What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye are visiting New York with their children, staying at a hotel suite. Phil shows the family famous landmarks while they argue over the city's history and his own showmanship. Phil's friend and social secretary Frank Remley has arranged a party and press interviews, and the reporters crowd in to speak with the couple. Phil is eager for publicity and Remley is pressed to produce something sensational, leading the pair to a daring stunt planned for the Brooklyn Bridge. The Phil Harris series is a comedy program on NBC, first broadcast on February 5, 1950, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the leading roles.
A hotel suite in New York City, and later the city's streets, press gathering, and Brooklyn Bridge area.
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frank Remley, Willie, Julius, Curly
Listen for: Phil's boastful exchanges with the family and the press, and Remley's scheming as he tries to create publicity for Phil.
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.