Julius Wants To Get Married: The Phil Harris (October 7, 1951)

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“Julius Wants To Get Married” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast October 7, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye host a costume party, and the next morning Phil's friend Frankie Remley overeats and behaves badly. Julius, a young delivery boy, asks Alice for advice about marrying a girl he has known only a week, and his wish to wed quickly becomes the centre of the story. Phil and Frankie, eager to be rid of the young man, begin to plan his elopement. The episode is part of The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, first broadcast on NBC on October 7, 1951, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the leading roles.

The Harris home and the neighbourhood around it, with a grocery delivery and a planned elopement.

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

Listen for: Julius asking Alice for advice about marrying Gail, and Phil and Frankie planning his elopement.

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.