Gracie Goes Back To College: Burns and Allen (November 29, 1945)

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“Gracie Goes Back To College” is an episode of Burns and Allen, the old-time radio show, first broadcast November 29, 1945. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

George Burns, left $5,000 by his late uncle Marvin on condition that the money be spent on his college education, enrolls at Beverly Hills Tech with Gracie Allen's encouragement, though he feels too old for it. Gracie then persuades Jack Benny to attend college alongside George. The two men prepare for school, and their first days bring trouble with classes, classmates and a contest for most popular man on campus. The episode is a comedy of Burns and Allen's Maxwell House Coffee Time series, first broadcast on November 29, 1945, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles.

Beverly Hills Tech college and the Burns household in Beverly Hills, California

Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Betty Calhoun, Bobby, Rochester

Listen for: Gracie's attempts to talk George and Jack into staying in college, and the student contest for most popular man on campus

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.