What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye star in this episode of The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, which aired on NBC on November 13, 1953. Phil, a loud and easygoing man, learns that a finishing school will not accept his daughter Alice because her father is an actor. Elliott Lewis, his friend, suggests that Phil claim to be a famous explorer. Phil then decides to discover something, and the idea of a trip to the moon begins to take shape. Gale Gordon is also part of the cast. The story is comedic in tone, with the characters' schemes and banter forming the core of the episode.
Phil and Alice's home in Encino, and later the offices and home of the rocket people and a German professor
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Gale Gordon, Julius
Listen for: Phil's plan to pose as a famous explorer so his daughter can enter the finishing school
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.