"I've only got eight bars left to top Sinatra"

A few observations after listening to this 1942 episode of The Burns and Allen Show (link):

• Some good, sharp writing on this show (apparently mostly by Burns)
• Gracie was wonderful
• Frank Sinatra was very popular at one time
• Frank Sinatra was a very capable singer at one time
• I have an odd, inexplicable urge to procure some Swan soap

For high signal/noise people, the Burns-Sinatra singoff starts around the 21:00 mark.