What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye star in a 1952 NBC episode of The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, which aired on January 13, 1952. Alice secretly buys Phil a motorcycle for his birthday and hides it in the house, planning a surprise. Her odd behavior and a series of mysterious phone calls convince Phil that she is hiding a romance, and he grows jealous and suspicious. His friend Curly Remley and Frankie Marshall try to console him as he confronts Alice about the calls. Alice tries to keep the motorcycle a secret while Phil searches the house for an explanation.
Los Angeles, at Phil and Alice's home and in a downtown department store, around the day before Phil's birthday
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Curly Remley, Frankie, Willie
Listen for: Alice's secret shopping trip and the mysterious phone calls that lead Phil to suspect her
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.