What happens
Gracie Allen and George Burns are finalists in a newspaper contest to find Hollywood's happiest married couple, and a reporter is coming to observe them at one o'clock. Gracie sets out to cheer up a gloomy George, trying a card trick, a joke, and a political discussion, but nothing seems to work. Each attempt raises the stakes as the deadline approaches. Gracie tries several ways to lift his spirits before the reporter returns. This episode of Burns and Allen aired on February 7, 1946, and Meredith Willson's orchestra and announcer Bill Goodwin also appear.
The Burns home in Hollywood, where a newspaper reporter is due to visit at one o'clock.
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Meredith Willson, Bill Goodwin, Mrs. Hackinger
Listen for: Gracie's repeated attempts to cheer George up before the reporter's visit, and the running gags about marriage and married life.
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.