What happens
Jane Stacy and her roommate Irma Peterson read about a Wall Street Magazine contest offering $150 for a secretary's most interesting experience, but Jane cannot enter without her employer's endorsement, and her boss Mr. Thompson is out of town. Irma tries to help, while Jane is bothered by her former boss Richard Rimelander, who has hired a new secretary, Carolyn Benson. The series is My Friend Irma, heard on CBS Radio, with Marie Wilson starring as Irma and Cathy Lewis as Jane, with Hans Conried and Alan Reed in supporting roles. This episode first aired on November 22, 1948.
A rooming house in New York City, where Jane and Irma live, along with their landlady Mrs. O'Reilly and the professor, and the financial district nearby.
Characters: Irma Peterson, Jane Stacy, Richard Rimelander, Carolyn Benson, Mr. Thompson, Professor Kropatkin, Mrs. O'Reilly, Al
Listen for: Irma's mix-ups with words and Jane's efforts to get the contest endorsement, including Al's scheme to get around Mr. Thompson's absence.
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.