Kangaroo: The Phil Harris (March 6, 1949)

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“Kangaroo” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 6, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye live with Phil's freeloading brother-in-law Frankie Remley, who has been staying at their house instead of looking for work. Alice decides to redecorate the master bedroom, and when Frankie claims a business deal involving a boxing kangaroo, Phil tries to keep the peace between his wife and his guest. Frankie and Curly then take on the wallpapering themselves, with messy results. The Phil Harris-Alice Faye series aired on NBC on March 6, 1949, with Elliott Lewis and Gale Gordon in the cast.

The Harris home, including the master bedroom and the playroom

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Julius, Willie, Baby Snooks

Listen for: Frankie's excuses about a boxing kangaroo and his attempts to help with the wallpapering

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.