Ski Trip: The Phil Harris (March 27, 1949)

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“Ski Trip” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 27, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Alice Faye set out on a short trip, but their plans clash almost at once. Phil wants a fishing vacation at Lake Henshaw, Alice wants Palm Springs, and their friends Frankie Remley and Willie each push their own ideas. Phil's parking ticket forces a detour to City Hall, where the mayor, played by Walter Tetley, turns out to be a schoolboy during Boys' Week. The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show aired on NBC on March 27, 1949, and the episode is a comedy about a vacation that keeps going wrong.

Los Angeles area, leaving home for a trip to Lake Henshaw, then City Hall and the mayor's office

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Willie, Julius, Curly, Elmer Jones

Listen for: Phil's parking ticket and the mix-up at City Hall during Boys' Week

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.