What happens
Eddie York and Chuck Gibson, two newly discharged soldiers, are abducted on Fifth Avenue by a gangster named Arnold, who claims Eddie is Francis Pemberton and owes him a gambling debt. After losing their savings, the two go to Pemberton's mansion to recover their money. There they meet Joan, a relative who lives in the house, and learn that Francis is supposedly a wealthy man with a complicated family and a child. This is the Screen Guild Theater's 1947 broadcast of Pardon My Past, starring John Hodiak, Marguerite Chapman and William Demarest, first aired on May 5, 1947. The story presents the mix-up of identities and the confusion it creates within the household.
New York City, including Fifth Avenue and the Pemberton mansion
Characters: Eddie York, Chuck Gibson, Francis Pemberton, Joan, Arnold, Uncle Will, Mary, Stephanie
Listen for: Eddie York's confusion when he is mistaken for Francis Pemberton, and Joan's reactions to the two men
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.