Burns & Allen

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Burns & Allen

Among comedy teams, George Burns and Gracie Allen are ranked as one of the best. On radio, they were heard from 06/10/29 to 05/17/50. The following are good examples of their comedy before they moved to early television.


Each of the following broadcasts are 30 minutes in length.


To order, select the following CD number(s) of your choice:


CD911702.
CBS
02/28/40 #383 Government Jobs
03/06/40 #384 Hats Off To Gracie

CD911703.
03/13/40 #385 Gracie’s Triumphant Return
03/27/40 #387 Surprise Party Platform

CD911704.
04/03/40 #388 ‘Til The Cows Come Home
04/10/40 #389 Gracie Wins Wisconsin

CD911705.
04/17/40 #390 All Promises Are Fictitious
04/24/40 #391 The Biggest In The World

CD911706.
05/08/40 #393 Aunt Clara Kangaroo
05/15/40 #394 Rah, Rah In Omaha

CD911707.
05/22/40 #395 George’s Malady
05/29/40 #396 Sweeping Into Office

CD911708.
06/12/40 #398 Swiss Family Robinson, Part 2
06/26/40 #400 Last Broadcast For The Network

CD911709.
NBC
07/08/40 #402 Gracie’s Grandfather’s Birthday
07/29/40 #405 Kiddy Themed Party

CD911710.
08/05/40 #406 George’s Movie Audition
08/12/40 #407 Gold Rush Maisie

CD911711.
08/19/40 #408 Why George Late For The Show?
08/26/40 #409 Ellsie Trellafas Is Suing George

CD911712.
09/02/40 #410 George Is On Trial
09/09/40 #411 George Owes Money To Telephone Company

CD911713.
09/16/40 #412 George Is Looking For A Guest
09/23/40 #413 George Writes A Newspaper Column

CD911714.
09/30/40 #414 George Is Kidnapped By A Gangster
10/07/40 #415 George Disguises Himself As A Woman

CD911715.
10/14/40 #416 What’s Wrong With Gracie?
10/21/40 #417 Professor Thorndyke Studies Gracie

CD911716.
10/28/40 #418 George Tries To Get Out Of Doing The Broadcast
11/04/40 #419 George Tries To Impress Fifi

CD911717.
11/11/40 #420 Gracie Writes A Musical Comedy
11/18/40 #421 Thanksgiving Show

CD911718.
11/25/40 #422 The Gang Rehearses Next Week’s Show
12/02/40 #423 The Sponsor Drops By

CD911719.
12/09/40 #424 George Gets A Black Eye
12/16/40 #425 Gracie Writes A Play

CD911720.
12/23/40 #426 Christmas Show
01/13/41 #429 The Society Girl

CD911721.
01/20/41 #430 Impressing Cubina Wright
02/24/41 #435 Gracie And Artie Shaw

CD911722.
03/17/41 #438 Gracie In St. Patrick Day Parade
10/07/41 #440 Gracie Finds A Singer

CD911723.
11/04/41 #444 Trying To Convince Gracie To Play Mrs. North
12/23/41 #451 A Visit To Santa's Workshop (Missing – NOT HERE)

CD911724.
CBS
10/06/42 #479 Married, But Single
10/13/42 #480 Successful Marriage Manual

CD911725.
10/20/42 #481 Pooling Resources
10/27/42 #482 99 Year Lease

CD911726.
11/03/42 #483 The Man From MGM
11/10/42 #484 Expecting A Baby. From Camp Elliot

CD911727.
11/17/42 #485 Gracie’s Spending Habits
11/24/42 #486 Hit By A Club w/Eddie Cantor

CD911728.
12/01/42 #487 Messy Mechanics
12/08/42 #488 Being Neighborly

CD911729.
12/15/42 #489 The Swami’s Predictions w/Herbert Marshall
12/22/42 #490 Santa & The Pirates

CD911730.
12/29/42 #491 Gracie’s Dating Service w/Rita Hayworth
01/05/43 #492 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Burns

CD911731.
01/19/43 #494 Making George Jealous w/Brian Donlevy
01/26/43 #495 King George (VG) (wow)

CD911732.
02/02/43 #496 Good Help Is Hard To Find
02/09/43 #497 Cast Your Ballot w/Charles Laughton

CD911733.
02/16/43 #498 Beauty Mask w/Veronica Lake
02/23/43 #499 Huckleberry Bucket w/Bob Burns

CD911734.
03/02/43 #500 Playing Carnegie Hall, Part 1 w/Madeleine Carroll
03/09/43 #501 Playing Carnegie Hall, Part 2 w/Jose Iturbi & Deems Taylor

CD911735.
03/23/43 #503 Giving Up The Beverly Hills Uplift Society
03/30/43 #504 Gracie Plans A Large Victory Garden

CD911736.
08/31/43 #518 George Enters A Singing Contest w/Frank Sinatra
09/07/43 #519 Shortage Of Husbands

CD911737.
09/14/43 #520 The Laundry Mix-up w/Brian Donlvey
09/21/43 #521 Tootsie Bagwell Wants To Marry w/Ray Milland

CD911738.
09/28/43 #522 w/Ann Sheridan
10/05/43 #523 Gracie Is Suspicious Of George

CD911739.
10/12/43 #524 w/Eddie Cantor
10/19/43 #525 w/Pat O'Brien

CD911740.
10/26/43 #526 w/Hedy Lamarr
11/02/43 #527 w/Jack Benny

CD911741.
11/09/43 #528 Waste Paper Drive
11/16/43 #529 w/Walter Pidgeon

CD911742.
11/23/43 #530 w/Loretta Young
11/30/43 #531 w/Charles Boyer

CD911743.
12/07/43 #532 w/Ida Lupino
12/14/43 #533 w/Kay Kyser

CD911744.
12/21/43 #534 Charles Laughton As Santa Claus
12/28/43 #535 John Garfield Is A Tough Guy

CD911745.
01/18/44 #538 Grace’s Culture School
01/25/44 #539 Fake Testimonials

CD911746.
02/01/44 #540 The Overnight Guest
02/08/44 #541 Gracie Thinks Friends Are Breaking Up

CD911747.
02/15/44 #542 w/Fred Astaire
02/22/44 #543 w/Cecil B. DeMille (Disc Cracked)

CD911748.
02/29/44 #544 To Get George Leading Man Role
03/07/44 #545 George Plays Poker

CD911749.
03/21/44 #547 The Night With Rita Hayworth
03/28/44 #548 Raising Money For Needy Babies

CD911750.
05/16/44 #555 George Running For Councilman
06/06/44 #558 Kansas City’s Favorite Singer

CD911751.
06/13/44 #559 From Kansas City Auditorium w/Dinah Shore
01/15/45 #582 Making George Jealous w/Alan Ladd

CD911752.
01/22/45 #583 Beverly Hills Uplift Society
01/29/45 #584 To Set George Straight

CD911753.
NBC
10/04/45 #608 Dating Advice
10/18/45 #610 Is Meredith Getting Married

CD911754.
11/01/45 #612 Gracie Pretends To Be Bill Goodwin’s Wife
11/08/45 #613 George, Hollywood’s Leading Man

CD911755.
01/03/46 #621 New Year's Resolution
01/10/46 #622 Uplifter's Society

CD911756.
01/17/46 #623 Society After George's Show
01/24/46 #624 Can't Get Rid Of Meredith Willson

CD911757.
04/18/46 #636 “Cowboy Love Tales” Magazine (Missing – NOT HERE)
04/25/46 #637 To Put On A Play

CD911758.
05/02/46 #638 w/Charles Boyer (1 Hour)

CD911759.
05/09/46 #639 George Becomes Gossip Columnist w/Harpo Marx
05/30/46 #642 Who Will Take Over Summer Show?

CD911760.
09/05/46 #643 To The Mountains For A Rest
09/12/46 #644 To Reform Burglar

CD911761.
09/19/46 #645 George's Birthday
09/26/46 #646 Needing New Refrigerator

CD911762.
10/03/46 #647 Gracie Is Matchmaker For Meredith Willson And
One Of Eddie Cantor’s Daughters
10/17/46 #649 Gracie Thinks MGM Should Give George Clark Gable’s
Part In “The Hucksters.”

CD911763.
10/24/46 #650 Eddie Cantor Kicked Out of House
10/31/46 #651 Jack Carson Thinks He Should Have Clark Gable’s Part In
“The Hucksters”

CD911764.
11/14/46 #653 Will George Replace Clark Gable?
12/19/46 #658 Gracie Looks For A Job

CD911765.
12/26/46 #659 Eddie Cantor's Gift
01/02/47 #660 Gracie To Organize Housewives

CD911766.
01/09/47 #661 Last Year’s Christmas Bills
02/20/47 #667 15^th Anniversary On The Radio

CD911767.
02/27/47 #668 Running The Household Like A Business
03/06/47 #669 Gracie's Detective Work

CD911768.
03/13/47 #670 Plot To Murder George
03/20/47 #671 Getting A Dog For Protection

CD911769.
05/22/47 #680 Hat Merchant's Prices
05/29/47 #681 Gracie's Filing System

CD911770.
11/20/47 #693 Princess Elizabeth's Wedding
11/27/47 #694 Thanksgiving Dinner

CD911771.
12/11/47 #696 Last Night’s Party
12/18/47 #697 Gracie's Christmas Gift

CD911772.
12/25/47 #698 George & Gracie's Party w/Jane Wyman Subs
01/08/48 #700 Jack Benny & George's Dream

CD911773.
01/15/48 #701 Gracie Does George's Income Taxes
02/05/48 #704 Gracie Wants A Fur Coat

CD911774.
02/12/48 #705 Baby Sitting For Kay Kyser
02/19/48 #706 Keep George From Decisions

CD911775.
02/26/48 #707 Gracie Leaving To New Orleans
03/25/48 #711 The Easter Outfit

CD911776.
04/15/48 #714 George And The Green-Eyed Monster
04/29/48 #716 George Gets A New Car

CD911777.
05/13/48 #718 Door To Door Salesmen
05/27/48 #720 Spiritualism

CD911778.
10/07/48 #724 Gracie To Surprise George
11/11/48 #729 The 15th Anniversary

CD911779.
11/18/48 #730 Who Is The Boss?
11/25/48 #731 Thanksgiving Program

CD911780.
12/30/48 #736 w/Meredith Willson
01/06/49 #737 Being More Like Gregory Peck

CD911781.
01/20/49 #739 It’s Time For Bill Goodwin To Get Married
01/27/49 #740 George’s Birthday w/Gene Kelly

CD911782.
02/17/49 #743 New Neighbors, Mr. & Mrs. James Mason
02/24/49 #744 George Should Be A Surgeon

CD911783.
03/03/49 #745 Gracie’s Car Accident w/Richard Widmark
03/10/49 #746 Gracie Wants To Be A Girl Scout Leader

CD911784.
03/17/49 #747 The Beverly Hills Uplift Society w/Marlene Dietrich
03/24/49 #748 Jane Wyman Is Up For An Academy Award w/Jane Wyman

CD911785.
03/31/49 #749 Lunch With Jack Benny At The Brown Derby w/Jack Benny
04/07/49 #750 Replacing Robert Montgomery

CD911786.
04/21/49 #752 Eddie Cantor Is Working To Hard
04/28/49 #753 Gracie Asks George To Bake Ladyfingers

CD911787.
05/05/49 #754 George To Replace Hopalong Cassidy On TV w/William Boyd
05/12/49 #755 George Is Worried About Television

CD911788.
05/19/49 #756 Gracie Wants To Adopt Mickey Rooney w/Mickey Rooney
06/02/49 #758 w/Chester Morris

CD911789.
06/16/49 #760 George & Gracie Watch The Neighbor’s Teenage Daughter w/Rudy Vallee
06/23/49 #761 George & Gracie Plan Their Trip To England w/Robert Young

CD911790.
CBS
09/28/49 #763 Gracie Wants George To Court Her
01/04/50 #777 Gracie's Masterpieces

CD911791.
01/11/50 #778 George Helps Old Friend's Daughter
01/25/50 #780 George’s Friars Club Dinner Speech w/Ronald Reagan

CD911792.
02/01/50 #781 w/Al Jolson
02/08/50 #782 Gracie To Have Bent Fender Fixed

CD911793.
02/15/50 #783 George And Gracie To Star In Dulcy
02/22/50 #784 Going To The Races With Bill

CD911794.
03/01/50 #785 Gracie Help’s With The Income Taxes




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