What happens
Irma and her roommate Jane are visited by Jane's wealthy Aunt Harriet, who is coming to New York from Chicago. Jane is reluctant to have her stay with them, and sends her to a hotel instead. Meanwhile Irma's boyfriend Al hopes to win favor with Aunt Harriet, and he and Irma end up minding a baby belonging to their landlady, Mrs. O'Reilly's niece. The series is My Friend Irma, and this episode aired on CBS Radio on May 24, 1948. Marie Wilson plays Irma and Cathy Lewis plays Jane.
New York City, in the apartment shared by Irma and Jane, and at Grand Central Station and the Plaza Hotel
Characters: Irma, Jane, Al, Aunt Harriet, Richard, Professor Kropotkin, Mrs. O'Reilly
Listen for: Al and Irma's babysitting mishap and Aunt Harriet's arrival
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.
