Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to another midweek quarantine comedy bonus show from down these

means streets. This week by listener request we'll hear from one of

comedy's funniest couples George Burns and Gracie Allen. From vaudeville to radio and then to their own long-running TV series, the real-life

husband and wife were one of the country's most popular comedy duos. Burns was the perfect straight man for Alan Zaney schemes and her own

unique brand of illogical logic. After making a number of on-air appearances in the early 30s, the pair landed their own show in 1933,

and they remained on the air until May 1950.

That fall, they brought their comedy to television for an eight-year run in their own series.

The first show we'll hear today originally aired on NBC on March 6th, 1947.

In this one, Gracie is inspired by her favorite radio detective show, The Tall Man, and decides

to play Slooth to find their postman's stolen car.

George isn't up for crime solving, but Gracie finds an eager partner in bandleader

Meredith Wilson. Wilson's radio character was cut from the same off-kilter cloth as Gracie,

and it always led to memorable moments when they teamed up in a scheme.

Elliot Lewis and Lureen Tuttle are heard as Rudy and Trudy, the husband and wife team of the

tall man, and Mel Blank does double duty as the Burns Happy postman and is a bartender.

Announcer Bill Goodwin is on hand, both to pitch for Maxwell House coffee and to get in

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