What happens
Gracie Allen plans a play for the Beverly Hills Uplift Society called The Folly of Molly O'Malley, in which she stars as Molly opposite Charles Boyer. Gracie is excited about working with Boyer, which provokes a dispute with her husband George Burns, who teases her about her fascination with the French actor. When a letter arrives from Boyer declining the role, the society's plans are thrown into doubt and Gracie looks for a way to change his mind. The episode is a 1946 installment of the Burns and Allen radio series, first broadcast on May 2, 1946, with Gracie Allen and George Burns in the lead roles alongside Bea Benaderet, Meredith Willson and Mel Blanc.
Beverly Hills, California, in the Burns household and around the neighborhood, with the Beverly Hills Uplift Society preparing its play.
Characters: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Charles Boyer, Francis Langford, Meredith Willson, Mr. Postman
Listen for: Gracie's enthusiasm for working with Charles Boyer and George's teasing reactions to it.
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.