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.
In 1929 they made their first radio appearance in
London on the BBC. Back in America, they failed an audition with
NBC in 1930. After a solo appearance by Gracie on Eddie Cantor's
radio show, they were heard together on Rudy Vallee's Fleischmann
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 mere comedy dialogues into a successful sitcom format,
continuing with shows on NBC and CBS until May 17, 1950.
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, actor/writer/director Elliott Lewis,
musicians Meredith Willson and 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; they didn't have their real-life marriage
written into the show until the 1940s.
This collection of Burns & Allen Greats includes 241
different shows and appearances for a total of 95 hours of listening
enjoyment.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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