What happens
Luigi Basko wants to return to Italy to see his mother, who has written begging him to visit. To raise the travel money, he has agreed to marry Rosa, the daughter of his employer Pascale. At the immigration office, Luigi fills out a re-entry form and learns the rules about staying abroad. He then visits a travel agency, where a clerk tries to sell him an expensive tour package. Life with Luigi was a comedy series created by Cy Howard and written and directed by Lou Derman, with J. Carrol Naish as Luigi and Alan Reed as Pascale. The broadcast was originally aired in May 1954 on CBS.
New York, at an immigration office and a travel agency, and Pascale's shop.
Characters: Luigi Basko, Pascale, Rosa, Mr. Magrashan, Mr. Travelman
Listen for: Luigi's attempts to arrange his trip home to Italy and the travel agent's sales pitch.
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.