What happens
Phil Harris and his wife Alice Faye are at home when Frankie Remley, a friend who has borrowed money from them before, calls to ask a favor. Frankie needs a family to impress his wealthy Aunt Harriet, who is arriving from Honolulu, and he asks to borrow Alice and the children for four hours. Phil is reluctant, but Alice agrees to help, and the household prepares for Aunt Harriet's visit. This episode of The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show aired on NBC on December 5, 1948, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the leading roles.
The Harris home, on a Sunday evening in the late 1940s.
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Aunt Harriet, Curly, Phyllis, Little Alice, Julius
Listen for: Frankie's plan to pass off the Harris family as his own when his aunt arrives, and how the household sets about deceiving her.
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.