What happens
Luigi Basko, who runs an antiques shop, is sued after a customer trips over a statue of General Grant he left outside his store. Pasquale, his friend, urges him to get insurance and seek help from a big lawyer, and Luigi writes letters to his mother in Italy describing his troubles. The episode is from the series Life with Luigi, first broadcast on September 16, 1952, starring J. Carrol Naish as Luigi and Alan Reed as Pasquale. Luigi spends the episode anxiously looking for a way to deal with the claim against him and the money it may cost.
An antiques shop in New York and a lawyer's office in the city, in the early 1950s.
Characters: Luigi Basko, Pasquale, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Chapman, Rosa, Sam
Listen for: Luigi's attempts to find insurance and a big lawyer, and the lawyer Chapman's confusing legal advice.
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.