What happens
Luigi Basko, a young Italian immigrant running an antiques shop in Chicago, faces trouble paying his rent to his countryman Pasquale. His assistant, Jimmy O'Connor, urges him to sell a statue of George Washington from the shop window, and Luigi reluctantly agrees when a customer offers to buy it. Luigi writes home to his mother in Italy, describing his new business and his problems with Pasquale and Pasquale's daughter Rosa. Life with Luigi is a comedy created by Cy Howard, starring Gay Carol Neish. This episode first aired on September 21, 1948.
Chicago's Little Italy, 1948, Luigi's antiques shop and a local bank
Characters: Luigi Basko, Jimmy O'Connor, Pasquale, Rosa, Miss Spalding, Mr. Thurston, Parker
Listen for: Luigi's comic arguments with Pasquale over the rent and the bank, and his reluctant decision to sell the statue of George Washington
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.