What happens
Vic and Sade, on the 1941 episode Christmas Shopping for Mr. Buller, sit down with a long list of names so they can choose gifts for Mr. Buller's relatives and acquaintances. Bernardine Flynn and Bill Idelson are heard in the leading roles. Vic works through the names one at a time, asking whether each person should get a separate present or a single gift for the whole group, and wondering how much to spend. Sade offers suggestions such as handkerchiefs, and the two discuss the addresses, which are often confusing or incomplete. Money is a recurring concern, since Mr. Buller has given them twenty dollars to cover the purchases and postage. The episode is a conversational, comic exchange about the tedious chore of shopping for a long list of people. The broadcast is recorded as airing on 1941-12-12.
The home of Vic and Sade, where the two prepare Christmas gifts for Mr. Buller's list of people.
Characters: Vic, Sade, Mr. Buller
Listen for: Vic reading out the names on the list and Sade's suggestions about what to buy, including the handkerchiefs.
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.