What happens
Gracie Allen and George Burns arrive in Boston to entertain at a war bond rally, and George is not on the program to sing. Gracie phones around to get him a spot, and while in the hotel she meets tenor James Melton, who is giving a concert the same evening. Gracie proposes that George and Melton swap places in their careers, and Melton is asked to consider the idea. The episode is from the Burns and Allen series, originally broadcast on 1944-11-14 on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen and Bea Benaderet among the cast.
A hotel in Boston, where the Burns and Allen team has arrived for a war bond rally.
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, James Melton, Bill Goodwin, Jimmy Cash
Listen for: Gracie's phone calls to get George a place at the rally, and her meeting with James Melton and her proposal to swap careers.
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.