What happens
Luigi Basco, a newcomer to America, learns that his neighbour Pasquale has forgotten his own birthday and has been generous to nobody. Luigi decides to throw him a surprise party and asks friends at his night school to help with food and a cake. Pasquale's cold attitude toward Johnny and the local children sets up the question of whether kindness can change a man. The party is planned for eight o'clock at Pasquale's store. The episode is part of the Life with Luigi comedy series, first broadcast on June 19, 1949, and it stars J. Harold Nash, with Alan Reid as Pasquale.
A neighbourhood in an American city, centred on Pasquale's store and a night school class.
Characters: Luigi Basko, Pasquale, Johnny, Rosa, Mr. Schultz, Mr. Harwood, Mr. Rosen, Miss Pauli
Listen for: Luigi's plan for a surprise birthday party and the sudden change in Pasquale's attitude toward the boy Johnny.
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.