What happens
Bill Goodwin, desperate to land a role opposite Ingrid Bergman in a movie, tells a producer that he is married, and he needs a wife to convince him. Gracie Allen agrees to pose as Bill's wife for the evening, and a dinner party at the Burns home is arranged. Meanwhile, the neighbor Meredith Wilson seeks romantic advice from George Burns before his date. The Burns and Allen radio program, which aired on CBS and NBC, stars Gracie Allen and George Burns, with Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc in the cast. The episode was first broadcast on November 1, 1945.
The Burns home in Hollywood, California
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Wilson, Mr. Sherwood, Burns
Listen for: Gracie's dinner-party deception as Bill's wife, and the escalating confusion when Mr. Sherwood arrives
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.