What happens
Chester A. Riley, a riveter, is stopped on a Los Angeles street by a newspaper's roaming reporter and gives a blunt opinion that married women should go to work. His wife Peg takes a job at Joe's Diner to help with money for Christmas. Riley is unhappy about it, and at the diner he refuses to stand up to a customer who accuses Peg of shortchanging him. The Riley family's pride and their money troubles drive the episode. Part of the story follows Riley as he looks for a way to win back Peg's respect. The episode is part of The Life of Riley, broadcast on December 15, 1950 on the Blue Network and ABC and NBC, with William Bendix in the title role and Paula Winslowe as Peg.
Los Angeles, including the Riley home on Blue View Terrace, Joe's Diner, and the street outside the Riley house
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Peg Riley, Junior, Digby O'Dell, Mike Wilson, Joe, Phil Harris
Listen for: The roaming reporter's street interviews, Riley's argument with Peg about her taking a job at Joe's Diner, and the diner scene where Riley refuses to intervene when a customer confronts Peg.
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.