What happens
Gracie Allen receives a letter from Keith Fowler, a boy who was her sweetheart in school, announcing that he will visit. Her husband George Burns is jealous and irritated, and the household is thrown into confusion by the visitor's expected arrival and by Gracie's refusal to explain what happened on a rainy afternoon long ago. Bill Goodwin, Paul Whiteman and Jimmy Cash are drawn into the squabble as George and Gracie trade messages through them. The series is Burns and Allen, first broadcast on November 18, 1941, on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc in the cast.
The Burns home, where Gracie and George live and where friends and neighbours come and go.
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Paul Whiteman, Keith Fowler, Jimmy Cash, Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc
Listen for: Gracie's refusal to say what happened on the rainy afternoon, and George's attempts to get her to tell him.
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.