Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary: Burns and Allen (November 11, 1948)

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“Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary” is an episode of Burns and Allen, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 11, 1948. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

On their fifteenth wedding anniversary, George Burns and Gracie Allen are at odds over the day's meaning. George has forgotten the date and plans a surprise, while Gracie drops hints and grows suspicious. George draws money from the bank and arranges to buy lingerie with help from a bank clerk, but a misunderstanding spreads through the house. Gracie becomes convinced George is straying, and she begins devising schemes to win him back. This is the Burns and Allen series, from November 11, 1948, on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles.

The Burns home and Van der Lipp's department store, with a stop at Zero's restaurant

Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Toby Reed, Bill Goodwin, Mrs. Vanderlip, Arthur Bradley, Marilyn March, Miss Emery

Listen for: Gracie's hints about the anniversary and her growing belief that George is unfaithful

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.