What happens
Burns and Allen is a comedy program in which George Burns and Gracie Allen trade quick banter and pursue scattered holiday errands. Gracie wanders through the post office, mixing up her own packages while George tries to find the missing radio scripts for their upcoming play. Artie Shaw, the bandleader, joins in with talk of a film he has just seen and of his own clumsy scenes. The broadcast, aired on December 23, 1940, features the program's regular cast, including Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc, and it is sponsored by Spam. The episode mostly consists of rapid exchanges and comic bits.
Hollywood, during the Christmas season, at a film premiere, a studio and the post office
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Artie Shaw, Paul, Bob, Marty
Listen for: Gracie's mix-up over her packages and the lost radio scripts at the post office
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.