Phils Easy Chair Must Go: The Phil Harris (December 16, 1951)

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“Phils Easy Chair Must Go” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 16, 1951. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye argue over Phil's worn easy chair, which Alice wants gone. Their new neighbor, Mrs. Stewart, criticises the chair during a visit, and the argument spreads as Phil and Alice call in friends and decorators to settle the matter. Frank Nelson and Curly Remley take part, and each decorator favours a different outcome. The episode is part of The Phil Harris series, first broadcast on NBC on December 16, 1951, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye in the leading roles, alongside Elliott Lewis and Gale Gordon.

The Harris living room and home in California

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Mrs. Stewart, Frank Nelson, Curly Remley, Mr. Conrad, Julius

Listen for: Phil's insistence on keeping his easy chair, and the escalating argument over the decorators' opinions

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.