What happens
Luigi Basko, a newly arrived Italian immigrant in America, spends Christmas season buying presents for his friends and for Pasquale, the man who sponsored him. Luigi saves fifty dollars all year for a special gift for Pasquale. Shopping for the others goes well, but Luigi then loses the money he has set aside. He searches frantically while his friends try to comfort him. Life with Luigi is a comedy series starring J. Carrol Naish and Alan Reed, first broadcast on December 25, 1951. The story follows Luigi's worried efforts to find the missing money and his Christmas plans for the people who have helped him.
Chicago, America, during the Christmas shopping season of 1951
Characters: Luigi Basko, Pasquale, Rosa, Mr. Schultz, Miss Pierce, Mr. Olsen, Mr. Howard, Officer Flanagan
Listen for: Luigi's letters to his mother in Italy, the lost fifty dollars, and Luigi's Christmas surprise for Pasquale
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.