Miss Spaulding is Assigned a Different Class: Life with Luigi (February 3, 1953)

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“Miss Spaulding is Assigned a Different Class” is an episode of Life with Luigi, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 3, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Luigi Basco, dressed in his best suit, arrives for the first night of his new 3A night school class, hoping to impress his teacher, Miss Spalding. The class has been looking forward to her, but she tells them she has been reassigned to another 3A class and that Mr. Hein will be their new teacher. The students find Mr. Hein strict and demanding, and they soon plan a meeting to decide how to deal with him. The episode is from the Life with Luigi series, first broadcast on 1953-02-03, and stars Carol Nash as Luigi Basco and Alan Reed as Pasquale.

A night school 3A class in America, along with Luigi's antique shop and Mr. Hein's home

Characters: Luigi Basco, Miss Spalding, Mr. Hein, Pasquale, Rosie, Mr. Schultz, Mr. Basko, Mr. Horovitz

Listen for: Luigi's letters to his mama in Italy, the students' meeting and their plan to win back Miss Spalding

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.