Antique Dealers of America Association: Life with Luigi (October 24, 1950)

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“Antique Dealers of America Association” is an episode of Life with Luigi, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 24, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Luigi Vasco, an Italian immigrant antique dealer, is eager to join the Antique Dealers of America Association and sets out to win its approval. He persuades his friend Pasquale to sign membership papers and tries to impress the committee visiting his shop. Luigi's classroom scenes and conversations with his neighbors add to his efforts to belong. The episode is from the series Life with Luigi, first aired on October 24, 1950.

An antique shop and a neighborhood in an American city, with a night school classroom

Characters: Luigi Vasco, Pasquale, Bob Ellis, Mr. Basko, Rosa, Miss Pauline, Mr. Schultz, Mr. Howard

Listen for: Luigi's plan to impress the committee with the clock and his efforts to get Pasquale to sign membership papers

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.