Talking To Mr.Scott About Mentioning Sponsors Name: The Phil Harris (November 12, 1950)

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“Talking To Mr.Scott About Mentioning Sponsors Name” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 12, 1950. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris is distressed by rumors that he has no sponsor, though he insists he does but is forbidden to name the company. Fed up with his friends and band members, he visits Mr. Scott at RCA, who warns that he must never be seen near the office. Harris persuades Scott to allow a commercial in exchange for helping Scott's wife find a singing career. The Phil Harris Alice Faye Show, broadcast on NBC on November 12, 1950, features Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis and Gale Gordon in the cast, with Frankie Remley played by Elliott Lewis.

Hollywood, California, at Phil Harris's home and at the RCA office

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie Remley, Mr. Scott, Mrs. Scott, Julius, Curly, Milligan

Listen for: Harris's nightmare sequence and the scene where Mrs. Scott auditions and sings

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.