What happens
George Burns and Gracie Allen are preparing for Christmas when their pet duck Herman goes missing and is found with lost tail feathers after a run-in with their neighbour, Mr. Tamirov. Gracie, lulled to sleep by the fire, dreams that she and George fly on Herman's back to the North Pole, where Santa Claus is in tears because pirates have stolen the children's toys. The couple set out after the pirate captain, who turns out to be their neighbour Mr. Tamirov. This is an episode of the Burns and Allen series, broadcast on December 22, 1942, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles.
The Burns home at Christmas, then a flight to the North Pole and a pirate ship
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Herman, Akim Tamiroff, Santa Claus, Irving Kringle
Listen for: Gracie's dream sequence at the North Pole and the encounter with the pirate captain
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.