What happens
Luigi Basco runs a small business from a shared party line, and his phone is constantly tied up by a chatty neighbor. He tries to get a private line, which leads to a series of mix-ups involving his friend Pasquale and the telephone company. Luigi's efforts to fix his line draw him into trouble he did not expect. Life with Luigi was a 1950 comedy series from CBS, starring J. Carol Nash as Luigi and Alan Reed as Pasquale. This episode aired on June 6, 1950.
Luigi's shop in an American city, with its shared party line telephone, Pasquale's spaghetti palace, and the telephone company offices
Characters: Luigi Basco, Pasquale, Rosa, Schultz, J.D. Watson, Inspector McIntyre, Mr. Clark
Listen for: Luigi's attempts to make business calls on his party line, and his conversation with J.D. Watson about getting a private line
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.