What happens
Phil Harris and Frankie Remley plan to watch a college football game at the coliseum, but their plans fall apart. Phil's wife Alice Faye has bought him a television set, which he dislikes, and he cancels the tickets. Curly, Frankie's friend, takes him to a shady dealer who sells stolen goods. Phil and Frankie then attempt to build their own television set from a kit. The episode is from The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, first aired on NBC on November 26, 1950, starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye.
Hollywood, California, in the Harris household, a shop selling stolen goods, and a rented home.
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Curly, Grogan, Willie
Listen for: Phil's dislike of television and his attempts to watch the football game at home.
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.