What happens
George Burns and Gracie Allen live in their house, where Gracie has taken up attending secondhand furniture auctions with her neighbor Mrs. Morton. Gracie needs twenty dollars and tries several ways to get it out of her husband George, who is wary of how she has been spending his money on auction finds. Their household is full of repurposed pieces, and Gracie's requests keep turning into odd exchanges. This episode of the Burns and Allen series first aired on August 29, 1944, on CBS and NBC Radio, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles.
The Burns house, and a secondhand furniture auction in town
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Mrs. Morton, Bill Goodwin, Harry
Listen for: Gracie's attempts to get twenty dollars from George, and his reaction to the furniture she has been bringing home
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.