What happens
Phil Harris and Alice Faye plan a summer vacation, but Alice wants to go alone, without their friend Elliot Lewis, who has tagged along on their outings since they married. Their argument recalls how Elliot first entered their lives, including a ride home from a benefit where they met a hitchhiker and a long run of mishaps involving food and houseguests. The episode is a comedy of domestic squabbles and amusing memories told in the Harris household. The series is The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, first broadcast on NBC on June 18, 1954, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye starring.
The Harris household and memories of past outings, including a drive home from a benefit in Santa Barbara and a planned vacation at Lake Tahoe.
Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliot Lewis
Listen for: Alice insisting on a vacation alone with Phil, and Phil's recollections of how Elliot first came into their lives.
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.