Drivers License Renewal: The Phil Harris (May 21, 1950)

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“Drivers License Renewal” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 21, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Frankie Remley drive with Alice Faye to the motor vehicle bureau so she can take her driver's license test. Alice's reckless driving leads to a knocked-over motorcycle and a squad car collision, and Phil ends up with a ticket after an officer finds his own license has expired. Phil then tries to renew it at the bureau, where he and Alice run into a series of obstacles and a clerk who insists on strict testing. The program was broadcast on NBC on May 21, 1950, in the Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show.

Los Angeles, California, a motor vehicle bureau and the surrounding streets

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Elliott Lewis, Gale Gordon

Listen for: Alice's bumpy driving lesson and the escalating run of motor vehicle bureau mix-ups

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.