Courtship Of Elliott Lewis: The Phil Harris (September 25, 1953)

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“Courtship Of Elliott Lewis” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast September 25, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye face a household problem when Elliot Lewis, a freeloading houseguest, keeps eating their food. Phil suggests finding Elliot a wife, and the couple sets about trying to get him married. The story unfolds on the Phil Harris and Alice Faye show, an NBC transcribed radio program, first broadcast on September 25, 1953. Phil Harris and Alice Faye lead the cast, with Elliot Lewis and Gale Gordon also in the program.

The Harris household, and nearby, with breakfast, a dinner visit and a grocery delivery

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis, Curly, Willie, Julius, Clara

Listen for: Phil and Alice plotting to find Elliot a wife, and Julius's attempt to profit from his aunt's visit

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.