What happens
George Burns and Gracie Allen play a married couple whose quiet home life turns into a comic debate over newspaper headlines and world affairs. Later, Gracie learns that Meredith Wilson, a friend, is struggling to find a girlfriend, so she arranges a double date so that George can show Meredith how to court a woman. Bill Goodwin, the postman Mel Blanc and their dates join the evening, and the plan leads to a series of awkward and comic moments. The Burns and Allen series aired on CBS and NBC Radio, and this episode is dated March 28, 1946.
The Burns home, then the Palladium dance hall and a lovers' lane outside the city
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Meredith Wilson, Bill Goodwin, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Shirley Mitchell, Irma
Listen for: Gracie's logic-twisting commentary on the newspaper and the UNO, and the lovers' lane scene where George coaches Meredith
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.