Gracie and Tootsie Work For Millionaire Playboy: Burns and Allen (June 8, 1943)

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“Gracie and Tootsie Work For Millionaire Playboy” is an episode of Burns and Allen, the old-time radio show, first broadcast June 8, 1943. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Gracie Allen and Tootsie Ess set out to win jobs as cook and maid for Freddie Langdon, a millionaire playboy opening his summer home, hoping Tootsie can catch his eye. Gracie learns the gossip magazine's account of Langdon and gets the idea of a romance with his cook. Once inside the house, the girls find Langdon's attentions more complicated than expected, and George Burns becomes involved as Gracie's husband. This Burns and Allen episode was broadcast on June 8, 1943, on CBS and NBC Radio. Gracie Allen and Bea Benaderet lead the cast, with Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc also appearing.

Burns and Allen's home, then Freddie Langdon's summer home

Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Tootsie, Freddie Langdon, Bill, Mr. Posenah

Listen for: Gracie's plan to win a job as Langdon's cook, and the mix-ups that follow once the girls arrive at his house

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.