What happens
George and Gracie prepare for their trip to England, where Gracie is to appear at the London Palladium. Gracie frets over the paperwork, especially a birth certificate she cannot find for her passport application, while George fusses about the sailing and his own plans. Their friend Robert Young is set to take over the Maxwell House coffee program while they are away, and Bill Goodwin tries to keep the sponsorship for himself. The episode is a broadcast from the Burns and Allen series, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leads, first aired on CBS and NBC Radio on June 23, 1949, and features Bea Benaderet and Mel Blanc in supporting roles. Visitors and neighbors drop in as the household gets ready to leave.
The Burns home in Hollywood, California, with a visit to the steamship office and the sailing preparations for the Queen Mary
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Robert Young, Bill Goodwin, Mr. Jettison, Professor Clark Daufer
Listen for: Gracie's muddled answers on the passport application and the mix-up over the Maxwell House program
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.