Who Sent Flowers: The Phil Harris (March 26, 1954)

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“Who Sent Flowers” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 26, 1954. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Phil Harris is at home one morning when his wife Alice Faye leaves early for the beauty shop. Phil's friend Elliot Lewis and Curly, a bandmate, arrive and tease him about a string of mysterious phone calls for Alice. Phil grows suspicious and questions Alice about where she has been. The story is part of The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, which aired on NBC on March 26, 1954, with Phil Harris and Alice Faye as the lead actors.

The Harris household in Los Angeles, with the family's hobby shop and the front room nearby

Characters: Phil Harris, Alice Faye, Elliott Lewis, Curly, Julius, John, Ralph

Listen for: Phil's suspicions about the phone calls and the flower basket delivered for Alice

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.