Burns and Allen: Gracie Sends Sam Spade to Jail (EP3950s)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
George Burns and Sam Spade explain to a police lieutenant how Gracie got them thrown into jail for murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1949
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the great |
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| 1:08.3 | Well, today is our 3,950th episode special. Yes, we're only 50 episodes away from 4,000. |
| 1:18.4 | And we're going to celebrate with another Sam Spade comedy episode. And this one comes from |
| 1:25.8 | the Burns and Allen program, which star George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen. The original |
| 1:32.5 | air date is February 10th, 1949, and the title is Gracie Sands Sam Spade DeGale. |
| 1:41.2 | Another couple maps for house coffee judge. |
| 1:43.7 | Call me a cup, Gracie. You know, not for house is always good to the last drop. |
| 1:50.0 | That drops good too. Yes, it's Maxwell House Coffee Times starring George Burns and Gracie Allen. |
| 2:06.3 | With our special guest, Howard Duff, who is the famous detective Sam Spade. |
| 2:10.4 | Yours truly Toby Reed, Joseph Kerns, Eric Snowden, Harry Lubin, the Maxwell House Orchestra, |
| 2:15.2 | and Bill Goodwin. For America's Thursday night comedy enjoyment, it's George and Gracie. |
| 2:20.4 | And for America's everyday coffee drinking enjoyment, it's Maxwell House. |
| 2:25.8 | Always good to the last drop. |
| 2:28.8 | Many people say that Gracie is responsible for George being where he is today, and that's certainly |
| 2:42.0 | true. Gracie is also responsible for Sam Spade being where he is today. You see, George and Sam |
| 2:48.2 | Spade are both in jail. How did it happen? Well, let's listen as George is being questioned by a |
| 2:54.0 | police department. All right, let's start at the top. Name? George Burns. Occupation? |
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