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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