What happens
Luigi Basko runs an antique shop in America and writes letters home to his mother in Italy. His friend Pasquale, a meddling businessman, pushes Luigi toward marriage and pressures him over his struggling store. Pasquale then decides to auction off all the antiques, and Luigi's plans to save the shop become entangled with the sale, the bidders and a series of comic misunderstandings. The series is Life with Luigi, which first aired on May 30, 1950, starring J. Carrol Naish as Luigi and Alan Reed as Pasquale.
An antique shop in America, owned by Luigi, and the auction held inside it
Characters: Luigi Basko, Pasquale Squaglia, Rosa, Joe, Schultz, Mrs. Pellegrino, Mr. Marshall
Listen for: Pasquale's scheme to auction off the antiques and Luigi's attempts to outwit him
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.