What happens
Luigi Vasco, a newly arrived immigrant in Chicago, is riding a crowded bus to his night school class when the driver lurches forward and he falls and injures his thumb. Luigi tries to explain what happened to the driver and the bus company's claims office, while his friend Pasquale and his teacher Mr. Schultz offer conflicting advice on how to handle the matter. Luigi's efforts to secure a settlement take him through confusing dealings with lawyers and company officials. The series Life with Luigi is a comedy show, and this episode originally aired on August 14, 1949, starring J. Carol Nash as Luigi Vasco. The episode is part of a comedy series built around Luigi's letters home to his mother in Italy.
Chicago, Illinois, during the late 1940s, on a city bus, at a night school, and at a bus company's claims office.
Characters: Luigi Vasco, Pasquale, Mr. Schultz, Mr. Prescott, Mr. Fenton, Mr. Hetherington, Rosa, Charles
Listen for: Luigi's letters to his mother and his confused dealings with the bus company and the lawyers.
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.