Cesar Romero Steals Bill's Girlfriend: Burns and Allen (January 20, 1949)

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“Cesar Romero Steals Bill's Girlfriend” is an episode of Burns and Allen, the old-time radio show, first broadcast January 20, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Gracie Allen and George Burns worry about their friend Bill Goodwin, who seems to be wasting his life as a bachelor. Gracie decides Bill needs a wife and invites him to dinner to meet Jean Merritt. Meanwhile Caesar Romero is brought into a scheme to make Bill jealous, and the couple's plans to push Bill toward marriage begin to tangle. The episode is from the Burns and Allen series, first broadcast on January 20, 1949, with Gracie Allen and George Burns among the leads.

The Burns home, and later Romanov's restaurant and other rooms in the Burns household

Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Bill Goodwin, Caesar Romero, Jean Merritt, Mel Blanc

Listen for: Gracie's scheme to make Bill jealous by bringing Caesar Romero into the picture

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.