Frankie Wants To Buy A Business: The Phil Harris (November 4, 1951)

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“Frankie Wants To Buy A Business” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 4, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Frankie Remley is eager to buy a business and asks Phil Harris and Alice Faye for a loan of $45,000. They refuse, so Frankie turns to Curly, a friend, and borrows $200 from Phil, who is willing to invest that much. Frankie buys what turns out to be a tourist agency made of an orange crate, a camp chair and a battered bus. Phil learns of the deal and goes to see it for himself. The Phil Harris and Alice Faye show is a comedy broadcast on NBC, first aired on November 4, 1951, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the lead roles.

Los Angeles, including the Harris house and a street corner tourist office

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Curly, Abner Peabody

Listen for: Frankie's pitch for the tourist agency and his talk of a bus full of passengers

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.