What happens
Gracie Allen insists on playing the piano at Paul Whiteman's concert at Carnegie Hall, despite the worried efforts of George Burns and Paul Whiteman to talk her out of it. Bill Goodwin looks on as the pair try a series of schemes, including a visit from the musician James Taylor, to change her mind. Her determination pushes the household into a string of comic confrontations and mix-ups. This Burns and Allen episode first aired on March 9, 1943, on CBS and NBC Radio.
The Burns house, where Gracie practises the piano ahead of the Carnegie Hall concert.
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Paul Whiteman, Bill Goodwin, James Taylor, Jose Iturbi, Mel Blanc
Listen for: Gracie's insistence on playing at Carnegie Hall and the escalating attempts by George and Paul to stop her.
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.