George Inherits Five Thousand Dollars: Burns and Allen (November 22, 1945)

“George Inherits Five Thousand Dollars” is an episode of Burns and Allen, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 22, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Burns learns from attorney William Walsh that his late uncle, Marvin W. Burns, has left him $5,000, on condition that the money be spent on a college education. George is reluctant to enroll, since he feels too old for college, but his wife Gracie Allen and friends pressure him. Gracie sets him up at Beverly Hills Tech, where the coach is desperate for a football player. The episode is part of the Burns and Allen series, first broadcast on November 22, 1945, with Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc in the cast.

Los Angeles, California, the Burns home, a lawyer's office, and Beverly Hills Tech

Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, William Walsh, Meredith Willson, Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc

Listen for: Gracie's logic on why George should go to college, and the football game at the end

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.