What happens
Luigi Basko, a recent immigrant from Italy, receives a fire code violation notice from the fire department and has only two days to correct his antique shop. Confused by the official language, he visits his night school teacher, Mrs. Pong, who suggests he take the matter to his alderman. Alderman Johnson promises to help, but his phone call to the fire commissioner brings a warning of a violation and a short deadline. Luigi turns to his friend Pascuale, who offers advice and a place to stay. Life with Luigi, a comedy series, aired on July 10, 1949, and the lead actors named in the broadcast are J. Carrol Naish and Alan Reed.
Chicago, in the years after World War II, in Luigi's antique shop and the surrounding neighborhood
Characters: Luigi Basko, Pascuale, Alderman Johnson, Mrs. Pong, Lieutenant McKeever, Rosa
Listen for: Luigi's letters to his mother in Italy, which frame the story, and his dealings with the fire department and his alderman
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.