Frankie Is Not Going With Phil To Las Vegas: The Phil Harris (March 2, 1952)

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“Frankie Is Not Going With Phil To Las Vegas” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 2, 1952. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and his wife Alice Faye plan a weekend trip to Las Vegas, but when Alice decides to leave out their friend Frankie Remley, Phil must tell him. Frankie takes the news badly, and a bitter quarrel breaks out between the two old friends, ending with each declaring he wants nothing more to do with the other. Alice then steps in to try to bring them back together. The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show aired on NBC on March 2, 1952, starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye, with Elliott Lewis and Gale Gordon also in the cast.

Los Angeles area, at Phil and Alice's home and around town

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Julius

Listen for: Phil's plans for the trip to Las Vegas and the break with Frankie Remley

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.