George and The Wrestling Match: Burns and Allen (March 21, 1946)

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“George and The Wrestling Match” is an episode of Burns and Allen, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 21, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

George Burns and Gracie Allen deal with a money problem: Gracie has lost $1,400 of George's money, and he cuts off her allowance and orders cutbacks at home. Gracie hunts for ways to raise the sum, and her friend Meredith Wilson suggests she stage a concert for George to sing at Convention Hall. The series is Burns and Allen, a radio comedy, and this episode aired on March 21, 1946, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles.

The Burns home, a telephone conversation with a friend, and Convention Hall, where a concert and a wrestling match are planned.

Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Wilson, Blanche Morton

Listen for: Gracie's plan to raise $1,400 by staging a concert for George, and the wrestling match she arranges for the same evening.

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.