What happens
George Burns and Gracie Allen are finally given the new car they have waited three years for, but a mix-up leaves George with an old 1918 Stutz Bearcat. Gracie is excited by the news, but when George learns what happened, he has to find a way to swap cars before their rival Joe Bagley gets the new one. The episode is part of the long-running Burns and Allen series, first broadcast on April 29, 1948, with Gracie Allen and George Burns leading the cast alongside Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc. Gracie and George try a series of schemes and deals involving the old car, their friends and a visiting professor.
Los Angeles, California, in the Burns home, a car dealership, and Bill Goodwin's apartment.
Characters: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joe Bagley, Clara Bagley, Bill Goodwin, Professor Corkingdale, Mr. Jackson
Listen for: Gracie's confused logic about the car and her attempts to help George swap it back, plus the Maxwell House coffee commercials.
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.