What happens
Chester A. Riley, a war worker in a California town, struggles with his son Junior's wish for a dog. Junior pleads with his father, and Riley reluctantly agrees to take home a puppy named Tiger, which he hopes to train himself. His attempts to keep the dog quiet and hidden from his wife Peg lead to chaos, and Riley faces mounting trouble with the household and the neighbors. The Life of Riley aired on the Blue Network and NBC, with William Bendix as Riley, and this episode first aired on February 11, 1945.
A California town, in and around the Riley family's bungalow and garage.
Characters: Chester A. Riley, Junior, Peg, Artemis Egan, Tiger, Henry Miller, Johnson, Pointy
Listen for: Riley's attempts to hide the puppy from his wife, and the mail carrier Artemis Egan's comments about shoes.
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.