What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye's family go to see the Clyde Beatty Circus after Frankie Remley, a friend, gets tickets for them. Phil and Frankie boast about their muscles and manhood, and Frankie explains that he got the tickets through a favor to the circus manager. The family drives there, but when the tickets are lost and no one has money, Phil and Frankie decide to sneak into the circus under the tent. Their scheme involves a young man who offers to help, and they end up in the animal cages with the lions and a tiger. The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show aired on NBC on April 10, 1949, starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye.
A circus in the present day, including a midway, a sideshow tent, and the animal cages and arena.
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Curly, Julius, Baby Alice, Bill, Leo
Listen for: The family's attempt to sneak into the circus and their predicament among the lions.
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.