What happens
Chester Riley's daughter Babs is barred from the school formal by her overprotective mother Peg, and Riley schemes to find her a date. Babs is set up with Jeff Bradley, a young man Riley meets through a helpful acquaintance. Riley then learns that the dance has been changed to a formal affair, leaving Babs without a suitable gown. This is part of The Life of Riley, a radio comedy series, first broadcast on October 12, 1946, starring William Bendix, Paula Winslowe, Hans Conried and Alan Reed.
The Riley home and a school dance in the 1940s
Characters: Chester Riley, Peg Riley, Babs Riley, Helene Smythe, Elaine Smythe, Jeff Bradley, Waldo Benny, Digger Odell
Listen for: Riley's scheme to find Babs a date and the trouble caused by the formal dress
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.