Irma Wants Older Man: OTRR My Friend Irma Singles (May 5, 1953)

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“Irma Wants Older Man” is an episode of OTRR My Friend Irma Singles, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 5, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

On her birthday, Irma Peterson is stood up by her boyfriend Al, who is supposedly working. Her roommate Jane Stacy tries to cheer her up, and Irma decides to date an older man, George Clover, instead. Irma works as a secretary for Mr. Clyde, and Clyde, Irma, and Jane all have conflicting ideas about the evening's arrangements. The episode is from the series My Friend Irma, first broadcast on CBS Radio on May 5, 1953, with Marie Wilson as Irma and Cathy Lewis as Jane.

Mr. Clyde's office and the apartment Irma shares with Jane Stacy in Hollywood

Characters: Irma Peterson, Jane Stacy, Al, Mr. Clyde, Mrs. O'Reilly, George Clover, Maestro Wanda-Kinn

Listen for: Irma's birthday plans falling through, and her decision to go out with an older man

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.