THE BURNS AND ALLEN SHOW

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Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved substantial success over three decades.
Burns and Allen met in 1922 and first performed together at the Hill Street Theatre in Newark, New Jersey, continued in small town vaudeville theaters, married January 27, 1926 and moved up a notch when they signed with the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuit in 1927. Burns wrote most of the material and played the straight man. Allen played a silly, addle-headed woman, a role often attributed to the "Dumb Dora" stereotype common in early 20th-century vaudeville comedy. Early on, the team had played the opposite roles until they noticed that the audience was laughing at Gracie's straight lines, so they made the change. In later years, each attributed their success to the other.
In 1929 they made their first radio appearance in London on the BBC. Back in America, they failed at a 1930 NBC audition. After a solo appearance by Gracie on Eddie Cantor's radio show, they were heard together on Rudy Vallee's The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour and in February 15, 1932 they became regulars on The Guy Lombardo Show on CBS. When Lombardo switched to NBC, Burns and Allen took over his CBS spot with The Adventures of Gracie beginning September 19, 1934.

The title of their top-rated show changed to The Burns and Allen Show on September 26, 1936. When ratings began to slip in 1940-41, they moved from comedy patter into a successful sitcom format, continuing with shows on NBC and CBS until May 17, 1950. As in the early days of radio, the sponsor's name became the show title, such as Maxwell House Coffee Time (1945-49).

Burns and Allen had several regulars on radio, including Toby Reed, Gale Gordon, Bea Benaderet, Mary "Bubbles" Kelly, Ray Noble, singers Jimmy Cash and Tony Martin and actor/writer/director Elliott Lewis. The Sportsmen Quartet (appearing as "The Swantet" during the years the show was sponsored by Swan Soap) supplied songs and occasionally backed up Cash. Meredith Willson, Artie Shaw and announcers Bill Goodwin and Harry Von Zell, who were usually made a part of the evening's doings, often as additional comic foils for the duo.

For a long time they continued their "flirtation act" with Burns as Allen's most persistent suitor. Their real-life marriage was not written into the show until the 1940s. The couple's adopted son, Ronnie Burns, portrayed himself as a young drama student who tended to look askance at his parents' comedy style. Their adopted daughter Sandy was somewhat shy and not too fond of show business. She declined efforts to get her on the show as a regular, though she appeared in a few episodes as Ronnie's classmate.

EPISODES LIST

Disc 1
Burns and Allen 34-09-26 (02) Leaving for America
Burns and Allen 36-01-15 (16) Gracie Plays Sadie Thompson
Burns and Allen 36-11-25 (09) Landing of the Indians at Plymouth
Burns and Allen 36-12-02 (10) Gracie as a Dramatic Actor
Burns and Allen 36-12-09 (11) Gracie Honors New Orleans
Burns and Allen 36-12-16 (12) Poncho Villa Rides Again
Burns and Allen 36-12-23 (13) Gracie's Christmas Carol
Burns and Allen 37-01-06 (15) Recipe For Hollywood Sweetie Pie
Burns and Allen 37-10-11 (27) Bob Burns Substitutes
Burns and Allen 37-12-23 The Burns and Allen Show Gracie's Christmas
Burns and Allen 38-01-10 (40) Gracie's Murder Mystery
Burns and Allen 38-01-17 (41) Another Murder Mystery
Burns and Allen 38-10-07 (02) Gracie Reads Frank Parkers Telegram
Burns and Allen 40-01-17 (16) BHU Society Want To take Over Show
Burns and Allen 40-02-28 (22) Government Jobs
Burns and Allen 40-03-06 (23) Hats off to Gracie
Burns and Allen 40-03-13 (24) Gracie's Triumphant Return
Burns and Allen 40-03-27 (26) Surprise Party Platform
Burns and Allen 40-04-03 (27) Till the Cows Come Home
Burns and Allen 40-04-10 (28) Gracie Wins Wisconsin
Burns and Allen 40-04-17 (29) All Promises Are Fictitious
Burns and Allen 40-04-24 (30) The Biggest in the World
Burns and Allen 40-05-08 (32) Aunt Clara Kangaroo
Burns and Allen 40-05-15 (33) Rah, Rah in Omaha
Burns and Allen 40-05-22 (34) George's Malady
Burns and Allen 40-05-29 (35) Sweeping into Office
Burns and Allen 40-06-12 (37) Swiss Family Robinson
Burns and Allen 40-06-26 (39) Last Broadcast for CBS
Burns and Allen 40-07-08 (02) Grandpa's 92nd Birthday
Burns and Allen 40-07-29 (05) Kiddie Party
Burns and Allen 40-08-05 (06) George's Movie
Burns and Allen 40-08-12 (07) Gold Rush Gracie
Burns and Allen 40-08-19 (08) George Late For Show
Burns and Allen 40-08-26 (09) Elsie Trellafas Is Suing George
Burns and Allen 40-09-02 (10) George Is on Trial
Burns and Allen 40-09-09 (11) George Owes Money for Phone Calls
Burns and Allen 40-09-16 (12) George Needs a Guest Star
Burns and Allen 40-09-23 (13) George Writes a Newspaper Column
Burns and Allen 40-09-30 (14) George Is Kidnapped by a Gangster
Burns and Allen 40-10-07 (15) George Disguises Himself as a Woman
Burns and Allen 40-10-14 (16) What's Wrong With Gracie
Burns and Allen 40-10-21 (17) Professor Thorndyke Studies Gracie
Burns and Allen 40-10-28 (18) George Tries to Get out of Broadcast
Burns and Allen 40-11-04 (19) George Tries To Impress Fifi
Burns and Allen 40-11-11 (20) Gracie Writes a Musical Comedy
Burns and Allen 40-11-18 (21) Thanksgiving Show
Burns and Allen 40-11-25 (22) Rehearsing Next Weeks Show
Burns and Allen 40-12-02 (23) The Sponsor Drops By
Burns and Allen 40-12-09 (24) George Gets a Black Eye
Burns and Allen 40-12-16 (25) Gracie Writes a Play
Burns and Allen 40-12-23 (26) Christmas Show
Burns and Allen 41-01-13 (29) Impressing Cubina Wright
Burns and Allen 41-01-20 (30) Visits Art Gallery
Burns and Allen 41-01-27 (31) The Five Thousand Dollar Mink Coat
Burns and Allen 41-02-24 (35) Gracie Is Late For The Show
Burns and Allen 41-03-17 (38) Saint Patricks Parade
Burns and Allen 41-10-07 (01) Looking for a Singer
Burns and Allen 41-10-21 (03) The Insurance Exam
Burns and Allen 41-11-04 (05) Playing Mrs North
Burns and Allen 41-11-18 (07) Gracie's Old Boyfriend
Burns and Allen 41-12-16 (11) Mailing A Christmas Package
Burns and Allen 41-12-23 (12) Santas Workshop
Burns and Allen 42-10-06 (01) Married, but Single
Burns and Allen 42-10-13 (02) Successful Marriage Manual
Burns and Allen 42-10-20 (03) Pooling Resources
Burns and Allen 42-10-27 (04) 99-Year Lease
Burns and Allen 42-11-03 (05) The Man from MGM
Burns and Allen 42-11-10 (06) Expecting a Baby
Burns and Allen 42-11-17 (07) Hat Box Hostage
Burns and Allen 42-11-24 (08) Hit by a Club
Burns and Allen 42-12-01 (09) Messy Mechanics
Burns and Allen 42-12-08 (10) Being Neighborly
Burns and Allen 42-12-15 (11) The Swami's Predictions
Burns and Allen 42-12-22 (12) Santa and the Pirates
Burns and Allen 42-12-29 (13) Gracie's Dating Service

Disc 2
Burns and Allen 43-01-05 (14) Dr Jekyll and Mr Burns
Burns and Allen 43-01-19 (16) Making George Jealous
Burns and Allen 43-01-26 (17) King George
Burns and Allen 43-02-02 (18) Good Help Is Hard to Find
Burns and Allen 43-02-09 (19) Cast Your Ballot
Burns and Allen 43-02-16 (20) Beauty Mark
Burns and Allen 43-02-23 (21) Huckleberry Bucket
Burns and Allen 43-03-02 (22) Playing Carnegie Hall Part 1
Burns and Allen 43-03-09 (23) Playing Carnegie Hall Part 2
Burns and Allen 43-03-16 (24) Concerto For Index Finger
Burns and Allen 43-03-23 (25) Making George Sick
Burns and Allen 43-03-30 (26) Victory Garden
Burns and Allen 43-04-06 (27) Big Jake
Burns and Allen 43-04-13 (28) With Claudette Colbert
Burns and Allen 43-04-20 (29) Broke Uncle Hurbert
Burns and Allen 43-05-25 (34) George Runs For The School Board
Burns and Allen 43-06-01 (35) Gracie Appears in Traffic Court
Burns and Allen 43-06-08 (36) Gracie and Tootsie Work For Millionaire Playboy
Burns and Allen 43-06-22 (38) Love Potion
Burns and Allen 43-06-29 (39) Amnesia
Burns and Allen 43-08-31 (01) Guest - Frank Sinatra
Burns and Allen 43-09-07 (02) Shortage of Husbands
Burns and Allen 43-09-14 (03) Guest - Brian Donlevy
Burns and Allen 43-09-21 (04) Guest - Ray Milland
Burns and Allen 43-09-28 (05) Guest - Ann Sheridan
Burns and Allen 43-10-05 (06) Cowboy Love Tales
Burns and Allen 43-10-12 (07) Eddie Cantor Stays for Dinner
Burns and Allen 43-10-19 (08) Guest - Pat O'Brien
Burns and Allen 43-10-26 (09) Guest - Hedy Lamarr
Burns and Allen 43-11-02 (10) Jack Benny In The Beauty Shop
Burns and Allen 43-11-09 (11) Blackmailing Jack
Burns and Allen 43-11-16 (12) Guest - Walter Pidgeon
Burns and Allen 43-11-23 (13) Secret Lover Of Loretta Young
Burns and Allen 43-11-30 (14) Charles Boyer as Tex
Burns and Allen 43-12-07 (15) Ida Lupino Plays A Housewife
Burns and Allen 43-12-16 (16) Kay Kayser's Blind Date
Burns and Allen 43-12-21 (17) Playing Santa Claus
Burns and Allen 43-12-28 (18) John Garfield as The Gangster
Burns and Allen 44-01-18 (20) Guest - William Bendix
Burns and Allen 44-01-25 (21) Guest - Paul Heinreid
Burns and Allen 44-02-01 (22) Guest - William Powell
Burns and Allen 44-02-08 (23) Guest - Adolphe Menjou
Burns and Allen 44-02-15 (24) Fred Astaire Drives George Crazy
Burns and Allen 44-02-22 (25) Guest - Cecil B DeMille
Burns and Allen 44-02-29 (26) Guest - Dorothy Lamour
Burns and Allen 44-03-07 (27) Guest - Alan Ladd
Burns and Allen 44-03-21 (29) George The Genius
Burns and Allen 44-03-28 (30) Guest - Brian Aherne
Burns and Allen 44-05-09 (36) George's Door to Door Campaign
Burns and Allen 44-05-16 (37) George Tries To Sing His Way Into Office
Burns and Allen 44-06-06 (40) Kansas Cities Favorite Singer
Burns and Allen 44-06-13 (41) Kansas City War Bond Drive
Burns and Allen 44-08-29 (03) No Money For sale
Burns and Allen 44-09-26 (07) George The Plumber
Burns and Allen 44-10-10 (09) George Wants To Buy A Lot
Burns and Allen 44-10-17 (10) George Thinks He Dented The Car Fender
Burns and Allen 44-10-24 (11) George is Better than Gable (29m15s)
Burns and Allen 44-11-14 (13) George Sings At A Bond Rally In Boston
Burns and Allen 44-11-21 (14) Hotel Room Shortage (AFRS)
Burns and Allen 44-12-12 (17) War Bond Show
Burns and Allen 44-12-19 (18) Christmas Presents
Burns and Allen 44-12-26 (19) Gracie Hires A Drama Coach For George
Burns and Allen 45-01-15 (22) Alan Ladd Makes George Jealous
Burns and Allen 45-01-22 (23) Finishing School
Burns and Allen 45-01-29 (24) Gracie Wants A Vacation From George
Burns and Allen 45-04-02 (33) George Goes Rabbit Hunting
Burns and Allen 45-06-18 (43) Gracie Tries To Make George Look Young
Burns and Allen 45-06-25 (44) George To Entertain Troops
Burns and Allen 45-09-20 (01) New House - First for Maxwell House
Burns and Allen 45-09-27 (02)
Burns and Allen 45-10-04 (03) Dating Advice
Burns and Allen 45-10-18 (05) Meredith is Getting Married
Burns and Allen 45-10-25 (06) Meredith is Getting Married
Burns and Allen 45-11-01 (07) Gracie Pretends to Be Bill Goodwins Wife
Burns and Allen 45-11-08 (08) George Lands Movie Part as a Wolf

Disc 3
Burns and Allen 45-11-22 (10) George Inherits Five Thousand Dollars
Burns and Allen 45-11-29 (11) Gracie Goes Back To College
Burns and Allen 46-01-03 (16) Taking in a Veteran
Burns and Allen 46-01-10 (17) Gracie's Club Takes In An Opera Singer
Burns and Allen 46-01-17 (18) The Beverly Hills Uplift Club
Burns and Allen 46-01-24 (19) George Wants To Kick Meredith Wilson Out
Burns and Allen 46-02-07 (21) Marriage Contest
Burns and Allen 46-02-21 (23) George's Job In Washington
Burns and Allen 46-03-14 (26) George Sells Chicken Farm
Burns and Allen 46-04-04 (29) Little White Lies
Burns and Allen 46-04-11 (30) Gracie joins a literary club
Burns and Allen 46-04-25 (32) Gracie's Club Wants To Put On A Pla
Burns and Allen 46-05-02 (33) The Burns and Allen Show Pt 1 The Folly Of Molly O'Malley Part 1
Burns and Allen 46-05-02 (33) The Burns and Allen Show Pt 2 The Folly Of Molly O'Malley Part 2
Burns and Allen 46-05-09 (34) Guest - Harpo Marx
Burns and Allen 46-05-30 (37) Summer Show Worries
Burns and Allen 46-09-05 (01) George's Allergies
Burns and Allen 46-09-12 (02) Gracie Against Crime
Burns and Allen 46-09-19 (03) Nobody Remembers George's Birthday
Burns and Allen 46-09-26 (04) Quiz Show
Burns and Allen 46-10-03 (05) Marrying off Eddie Cantor's Daughter
Burns and Allen 46-10-17 (07) Gracie Wants George to Replace Clark Gable
Burns and Allen 46-10-24 (08) Gracie Wants George to Replace Gable - Pt 2
Burns and Allen 46-10-31 (09) Jack Carter and George Have An Acting Job
Burns and Allen 46-11-07 (10) Getting Frank Sinatra To Leave Town
Burns and Allen 46-11-14 (11) Guest - Louella Parsons
Burns and Allen 46-12-12 (15) Gracie Baby Sits
Burns and Allen 46-12-19 (16) Gracie Looks For A Job
Burns and Allen 46-12-26 (17) Christmas Presents
Burns and Allen 47-01-02 (18) Housewifes' Guild
Burns and Allen 47-01-09 (19) Last Year's Christmas Bills
Burns and Allen 47-02-13 (24) Cary Grant And The Uplifters
Burns and Allen 47-02-20 (25) 15 Years On The Radio
Burns and Allen 47-02-27 (26) Gracie Takes Over The Household Budget
Burns and Allen 47-03-06 (27) Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving
Burns and Allen 47-03-13 (28) Kill The Rat
Burns and Allen 47-03-20 (29) Crime Wave
Burns and Allen 47-04-03 (31) Easter Hat War Council
Burns and Allen 47-04-10 (32) Selling the House
Burns and Allen 47-04-17 (33) House is Built over a Swamp
Burns and Allen 47-04-24 (34) Moving in With Bill Goodwin
Burns and Allen 47-05-08 (36) YMCA
Burns and Allen 47-05-15 (37) Gracie Treats George Like A King
Burns and Allen 47-05-22 (38) The Uplifters Society Monitors Inflation
Burns and Allen 47-05-29 (39) Deciding How To Spend Summer Vacation
Burns and Allen 47-09-25 (04) Beating The High Cost Of Living
Burns and Allen 47-11-06 (10) Gracie Expects a Gift Pig From Cousin Henry
Burns and Allen 47-11-13 (11) Cary Grant Speaks To The Uplifters
Burns and Allen 47-11-20 (12) Gracie Has Romantic Notions
Burns and Allen 47-11-27 (13) French Singer

Disc4
Burns and Allen 47-12-04 (14) Gracie Wants Bing Crosby To Retire
Burns and Allen 47-12-11 (15) Lady Killer
Burns and Allen 47-12-18 (16) Gracie's Last Minute Christmas Gift
Burns and Allen 47-12-25 (17) Gracies Christmas Party
Burns and Allen 48-01-08 (19) George and Jack as Gypsies with Jack Benny
Burns and Allen 48-01-15 (20) Burns Allen Income Tax Time
Burns and Allen 48-01-22 (21) Juggling Game
Burns and Allen 48-01-29 (22) Separate Vacations
Burns and Allen 48-02-05 (23) New Mink Coat
Burns and Allen 48-02-12 (24) Babysitting for Kay Kaiser
Burns and Allen 48-02-19 (25) Keeping George from Making Decisions
Burns and Allen 48-02-26 (26) Gracie Goes To New Orleans
Burns and Allen 48-03-25 (30) Gracie Buys George An Easter Outfit
Burns and Allen 48-04-15 (33) George Is Seeing The Green Eyed Monster
Burns and Allen 48-04-22 (34) George Is Talked Out Of Buying Roses For Gracie
Burns and Allen 48-04-29 (35) The 1918 Stutz Bearcat
Burns and Allen 48-05-06 (36) Judson's Sister and The Oil Well
Burns and Allen 48-05-13 (37) Gracie's Problem With Salesmen
Burns and Allen 48-05-20 (38) Gracie's Mother Visits
Burns and Allen 48-05-27 (39) Spiritualism
Burns and Allen 48-09-30 (01) The New Neighbors
Burns and Allen 48-10-07 (02) Kleptomanics
Burns and Allen 48-10-28 (05) Gracie Wants Money For A New Dress
Burns and Allen 48-11-11 (07) Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary
Burns and Allen 48-11-18 (08) Who's The Boss
Burns and Allen 48-11-25 (09) Turkey Swallows A Wedding Ring
Burns and Allen 48-12-16 (12) Guest - The Colmans
Burns and Allen 48-12-30 (14) New Year's Eve Party
Burns and Allen 49-01-06 (15) Guest - Gregory Peck
Burns and Allen 49-01-20 (17) Cesar Romero Steals Bill's Girlfriend
Burns and Allen 49-01-27 (18) Gracie Plans A Unique Birthday Present For George
Burns and Allen 49-02-03 (19) Selling The House Again
Burns and Allen 49-02-10 (20) Gracie Sends Sam Spade To Jail
Burns and Allen 49-02-17 (21) George Collects Alley Cats
Burns and Allen 49-02-24 (22) Gracie Wants George To Be A Doctor
Burns and Allen 49-03-03 (23) Gracie Smashes Into A Parked Car
Burns and Allen 49-03-10 (24) Gracie the Girl Scout Leader
Burns and Allen 49-03-17 (25) Marlene Dietrich - George Has a Cold
Burns and Allen 49-03-24 (26) Jane Wyman - the Academy Awards
Burns and Allen 49-03-31 (27) How Jack Benny Became Cheap
Burns and Allen 49-04-07 (28) Guest - Robert Montgomery
Burns and Allen 49-04-21 (30) Guest - Eddie Cantor
Burns and Allen 49-04-28 (31) Gracie and the County Fair
Burns and Allen 49-05-05 (32) William Boyd - George the Cowboy
Burns and Allen 49-05-12 (33) George On Televison
Burns and Allen 49-05-19 (34) Gracie Adopts Mickey Rooney
Burns and Allen 49-06-02 (36) Chester Morris - Gracie the Magician
Burns and Allen 49-06-09 (37) Gracie Joins A Women's Rights Group
Burns and Allen 49-06-16 (38) Rudy Vallee - Emily Vanderlip's Boyfriend
Burns and Allen 49-06-23 (39) Robert Young - Preparing for England Trip
Burns and Allen 49-09-28 (02) Second Courtship
Burns and Allen 49-10-05 (03) South Pacific
Burns and Allen 50-01-04 (16) Gracie Wants To Be A Suffering Artist
Burns and Allen 50-01-11 (17) Getting a Movie Contract
Burns and Allen 50-01-18 (18) Gracie Resolves To Stop Worring
Burns and Allen 50-01-25 (19) Ronald Reagan
Burns and Allen 50-02-01 (20) Al Jolson's Vigorous Lifestyle
Burns and Allen 50-02-08 (21) Gracie's Dented Fender
Burns and Allen 50-02-15 (22) George And Gracie Offered Lead in Dulcy
Burns and Allen 50-02-22 (23) Going to the Races
Burns and Allen 50-02-26 (24) Preparing the Income Taxes (Rehearsal)
Burns and Allen 50-03-01 (24) Preparing the Income Taxes
Burns and Allen 50-03-15 (26) Offer Of A Television Show
Burns and Allen 50-04-12 (30) Palm Springs
Command Performance 42-04-23 Burns and Allen
Command Performance 45-01-18 Burns and Allen
Eddie Cantor 43-06-09 Burns and Allen, Benny
Front and Center 47-08-17 Guests Burns and Allen, Ronald Reagan
Gulf Screen Guild 39-02-26 Burns and Allen, Melvin Douglas
Jack Benny 37-04-11 Guests Burns and Allen - Buck Benny
Jack Benny 43-03-07 Burns and Allen sub for Jack
Jack Benny 47-01-12 Guests George Burns and Gracie Allen
Kraft Music Hall 48-11-04 Burns And Allen


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