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character named Jim Goodwin, and was introduced to the audience at the episode's conclusion. Ronnie joined the regular cast October 10, 1955, playing himself, but cast as a young drama student who tended to look askance at his parents' comedy style. Their daughter, Sandra, declined becoming a regular member of the cast, although she appeared in a few episodes as a classmate of Ronnie. In one episode, Ronnie's drama class puts on a vaudeville show to raise funds for the school. Gracie hosts the show while Ronnie and Sandy deliver an impersonation of their famous parents along with one of their classic routines. Since Ronnie played himself, Gracie closed the segment with a wisecrack: "The boy was produced by Burns and Allen."
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of Gracie's fictional relatives (including "Death Valley Allen" the prospector, "Florence Allen" the nurse, "Casey Allen" the railroad man). Burns always ended the show with, "Say goodnight, Gracie", to which Allen simply replied, "Goodnight." She never said, "Goodnight, Gracie", as legend has it. Burns was once asked this question and said it would have been a funny line. Asked why he did not do it, Burns replied, "Incredibly enough, no one ever thought of it."
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Starting in the fall of 1955, Burns and Allen often reappeared after the end of the episode, before a curtain decorated with the names and locations of the various theaters where they headlined in their vaudeville days. They would perform one of their signature "double routines", often discussing one
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Following a mild heart attack in the 1950s, Allen suffered a series of angina episodes over a number of years. She had a major heart attack in 1961. She lived a slower but comfortable retirement for another three years, often appearing in public with her husband, but never performing. Gracie Allen
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projector with that night's episode. In voiceover, George introduces them, and tells the audience that they have been away at school and that is why we have not met them before. Ronnie made a guest appearance on the episode "Gracie Gives Wedding in Payment of a Favor" (October 18, 1954), playing a
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radio show, portraying neighbor Blanche Morton, but over the course of the series, four different actors played her husband. The character's first name was "Harry", the same first name as the real-life announcer Harry Von Zell, requiring the writers to craft dialogue that would distinguish the two
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Burns and Allen filmed their last show on June 4, 1958. The filming was an emotional experience, although nothing was said about it being Allen's last performance. At the wrap party, Allen took a token sip of champagne from a paper cup, hugged her friend and co-star Bea Benaderet, and said "Okay,
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She had been working all her life, and her lines were the toughest in the world to do. They didn't make sense, so she had to memorize every word. It took a real actress. Every spare moment—in bed, under the hair dryer—had to be spent in learning lines. Do you wonder that she's happy to be rid of
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ending its six-year run on CBS in the spring of 1957, the television network wanted to renew the Burns and Allen series, but by this time, Allen had grown tired of performing. Nevertheless, Burns committed both of them for another year, which would be their eighth—and last—on television.
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of the TV show involved a closet full of hats belonging to various visitors to the Burns household, who would slip out the door unnoticed and leave their hats behind rather than face another round with Gracie. The format had George watching all the action (standing outside the
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without a live audience present; however, each installment was screened before an audience to provide live responses prior to the episodes being broadcast. With 291 episodes, the show had a long network run through 1958 and continued in syndicated reruns for years.
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Ever the businessman, Burns realized it would be more efficient to do the series on film; the half-hour episodes could then be syndicated. From that point on, the show was filmed at
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was initially staged live and broadcast every other Thursday at 8 pm ET. In fall 1952, it became a weekly series filmed on the West Coast. From March 1953 through September 1958,
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During the course of the eight-year run, the TV show had remarkable consistency in its cast and crew. The episodes were produced and directed by
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ranking at number 20. For the 1954–1955 season, it ranked number 26, and for both the 1955–56 and 1956–57 seasons it was number 28.
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The sets were designed to look like the couple's real-life residence. An establishing shot of the actual house on Maple Drive in
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arch in early live episodes; watching the show on TV in his study towards the end of the series) and breaking the
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after he turned up aiding, abetting, or otherwise not stopping the mayhem prompted by Gracie's illogical logic.
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Eagan, Eileen (1996). "'Our Town' in Cold War America: The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958)".
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Allen announced her retirement on February 17, 1958, to be effective at the end of the current season.
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by commenting upon it to the viewers. Another running gag was George's weekly "firing" of announcer
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that's it." After a brief last look around the set, she said, "And thank you very much, everyone."
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In 1997, the 1954 episode, "Columbia Pictures Doing Burns and Allen Story", was ranked No. 56 on
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in the 1920s, and radio stars in the 1930s and 1940s. Their situation comedy TV series received
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Burns attempted to continue the show with the same supporting cast but without Allen.
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in New York, with the stage set as the Burns's living room. The show relocated to the
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A half-hour TV series broadcast October 12, 1950 â€“ September 22, 1958, on CBS,
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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present
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lineup. As a result, the show entered the top 30 television programs in the
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The show was an immediate success. Six episodes were produced live from the
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1958: Gracie Allen, Best Continuing Performance by a Comedienne in a Series
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characters' names. Blanche's husband Harry Morton was first portrayed by
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George Burns Television Productions: The Series and Pilots, 1950–1981
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Also appearing in the TV series were Burns and Allen's two children.
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Morris, J.K. (March 1953). "Gracie Allen's Own Story: Inside Me".
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died August 27, 1964, as Burns was underway with his short-lived
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1955: Bea Benaderet, Best Supporting Actress in a Regular Series
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recordings of the live telecasts from the 1950–1952 seasons of
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lasted one season (October 21, 1958 â€“ April 14, 1959) on
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1955: Gracie Allen, Best Actress Starring in a Regular Series
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facilities in Hollywood beginning with the seventh episode.
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The Burns & Allen Show on Old Time Radio Outlaws
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Situation comedy
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Bea Benaderet
Hal March
John Brown
Fred Clark
Larry Keating
Rolfe Sedan
Bill Goodwin
Harry Von Zell
Ronnie Burns
Louis A. Hirsch
Otto Harbach
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