What happens
Chester A. Riley, a struggling young husband, becomes a milkman after months of failing to find work, and he and his wife Peg must cope with her father, who disapproves of him. The Rileys are living with Peg's parents when Riley takes a job delivering milk. His first week goes badly, his pay is almost nothing, and he is threatened with dismissal. Peg's father gives them a deadline to find their own home. The series is The Life of Riley, first broadcast on March 22, 1947 on the Blue Network and ABC, with William Bendix as Riley and Paula Winslowe as Peg.
Riley's home and the Barker household in an American city, a milk route in the city, and a basement apartment.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Peg Riley, Tommy, Mr. Barker, Digger O'Dell, J.B. Trotter
Listen for: Riley's attempts to convince Peg's father that he can provide for his family, and the milk route episode.
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.