What happens
Gracie Allen holds a meeting of her Beverly Hills Uplift Society in the Burns living room while George Burns sleeps upstairs. The club members are noisy and foolish, and George dislikes them intensely. Bill Goodwin visits, and the postman appears with a package from New York. George tries to get rid of the club, and he and Bill come up with a scheme involving a doctor. This episode of Burns and Allen aired on March 23, 1943, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles, alongside Bea Benaderet and Mel Blanc.
The Burns house in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Bill Goodwin, Bea Benaderet, Mel Blanc, Meredith Willson, Dr. Lewis, Vicki Gruskin
Listen for: Gracie's meeting of the Beverly Hills Uplift Society, the postman's visit, and George's plan to get rid of the club by pretending to be ill
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.