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Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Tom Alger [TA] Jim Brent [JB] Robert Leszczak [RL]
Pete r Tatchell [PT], author of
http://www.laughterlog.com/Personalities/per-burnsallen.HTM
references:
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://www.us.imdb.com)
The Burns And Allen Show (season 1) (CBS) (1950-1951)
(Live)
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The Burns And Allen Show (season
2) (CBS) (1951-1952)
(Live)
The Burns And Allen Show (season
3) (CBS) (1952-1953) (Filmed)
The Burns And Allen Show (season
4) (CBS) (1953-1954) (Filmed)
The Burns And Allen Show (season
5) (CBS) (1954-1955) (Filmed)
The Burns And Allen Show (season
6) (CBS) (1955-1956) (Filmed)
The Burns And Allen Show (season
7) (CBS) (1956-1957) (Filmed)
The Burns And Allen Show (season
8) (CBS) (1957-1958) (Filmed)
The
George Burns Show (NBC) (1958-1959) (Filmed)
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THE BURNS & ALLEN SHOW
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McCadden Corporation Production
Screen Gems, a division of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
for
CBS (Thursdays 8PM ET) (12Oct1950 - 26Mar1953) (season 1-3)
CBS (Mondays 8PM ET) (30Mar1953 - 22Sep1958)(season 4-8)
US Comedy series 1950-58 291 episodes x 30 min
52 live episodes (survive as b&w kinescopes)**
239 filmed episodes (238 in b&w, 1 in color)
**Of the 52 live episodes, approximately 19 have been released on home video.
The other 36 live shows are believed to be stored in the CBS archives.
UK release date 16Sep55-9Sep61
starring
George Burns .... Himself
Gracie Allen .... Herself
Bea Benaderet .... Blanche Morton
Hal March .... Harry Morton #1 (1950-51)
John Brown .... Harry Morton #2 (1951)
Fred Clark .... Harry Morton #3 (1951-53)
Larry Keating .... Harry Morton #4 (1953-59)
Bill Goodwin .... Himself (1950-51)
Harry von Zell .... Himself (1951-58)
Rolfe Sedan .... Mr. Beasley, Mailman
Ronnie Burns .... Himself (1955-58)
Judi Meredith .... Bonnie Sue McAfee (1957-58)
Adelaide Hawley Cumming .... Betty Crocker (1954-59) (uncredited)
Premise:
This is the television show that broke all the molds. There was no
comedienne at the time (or for that matter, any time) better than Gracie!
No one could act that dumb! She was poetry to watch. As George used to say,
he stood while Gracie talked! What a pair they were.
George Burns 100 Years of Laughter #1
George Burns 100 Years of Laughter #2
George Burns 100 Years of Laughter #3
George Burns 100 Years of Laughter #4
George Burns 100 Years of Laughter #5
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show pt 1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show pt 2
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - part 1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - part 2
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - part 3
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Teen Space Girls Part 1
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Teen Space Girls Part 2
George Burns and Gracie Allen Show - Teen Space Girls Part 3
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