Gracie Against Crime

Another cup of Maxwell House Coffee George. Sure. Pour me a cup, Gracie. Maxwell House is always good to the last... Drop. And that drops good too. Yes, it's Maxwell House Coffee Time, starring George Burns and Gracie Allard.

With yours truly Bill Goodwin, that tough man of the screen, Dewey Robinson, and the music of Meredith Wilson and his orchestra. For your Thursday night comedy enjoyment, it's George and Gracie. for your everyday coffee drinking enjoyment, it's Maxwell House. Always good to the last drop.

It's morning in the Burns home and as George comes down to breakfast he is greeted by a very excited gracy. Oh George did you hear the news? How are you in get packed? We're leaving for Paris.

What? We're going to the Peace Conference in Paris. I just heard it on the radio. Gratie the... The newscast has said the fate of the world might depend upon the Paris meeting a Burns and Allen. I heard the radio in the bedroom. The man didn't say Burns and Allen.

He said Burns and Stalin. Jimmy Burns and Joseph Stalin. Oh, he made me, you and I aren't going over there and get all these international disputes straightened out. Of course not. Those disputes will be straightened out by diplomats. Oh, the hard way, huh? Yes, in the side pocket.

George, look, would it be all right with you if I went to the Paris Peace Conference to report it for my newspaper column? Gracie, things are confused enough over there. You stay here. All right. Bubble, you suggest some other subject for my column?

Well, let's see. What interesting news have I heard lately? Oh, the deons up in Canada had a new baby. Just one? Just one? Oh, that might make a good column. It would cheer up General Motors in the Ford plant.