What happens
Luigi Vasco, a cheerful immigrant from Italy, is worried about his income tax after an Internal Revenue agent is due to visit him. In his letter to his mother Mama Mia, he describes his anxiety and his night school lessons on the government. His friend Pasquale offers to help, with a suspicious bargain that involves Luigi marrying Pasquale's daughter Rosa. Luigi tries to borrow money and visits the tax office to sort things out. The episode is from the series Life with Luigi, first broadcast on 1949-03-06, with J. Carol Nash in the lead role of Luigi and Alan Reed as Pasquale.
Luigi's antique shop and home, a night school classroom, and the offices of the Treasury Department in an American city.
Characters: Luigi Vasco, Pasquale, Rosa, Miss Spalding, Mr. Schulz, Mr. Wallace, Mama Mia
Listen for: Luigi's letters to his mother, the night school lesson on the three branches of government, and Pasquale's offer to pay Luigi's tax in exchange for marrying Rosa.
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.