What happens
Gangster Huey Salas, who has been threatening George Burns, has proposed marriage to George disguised as Gracie's Aunt Clara. Gracie and the cast gather at the house to hear the news, and George worries that calling off the wedding will disappoint his bridegroom. George and Gracie try to work out how he can handle the gangster, and Gracie suggests he learn self-defense from Togo. Togo teaches George a few holds, but they prove unhelpful. Gracie and Burns Allen performers join in comic exchanges as the plan takes shape. The episode is part of the Burns and Allen series, broadcast on October 7, 1940.
Hollywood, at Gracie and George's home and during a car ride with a gangster.
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Huey Salas, Togo, Bud Heaton
Listen for: George's plan to handle the gangster and Togo's self-defense lessons.
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.