What happens
Gracie Allen runs a secret school of culture from the Burns home, and George Burns grows suspicious when he hears someone slip out the back door and notices her strange behavior. Bill Goodwin tells George that Gracie is devoted to Swan soap, and George worries he may be losing his wife. Gracie has been using the name of movie star Paul Henreid to promote the school, and Henreid arrives at the house to set matters straight. The episode is a 1944 Burns and Allen broadcast starring Gracie Allen and George Burns, with Paul Henreid as the guest star, first aired on January 25, 1944.
The Burns home, and the office where George works
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Paul Henreid, Bea Benaderet
Listen for: Gracie's attempts to promote her school of culture using Paul Henreid's name, and George's suspicion that she has fallen for someone else
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.