What happens
Irma Peterson's roommate Jane Stacy discovers that Irma's brother Gerald is a touring lecturer, and she decides to host a gathering of the Philosophical Society in their apartment so that Irma's family can impress Hazel Carson. Friends and neighbors, including Mrs. O'Reilly, Maestro Wanda Kim and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde, prepare for the evening, rehearsing trivia and arranging refreshments. My Friend Irma is a CBS Radio comedy, and this episode aired on May 19, 1953, with Marie Wilson as Irma and Cathy Lewis as Jane. The guests gather as Gerald arrives to deliver his lecture before the club.
Jane and Irma's apartment in Hollywood, and Mr. Clyde's law office
Characters: Irma Peterson, Jane Stacy, Gerald Peterson, Hazel Carson, Maestro Wanda Kim, Mrs. O'Reilly, Mr. Clyde, Mrs. Clyde
Listen for: Jane's plan to impress Hazel Carson by hosting the Philosophical Society, and the guests' attempts at cultural trivia before Gerald's lecture
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.