What happens
Irma Peterson and her roommate Jane Curious are planning a two-week summer vacation on a small budget when Irma reveals she has spent their joint savings on an air conditioner. Jane is upset, and the pair's friends and landlady Mrs. O'Reilly react to the situation, including a visit from their employer, Mr. Clyde. Irma's flat-rate purchase has left the household short of money for travel, and everyone sets about finding a way to help the two women get away. My Friend Irma is a CBS Radio comedy, and this episode aired on June 30, 1953, starring Marie Wilson and Cathy Lewis.
An apartment shared by Irma and Jane in New York, with later scenes at the office and at a neighborhood block party.
Characters: Irma Peterson, Jane Curious, Mrs. O'Reilly, Mr. Clyde, Al, Richard, Maestro, Mrs. Rheinlander
Listen for: Irma's purchase of the air conditioner and Jane's reaction to losing their vacation money.
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.