My Friend Irma – Retro Radio Podcast

Irma and Jane talk about the charity masquerade party in the society section of the paper. A fancy event thrown by Jane’s boyfriend’s family. Though Irma would like to go,…

Features Joan Banks as Jane Stacey, and Marie Wilson as Irma Petersen. Irma decides to better herself and take piano lessons. Unfortunately, Jane had to let the piano go back…

Features Marie Wilson as Irma, and Cathy Lewis as Jane. The hectic life at her office has Jane down, and feeling distracted. She compares notes with Irma about farms, and…

Jane gets her annual income tax ready as she talks about the latest weird behavior from Irma. Today we find Irma practicing her piano lesson, prepared for her by their…

Joan Banks as Jane, and Marie Wilson as Irma. The two gals talk about being with family for Christmas. Though she misses her family, Irma takes comfort in knowing her…

Irma comes home complaining how her job makes her so confused. To cheer her up, Jane reads Irma a newspaper article about a wealthy eccentric man who is looking for…

Jane and Irma talk about being together in the apartment for a year. A phone call comes in from Richard, Janes boyfriend and rich boss. He needs to drop off…

With Joan Banks as Jane Stacey, and Marie Wilson as Irma Peterson. Jane gets a letter from boyfriend, Richard. She and Irma want to make some secret plans, and keep…

What do you do on a hot, sweltering day in the city to keep cool? If you’re Irma Peterson, a trip to Coney Island seems to be just the right…

Jane gets a telegram, but Irma expresses her belief of telegrams bringing bad luck. The silly superstition is soon proved wrong, and Jane gets the news that her aunt Harriot…

Jane tells how her boyfriend and boss planned a trip to England, and now she is lonely without him, and he hasn’t even left yet. To see him off, Richard…

Irma has been having trouble at work that has her boss, Mr Clyde being pushed to the brink of needing medical help. Her depression is even evident to professor Kropotkin, who has stopped in to share some advice, and complain about his apartment. Is Irma's ailments actually so bad as that? Does she need to see a doctor as well? At the doctor's office, Irma gets confused at what she learns. Jane get...

Or, The Prize Fighter. Jane and Irma are the best of friends, but there are times that test that friendship. One point of contention is money. Going over the budget,…

Jane tells about why she’s blue on this Sunday morning after a double date with Irma. The girls swear off their boyfriends. The independence is short lived though, and now…

Jane and Irma try to get some sleep, but Irma is too restless as she has her thoughts clouded by work, the milkman, and then sees a ghost. Is it…

After some of the typical confusion of daily life, Jane is excited over being accepted to a club. Irma is upset that the club participation will drive a wedge into…

Listen to how Jane and Irma meet. The ambitious, hard working, and common sense Jane is straight man to Irma’s confusion over such simple things as a telephone call. Though…

Jane Stacey opens the program with a few candid words about Irma and her ideas about her romance with her boyfriend, Al. Jane thinks that Irma oughght to get glasses,…

Jane demonstrates a problem that Irma is having with her gardening. Then she helps Irma with her secretary job and doing shorthand on some work she brought home to do.…

Irma gets along with everybody, even her boss. At least that’s what she thought. Irma takes consolation in the fact that she can rely on Jane to support her while…

Jane takes inventory of herself, and her prospects. She relates the latest misunderstanding that Irma has about life in the kitchen. They get ready for the big New Year’s Eve…

Irma decides to better herself and take piano lessons. Unfortunately, Jane had to let the piano go back to the music shop due to lack of any one playing it,…

Jane Stacey Talks to her roomate, Irma Peterson, about the happenings in the Social pages of the newspaper. Jane’s boss, and boyfriend, along with his relatives are all over the…

Features Cathy Lewis as Jane Stacey, Marie Wilson as Irma Peterson, and John Brown as Al. As Jane listens to the news on the radio, she hears a story warning…

Irma has a moment of confusion as she reads snippets to Jane from a magazine. Inspired, Irma decides that she wants to write her memoirs. She has kept a diary…