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Dependable, level-headed Jane Stacy (Cathy Lewis, Diana Lynn) began each weekly radio program by narrating a misadventure of her innocent, bewildered roommate, Irma, a dim-bulb stenographer from Minnesota. The two central characters were in their mid-twenties and after the two met in the first episode, they lived together in an apartment rented from their Irish landlady, Mrs. O'Reilly (Jane Morgan, Gloria Gordon).
Irma's boyfriend Al (John Brown) was a deadbeat, barely on the right side of the law, who had not held a job in years. Only someone like Irma could love Al, whose nickname for Irma was "Chicken". Al had many crazy get-rich-quick schemes, which never worked. Al planned to marry Irma at some future date so she could support him. Professor Kropotkin (Hans Conried), the Russian violinist at the Princess Burlesque theater, lived upstairs. He greeted Jane and Irma with remarks like, "My two little bunnies with one being an Easter bunny and the other being Bugs Bunny." The Professor insulted Mrs. O'Reilly, complained about his room and reluctantly became O'Reilly's love interest in an effort to make her forget his back rent.
Irma worked for the lawyer, Mr. Clyde (Alan Reed). She had such an odd filing system that once when Clyde fired her, he had to hire her back again because he couldn't find anything. Useless at dictation, Irma mangled whatever Clyde dictated. Asked how long she had been with Clyde, Irma said, "When I first went to work with him he had curly black hair, then it got grey, and now it's snow white. I guess I've been with him about six months."
42 radio shows (in MP3 format) all on 1 data CD!
Numbers refer to production or broadcast dates (yymmdd) and series number when known:
470411 - Irma Meets Jane
470516 - Jane And Irma Lose Their Jobs
470613 - Fur Coat
471201 - The Reward
471208 - The Eyes Have It
471222 - Double Surprise
471229 - Gentlemen Prefer
480105 - The Great Irma
480112 - The Lucky Couple Contest
480119 - The Book Crook
480126 - Lonely Hearts Club
480202 - The Red Head
480209 - Billy Boy The Boxer
480216 - The Professor s Concerto
480223 - Its All Relative
480301 - Fortune Raised
480308 - Double Troubles
480315 - Buy or Sell
480322 - Election Connection
480329 - The Big Secret
480405 - Irmas Inheritance
480419 - Dinner Date
480426 - Manhatten Magazine
480503 - Acute Love Sickness
480510 - Bon Voyage
490411 - Piano Lessons
520113 - Cub Scout Speech
520203 - Newspaper Column
540630 - Irma And Jane See A Ghost
999999 - Birthday Date With An Older Man
999999 - Irma Buys An Air Conditioner AFRS
999999 - Irma Improves Her Mind For Al
999999 - Irma Learns Astrology
999999 - Irma Takes A Cooking Course
999999 - Irma Writes A Gossip Column
999999 - Irmas Boss Buys A Race Horse
999999 - Irmas Brother A Lecturer Visits
999999 - Jane And Irma
999999 - Mr Martins Beating His Wife Again
999999 - The Martins Dog And A New Society
999999 - Trip To Washington
999999 - Youth Restorer
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