What happens
George and Gracie plan a lavish New Year's Eve party and hire an orchestra, buy two turkeys and champagne, and order food for the guests. Gracie forgets to mail the invitations, and when the guests she has finally reached fail to appear, she devises a scheme to make George believe it is already New Year's Eve. Their friends and neighbors gather at the house. The episode is a 1948 broadcast of the Burns and Allen radio comedy, first aired on December 30, 1948, with Gracie Allen and George Burns starring.
The Burns home in California, where George and Gracie prepare for a New Year's Eve party.
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Mr. Judson, Mrs. Dandell, Meredith Willson, Professor Calkendorf, Mr. Vanderlip, Touli Schwartz
Listen for: Gracie's scheme to convince George that it is already New Year's Eve, and the comedy of the party guests' mix-ups.
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.