What happens
George Burns is being considered for a seat on the Beverly Hills school board, and Gracie Allen is thrilled by the news and already imagining him in politics. Gracie tries to prepare George for a visit from Miss Pringle, the head of the board, and a neighborhood boy named Wilbur is pressed into an odd role in the household. Bill Goodwin drops by with his own ideas about the readers and about the election. The episode is a 1943 installment of the Burns and Allen radio series, originally broadcast on May 25, 1943 on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen and Bea Benaderet among the cast.
The Burns home in Beverly Hills, with the surrounding neighborhood and the school board's offices.
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Miss Pringle, Bill Goodwin, Wilbur, Mr. Hutch, Mrs. Mange, Tootsie Sagua
Listen for: Gracie's attempts to prepare George for Miss Pringle's visit, and the arrival of the neighborhood boy Wilbur.
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.