What happens
Gracie Allen becomes convinced that married couples must take vacations from one another, and her husband George Burns is dismayed by the idea. Their neighbor Blanche Morton has encouraged her on this notion, and Gracie tries to talk George into separating for a while. Friends and acquaintances, including Bill Goodwin and Meredith Willson, offer their own advice and stories as Gracie insists on the plan. The 1948 episode of Burns and Allen first aired on January 29, 1948, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the leading roles.
The Burns home and neighborhood, where Gracie discusses separating from George with neighbors and friends.
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Blanche Morton, Meredith Willson, Bill Goodwin, Mr. Judson
Listen for: Gracie's insistence that married couples need separate vacations, and George's increasingly desperate attempts to change her mind.
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.