What happens
Luigi Basco receives an invitation to an Antique Dealers of America dance and wants to bring his friend Pasquale's daughter Rosa, though Pasquale resists the idea. Pasquale and Luigi argue about Rosa's weight and manners, and Pasquale hires a tutor to help her improve before the dance. Luigi, meanwhile, struggles to learn the social graces he needs and tries to keep Rosa's confidence up through the preparations. The series, Life with Luigi, was first broadcast on May 22, 1951, with J. Carrol Naish starring as Luigi and Alan Reed as Pasquale.
New York, at a neighborhood Italian grocery and at a night school for immigrants
Characters: Luigi Basco, Pasquale, Rosa, Mr. Schultz, Mr. Olsen, Mr. Horowitz
Listen for: Pasquale's bargain with Luigi and the preparations for the dance
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.