What happens
Gracie Allen and George Burns argue over the household budget in their home, with Gracie buying a hat and later a live turkey while George insists on cutting costs. The couple also disagree about their friend Harry Morton, whom George considers a freeloader, and Gracie tries to find a way to avoid hosting the Mortons for Thanksgiving. Their pet dog Herman and the turkey add to the household chaos as the episode develops. Burns and Allen was a comedy series on CBS and NBC Radio, and this episode first aired on November 17, 1942, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles alongside Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc.
The Burns home and a local market in Los Angeles during the Second World War, around Thanksgiving.
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Harry Morton, Blanche Morton, Mr. Meyer, Tootsie, Herman
Listen for: Gracie's literal-minded misunderstandings of George's instructions about the budget and the turkey.
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.