Gracie's Dating Service: Burns and Allen (December 29, 1942)

“Gracie's Dating Service” is an episode of Burns and Allen, the old-time radio show, first broadcast December 29, 1942. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

George Burns and Gracie Allen run a mix-up with a magazine when the postman delivers George's Cowboy Love Tales to the home of Rita Hayworth. George goes to swap it, and the two households end up trading stories and visits. Gracie, hearing that Rita rarely gets a date, sets out to find her one, and the search brings in Bill Goodwin and a series of mismatched suitors. The episode is from the Burns and Allen series, first broadcast December 29, 1942 on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the lead roles.

The Burns house and the house next door, in a single evening.

Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Rita Hayworth, Bill Goodwin, Tootsie Saggwell, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet

Listen for: Gracie's attempts to find Rita a date and the mix-up over the magazine.

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.