What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye play a couple whose children have been studying the American Indian at school. Phil, who claims a large share of Indian blood, delights in teaching them the ways of his ancestors, much to his wife's exasperation. When Phil learns that Indians do not have to pay income tax, he sets out to claim a refund and must prove his heritage at the federal building. The Phil Harris series aired on NBC, and this episode is from November 25, 1951.
The Harris home and the federal building, where Phil goes to claim a tax refund.
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Julius, Mr. Harris
Listen for: Phil's tax claim at the federal building and the clerk's questions about his Indian heritage.
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.
