Louie.
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.