Alice Buys A Business: The Phil Harris (November 16, 1952)

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“Alice Buys A Business” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 16, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Alice Faye tells her husband Phil Harris that she is investing in a business, and she sends her brother Willie to close the deal. Phil and Elliot Lewis eavesdrop on the conversation through an open window, then hatch a plan to take Willie's signed blank check. Phil and Elliot buy a business on West Main Street, and the story follows their unsure dealings with the seller and the building they have acquired. This is The Phil Harris series, originally broadcast on NBC on November 16, 1952, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the leading roles.

Los Angeles area, a suburban home and the streets of a city neighborhood on Main Street

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Willie, Curly

Listen for: Phil and Elliot's plan to get Willie's blank check, and the business they end up buying

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.