Irma Becomes a Photographer: OTRR My Friend Irma Singles (April 12, 1948)

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“Irma Becomes a Photographer” is an episode of OTRR My Friend Irma Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 12, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Irma Peterson, a scatterbrained young woman, is left in charge of a camera and a roll of film belonging to Richard, who is entering a photography contest. Jane, her roommate, has agreed to take the film to be developed in Westport, but Irma and Al decide to try the camera themselves while Jane is out. Their photographs quickly become a sequence of mishaps as Irma and Al take their pictures and worry about what Richard will say. The episode is part of the My Friend Irma series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on April 12, 1948, with Marie Wilson as Irma and Cathy Lewis as Jane.

A New York apartment shared by Irma and Jane, with scenes at the professor's room, a photography studio in Westport, and around the city.

Characters: Irma Peterson, Jane Stacey, Al, Richard, Professor Kropotkin, Mrs. O'Reilly, Joe, Mr. Copeland

Listen for: Irma's crossword puzzle, the mix-up over the camera and film hidden behind the book of knowledge, and Irma and Al's plan to take pictures with the camera.

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.