Willies Ice Maker: The Phil Harris (June 14, 1953)

“Willies Ice Maker” is an episode of The Phil Harris, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 14, 1953. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Phil Harris and Elliot Lewis wait in RCA Victor executive Mr. Scott's office to discuss renewing Phil's radio contract, and Phil hopes for a salary raise. Phil's brother-in-law Willie Faye arrives with a portable ice-making machine he invented, and Phil decides to bring it to RCA Victor himself. In the attempt to deliver it, the machine's operation goes badly wrong and fills the house. This episode of The Phil Harris series aired on NBC on June 14, 1953, starring Phil Harris and Alice Faye, with Gale Gordon also in the cast.

RCA Victor offices and the Harris household

Characters: Phil Harris, Elliot Lewis, Mr. Scott, Miss Livingston, Alice Faye, Willie Faye, Julius, Gale Gordon

Listen for: Phil's attempts to get a raise from Mr. Scott and the ice machine's mishap

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.