What happens
Luigi Basko, a shop owner who attends night school, learns that his friend Pasquale, a restaurant owner, has hired a young tutor named Richard to help him pass a test. Luigi and Pasquale argue over education, and Pasquale bets Luigi that he can learn more in one week than Luigi learned in two years. The loser will wash dishes for six months. Life with Luigi is a comedy series created by Cy Howard, and this episode is starring J. Carol Nash as Luigi, with Alan Reed as Pasquale. It was originally broadcast on 1950-10-17.
New York City, in Luigi's shop, Pasquale's restaurant, and Luigi's night school classroom.
Characters: Luigi Basko, Pasquale Piscuali, Richard Lewis, Miss Spaulding, Miss Pauline
Listen for: The bet between Luigi and Pasquale, and the test that follows at the night school.
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.