What happens
Gracie Allen writes a newspaper column and hires Harpo Marx, a sometimes-spy from a recent film, to gather gossip for her. The transcript covers her early plans as her husband George Burns and the household staff react. Gracie's column includes shaky rumors, and George tries to stop her from printing them. Harpo, pursued by Gracie's ideas, starts his work as a snoop. Bill Goodwin and Meredith Willson take part in the dialogue. The series is Burns and Allen, first aired May 9, 1946, with Gracie Allen and George Burns as the leads.
The Burns' living room and the surrounding neighborhood in Hollywood
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Harpo Marx, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Mel Blanc
Listen for: Gracie's plan to hire Harpo as her snooping reporter for her newspaper column
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.