What happens
George Burns and Gracie Allen run a radio show in Hollywood, and George hopes to land a comedy role in a new picture. He learns that producer Joe Pasternak is coming to the studio to find a comedian, and the cast scrambles to help him make an impression. Gracie's plans and the building jokes about the show's staff and guests keep the program moving. The episode is a 1940 broadcast of the Burns and Allen series, first aired on August 5, 1940, with Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc in the cast.
A Hollywood radio studio, where the show is being broadcast on a Monday night.
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joe Pasternak, Artie Shaw, Bud Easton, Bubbles
Listen for: George's jokes and his nervous preparation as the producer Joe Pasternak arrives at the studio.
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.