What happens
On his birthday, George Burns feels forgotten, as no one but his wife Gracie Allen has wished him well. Gracie tries to make him famous, and when a magazine article about a rocket trip to the moon catches her eye, she sets out to put George forward as a volunteer. Friend Bill Goodwin and musician Meredith Willson drop by, and a postman adds to the commotion. The George Burns and Gracie Allen show is a comedy series, and this episode was broadcast on September 19, 1946, with Gracie Allen, Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc in the cast.
The Burns home on George's birthday, with a later scene at the American Rocket Society
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Mr. Postman
Listen for: Gracie's plan to make George famous through a rocket trip to the moon, and the flood of birthday telegrams
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.