Alices Old Boyfriend: The Phil Harris (April 20, 1952)

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“Alices Old Boyfriend” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast April 20, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye face a comic situation when Alice's former sweetheart, George Henderson, arrives in town and calls at the house. Phil, believing Alice's first love will be an aging, unappealing man, decides to let him visit and hopes the encounter will end things. Alice, still remembering George fondly, is eager to see him again. The episode is from The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, first broadcast on NBC on April 20, 1952, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye starring, alongside Elliott Lewis and Gale Gordon. Phil and his friend Remley keep trying to outdo George in a series of silly contests.

The Harris home in Beverly Hills, California.

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, George Henderson, Remley, Julius

Listen for: Phil's escalating attempts to outdo George Henderson, and Alice's remembrances of her first love.

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.