What happens
George Burns is told by his wife Gracie that cousin Nellie is sending a hog from the farm, and the household prepares for a barbecue. Gracie invites the guests, including Meredith Wilson, Mr. Judson and Dr. Miller, while George digs the barbecue pit. The show is the Burns and Allen radio comedy, broadcast on November 6, 1947, with Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc in the cast. Expecting a pig, the couple instead meets a visiting cousin, Henry Allen, who has arrived in the city in its place.
The Burns house in Beverly Hills, and the surrounding neighbourhood
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Meredith Wilson, Mr. Judson, Dr. Miller, Cousin Henry Allen, Bill Goodwin, Cousin Nellie
Listen for: Gracie's letter from Cousin Nellie about the hog named Henry, and the mix-up when the cousin arrives in place of the pig
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.