Elliotts Girlfriends Name: The Phil Harris (November 30, 1952)

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“Elliotts Girlfriends Name” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 30, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris wakes up with a hangover after a poker party at Elliot Lewis's apartment, where he was the guest of honor, and cannot remember what happened. Elliot tries to help him piece the night together, but Alice Faye arrives with lunch and starts asking questions. Phil discovers a tattoo of the name Emma on his chest and worries about how to explain it to his wife. The Phil Harris and Alice Faye program aired on NBC on November 30, 1952.

The Harris home, around noon the day after a poker party at Elliot Lewis's apartment.

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis, Julius, Dr. Conrad

Listen for: Phil's attempts to explain the tattoo and his comic mishaps while covering up the night before.

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.