What happens
Gracie Allen tries to help her friend Tootsie Saguel after a mud pack at the beauty shop, then takes on the job of overhauling George Burns's car during a gasoline shortage, when she and Tootsie start a night-school mechanic course. Their repairs go badly wrong, leaving parts scattered through the garage, and George is left furious as the mechanic arrives to put things right. The episode is part of the Burns and Allen series, broadcast on December 1, 1942, on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen and Bea Benaderet among the leads.
The Burns house in Los Angeles, a beauty shop, and the Burns family garage, December 1, 1942, at the start of gasoline rationing.
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Tootsie Saguel, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Mel Blanc, Willwell
Listen for: Gracie explaining her car repairs with tags such as UN and OT, and George's reaction when he discovers the damage.
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.