What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye, the married radio couple, get six tickets to the road company of the Broadway hit South Pacific in Los Angeles. Phil's boss, Mr. Scott, wants two of them, and Phil tries to arrange it with his friends and a ticket speculator. The story is told in a comic, rambling way, and the complications pile up around the tickets as the evening approaches. The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show aired on NBC; this episode is dated May 28, 1950.
Los Angeles, at the Harris home and around town, including a ticket window and the theater on the night of the show
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Frankie, Remley, Mr. Scott, Mrs. Scott, Curly, Julius
Listen for: Phil Harris trying to get tickets for South Pacific while juggling promises to his boss Mr. Scott and his friends
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.