Kitchen Sink: The Phil Harris (January 11, 1953)

“Kitchen Sink” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 11, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye host Elliot Lewis for an early Sunday dinner, followed by a kitchen mishap. Phil and Elliot try to repair a sink and end up puncturing a water pipe, so the kitchen starts to flood. Alice's finger becomes stuck in the water pipe, and Julius, a delivery boy played by Walter Tetley, gets his arm caught in the garbage disposal. The three friends search the house plans for the water shutoff, then call for a plumber and a fire department, neither of which solves the problem quickly. The series, The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show, aired on NBC on January 11, 1953, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the leads.

Phil and Alice's house, in the kitchen and living room on a Sunday

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis, Julius, Gale Gordon

Listen for: The plumber and the fire department arriving to help with the stuck fingers and arm

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.