What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye face a difficult situation after losing a radio sponsor. Alice has unknowingly signed to perform a bubble dance at a burlesque house under the name Boo Boo Fay, and her brother William is upset. Phil tries to keep the band together while Alice struggles with the embarrassment and the new contract. Frankie and Curly look for a new sponsor, and Phil sets out to resolve the mix-up with the network executive Mr. Phillips. The series is The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, first broadcast on NBC on October 8, 1950.
Hollywood, California
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie, Curly, William, Milligan, Julius, Scotty
Listen for: Phil tries to keep the band together while Alice worries about her burlesque contract, and the search for a new sponsor leads to a tense meeting with Scotty.
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.