Cadillac In The Swimming Pool: The Phil Harris (May 15, 1949)

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“Cadillac In The Swimming Pool” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 15, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Frankie Remley crash a party at the home of Mr. Scott, a Rexall executive who did not invite them. Scott's wife Grace is busy with the guest list, and Harris is lending garden chairs to the household. The two men bring the chairs over and quarrel with Scott, who wants nothing to do with Frankie. The episode is a comedy in the Phil Harris and Alice Faye series, broadcast on NBC on May 15, 1949, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the leading roles.

The Scott home in Southern California, with its driveway, garden and swimming pool, on a Sunday afternoon.

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Curly, Mr. Scott, Grace Scott, Julius

Listen for: Mr. Scott's quarrel with Frankie Remley over the invitation, and the trouble the two men cause with the car in the pool.

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.