What happens
Luigi Vasto, a newcomer from Italy, receives a telephone bill charging him for a long distance call to California that he says he never made. He consults his friend Pasquale and then Oderman Johnson, who promises to help, and Luigi later visits the telephone company's offices hoping to resolve the matter. The story follows his frustrating attempts to get a clear answer from the company. Life with Luigi was a comedy series, and this episode aired on February 6, 1949.
Chicago, in the late 1940s
Characters: Luigi Vasto, Pasquale, Oderman Johnson, Miss Pauzing, Hugo, Rosa
Listen for: Luigi's attempts to resolve the disputed telephone bill with the company
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.