What happens
Gracie Allen tries to get a new Easter outfit from her husband George Burns, who refuses to give her the money. George arranges for Bill Goodwin to write a letter from a supposed Uncle Hubert enclosing fifty dollars, and Gracie happily accepts it. The fifty dollars sets off a series of misunderstandings, including a visit from a broken-down actor hired to pose as the uncle. Burns and Allen is the series, and this episode aired on April 20, 1943, with Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc among the cast.
The Burns home, including the kitchen, breakfast room and library, during wartime rationing.
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Bill Goodwin
Listen for: George's scheme to send Gracie fifty dollars under the name of an uncle she barely remembers.
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.