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September 20th 1945 annouoncement of Maxwell House Coffee Time starring George Burns and Gracie Allen

Maxwell House Coffee Time spot ad from November 12th 1946

Long time announcer for Burns and Allen programs, Bill Goodwin served as the Maxwell House Coffee Time's commercial spokesman

Radio, Film, Televison and Animation's legendary 'man of a thousand voices' Mel Blanc appeared as 'Mr. Postman' and other wacky characters during Maxwell House Coffee Time with Burns and Allen

'The Music Man' composer Meredith Willson was the Music Director for Burns and Allen throughout their Maxwell House Coffee Time run

Les Paul and his Trio provided much of the music for the earliest Maxwell House Coffee Time programs with Burns and Allen

Background

George Burns and Gracie Allen's five seasons over CBS launched a Burns & Allen franchise over Radio, in Film and on Television spanning twenty-six years. Burns & Allen's Radio programs spanned eighteen of those years:

1932 The Robert Burns Panatela Program
1933 The White Owl Program
1934 The Adventures of Gracie
1935 Cambell's Tomato Juice Presents Burns and Allen
1936 Campbell's Soup Presents George Burns and Gracie Allen
1937 George Burns and Gracie Allen [for Grape Nuts]
1938 Chesterfield Time with George Burns and Gracie Allen
1940 The Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Program
1940 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show [for Hormel and Spam]
1941 Well I Swan [for Swan Soap Flakes and Detergent]
1945 Maxwell House Coffee Time Starring Georger Burns and Gracie Allen
1949 The Amm-i-dent Show

Needless to say, as George Burns and Gracie Allen's fame and popularity continued to rise there were no end of sponsors willing to promote their products with Burns and Allen as their headliners.

General Foods sponsors Burns and Allen's eleventh Radio program

General Foods' Maxwell House Coffee brand sponsored a long running series of highly popular Radio programs throughout the Golden Age of Radio, many of them collectively titled Maxwell House Coffee Time in one form or another:

1926-1932 Maxwell House Concerts
1931 Lanny Ross
1932-1941 Showboat
1937-1949 Maxwell House Coffee Time
- Baby Snooks
- Charles Ruggles
- The Frank Morgan Show
- Topper
- Burns and Allen
- Francis Langford
1938 I Give You My Life
1939 America’s Lost Plays
1940 Kate Hopkins, Angel of Mercy
1940 Maxwell House Good News
1941 The Housewarming
1942 Post Toasties Time
1943 Blind Date
1944 Those We Love
1946 Meredith Willson Summer Show
1947 Wendy Warren and The News
1949 Father Knows Best

The years during which Maxwell House Coffee sponsored its Maxwell House Coffee Time saw some of Radio's most enduring favorites airing under the Maxwell House banner. When their prime time season headliners would take a well-earned summer break Maxwell House often continued Maxwell House Coffee Time during the summer with many well-received summer programs featuring supporting artists from their prime time season shows, such as Meredith Willson from Burns and Allen, and band singer, comedienne, and actress, Frances Langford.

Burns and Allen bounce back to CBS for General Foods

One of the more unlikely duos to achieve Entertainment World super-stardom, Jewish-born Nat Birnbaum [Stage name George Burns] and Irish Catholic-born Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen grew up worlds apart in myriad ways.

From the September 19th 1946 edition of the Oakland Tribune:

Radio Review

THERE'S ZIP IN THEIR PROGRAM

By JOHN CROSBY

I caught up with the new Burns and Allen program a week late, which for me is unusually prompt. As a matter of fact, I tuned in with some trepidation, because when I heard them for the last time last Spring, Burns and Allen were showing signs of wear. George was trying, as I recall, to get a part in a Western motion picture. George had taken over Gracie's personality and Gracie was playing it straight. It didn't fit either of them very well.

In the new show (NBC, 9 p.m. today) Gracie is again attacking windmills with her wide-eyed, misdirected energy. Perhaps my judgment has been weakened by too many Summer comics, but I thought it was pretty funny. When I tuned in, Gracie was explaining a theory that would absolutely eliminate crime.

"How would you stop it?" inquires George.

"Well, the minute a man commits a crime, they put him in jail."

"That's a mistake." says George.

"Well, sure. You meet a poor class of people in jail."

"Oh."

"I think every American family should adopt a criminal."

George doesn't think much of this idea, but Gracie plunges into it with a zest. She goes to City Hall and asks a guard where she can locate a nice, house-broken criminal.

"Right here at City Hall," says the guard.

"Oh, I don't mean them," says Gracie."

"I mean the jail is right here in City Hall."

PRICES ON BURGLARS

Gracie invades the office of the warden. "I'd like to rehabilitate one of your burglars, please."

"Come again," says the warden mildly.

"Gracie explains patiently what she is up to, but the warden says she can't get a criminal out of jail unless she puts up bail.

"Oh, I didn't know they cost money. Well, have you got a good burglar for $4.98? I'll go to $5.95 if he's in good condition."

"Lady," says the warden, "you can't spring any of these crooks for less than a hundred bucks."

"Why, that's outrageous. I'll take my business to another jail."

"Tell you what. We got one we'll spring for nothing--Big Louis."

"Why for nothing?"

"We got nothing on him."

"Oh, I couldn't take him home in that condition."

It's the old Gracie, all right. She puts a sort of lyric enthusiasm into misapprehension. The world, to Gracie, is a beautiful place, though she suspects she is the only sensible person in it. By mid-Winter I may be a little tired of it, but right now I'm glad she's back. I'm used to her.

LENIENT TO PIONEERS

And that brings us another old peeve. Radio is a habit. In spite of one of my sourpuss friends who refers to it as an "acquired distaste," I get used to people and pretty soon find my self forgiving their sins on the basis of old friendship. Any one who reads this column will probably notice how polite I am to the veterans--to Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Amos 'n' Andy, and the rest.

Many of them have been in show business for 30 years and I respect their gray hairs, even their gray routines. They devoted years to developing those routines in vaudeville and on the stage. When they came to radio, they were fresh personalities and highly skilled entertainers. If the bloom has work off it's because they have been imprisoned by their own popularity in the same routine. They have been beset by so many imitators that the routines seem threadbare even in the original. They have not failed radio. Radio has failed them.

Series Derivatives:

Genre:

Anthology of Golden Age Radio Situation Comedy

Network(s):

NBC

Audition Date(s) and Title(s):

Unknown

Premiere Date(s) and Title(s):

45-09-20 01 The New House

Run Dates(s)/ Time(s):

45-09-20 to 49-06-23; NBC; One-Hundred and Fifty-six, 30-minute programs, Tuesday evenings

Syndication:

Sponsors:

General Foods [Maxwell House Coffee, Jell-O, Birds Eye, Satina, LaFrance Bluing and Log Cabin Syrup]

Director(s):

Al Kaye [Benton & Bowles producer]

Principal Performers:

George Burns, Gracie Allen, Wally Maher, Elvia Allman, Mel Blanc, Meredith Willson, Gale Gordon, Hans Conreid, Marvin Miller, George Jessel, Jack Benny, Kay Kyser, Charles Boyer, Harpo Marx, Jack Carson, Clark Gable, Beatrice Lillie, Sonny Tufts, Cary Grant, Frances Langford, William Powell, Jean Sablon, Bing Crosby, Eddie Cantor, Ronald Colman, Benita Hume, Gregory Peck, Cesar Romero, Gene Kelly, James Mason, Pamela Mason, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Robert Montgomery, William Boyd, Marie McDonald, Mickey Rooney, Chester Morris, Rudy Vallee, Les Paul, Paul Frees, Dick Joy, Wally Maher, Verna Felton, Sydney Strotz, Frank Nelson, Sandra Gould, Gale Gordon, Jim Backus, Al Jolson, Lurene Tuttle, Elliott Lewis, Lou Merrill, Sheldon Leonard, Margaret Braydon, Henry Blair, Mel Blanc, Jack Benny, Walter O'Keefe, Jerry Hausner, Irene Tedrow, Richard Crenna, Dick Ryan, Mary Lee Robb, Harry Lubin, Dawn Bender, Tommy Bernard, Pat McGeehan, Paula Winslow, Barbara Eiler, Lois Corbett, Viola Vonn, Joan Banks,

Recurring Character(s):

Mel Blanc, 'Tex' Judson; Dr. Miller, psychiatrist [Hans Conreid]; Blanche Morton [Bea Benedaret, Elvia Allman and Verna Felton]; Mr. Postman [Mel Blanc]; Harry Morton [Will Wright]; Joe Bagley and The 'Happy' Delivery man [Elliott Lewis]; Clara Bagley [Bea Benedaret]; Professor Korkendorefer [Hans Conreid];

Protagonist(s):

None

Author(s):

None

Writer(s)

Paul Henning, Keith Fowler

Music Direction:

Meredith Willson's orchestra; The Les Paul Trio; Robert Emmet Dolan; Virgil Reivihah!mer [Sound effects]; Harry Lubin and the The Maxwell House Orchestra

Musical Theme(s):

"Just A Love Nest" adapted from the song, "The Love Nest" with lyrics by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel with music by Louis A. Hirsch from Act I of George M. Cohan's 1920 musical comedy, "Mary"

"Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee," a song by Irving Berlin from the musical comedy Face the Music, 1932

Announcer(s):

Bill Goodwin [Announcer/Commercial spokesman]; Harry Von Zell; Tobe Reed [Announcer/Commercial spokesman]

Estimated Scripts or
Broadcasts:

201

Episodes in Circulation:

Total Episodes in Collection:

Provenances:

It was during the Swan-sponsored Burns and Allen programs that the comedy team's signature theme song, 'Just A Love Nest' was introduced.

RadioGOLDINdex, Hickerson Guide

Notes on Provenances:

The most helpful provenances were the log of the RadioGOLDINdex and newspaper listings.

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The Burns and Allen Radio Programs Log \| Part Eight
Date	Episode	Title	Avail.	Notes
45-09-13	--		--	45-09-13 New York Times 9:00-WEAF--Battle of the Sexes--Quiz
45-09-20	1	The Burns' New House on Camden Drive	Y	[Premiere; KFI aircheck] 45-09-20 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): return with Meredith Willson, musical director; Bill Goodwin, actor-announcer; and Les Paul, guitarist.
45-09-27	2	Title Unknown	N	45-09-27 New York Times 8:00-WEAF--George Burns and Gracie Allen, Comedy; Willson Orchestra
45-10-04	3	Gracie's Army Supply Center Shopping Mixup	Y	45-10-04 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Les Paul, guitarist; Gracie runs into shopping troubles.
45-10-11	4	Title Unknown	N	45-10-11 New York Times 8:00-WEAF--George Burns and Gracie Allen, Comedy; Willson Orchestra
45-10-18	5	Gracie Gives Meredith Dating Advice	Y	45-10-18 New York Times 8:00-WEAF--George Burns and Gracie Allen, Comedy; Willson Orchestra [Announces that George and Gracie will appear the following night on The Danny Kaye Show]

45-10-19	26	George Burns and Gracie Allen Substitute	N	45-10-19 Wisconsin State Journal 9:30 p. m. — Danny Kaye Show (WBBM): Burns and Allen substitute for Kaye.

45-10-25	6	Title Unknown	N	45-10-25 New York Times 8:00-WEAF--George Burns and Gracie Allen, Comedy; Willson Orchestra
45-11-01	7	Gracie Poses as Bill Goodwin's Wife	N	[AFRS Only] 45-11-01 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): help Bill Goodwin get movie part as a devoted husband; music, "Say It With Music," "I'm Gonna Love That Gal."
45-11-08	8	George to Star Opposite Betty Grable	N	[AFRS Only] 45-11-08 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie calles in George Jessel to give George advice on the pitfalls of Hollywood success; music "Scarf Dance," 'Gonna Love That Guy." Features Dick Joy as himself
45-11-15	9	George Goes Hollywood--Again	N	45-11-15 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George learns the Gracie Allen-George Jessel vaudeville team was a hoax and goes "Hollywood" again; music, "Scarf Dance."
45-11-22	10	George Inherits $5,000--To Go to College	Y	[Thanksgiving program; edited recording] 45-11-22 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George gets on a college football team in time for the annual Turkey Day classic.
45-11-29	11	Burns and Benny Go Back To College	Y	45-11-29 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Jack Benny and George Burns both enter a college popularity contest.
45-12-06	12	George's Magazine Interview	N	45-12-06 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): are in a turmoil when Bill Goodwin and Meredith Willson try to get in on George's interview with a magazine reporter.
45-12-13	13	Shopping For Christmas	N	[Christmas Program] 45-12-13 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): get mixed up with a French dressmaker while shopping for practical Christmas gifts.
45-12-20	14	Maxwell House and Birds Eye Christmas Show	N	[Christmas Program] 45-12-20 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen and Dinah Shore (WIBA): combine their programs for full-hour show, with George Montgomery as guest; music, Gracie's performance of her piano "One Finger Concerto," "White Christmas" by Dinah Shore, and "Anitra's Dance" by Meredith Willson's and Robert Emmett Dolan's combined orchestras. 45-12-20 Oakland Tribune Radio Ramblings The Maxwell House Coffee Time and Dinah Shore's Open House, both Thursday night toppers, combine operations for a full hour's show from 8 until 9. on KYW. George Burns and Gracie Allen combine forces with Dinah and her husband George Montgomery, recently returned from Army service, for a comedy of errors highlighted with music. . . .
45-12-27	15	Who Is Mr. Postman's Wife?	N	45-12-27 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): get into trouble when they try to find out what sort of a wife their postman has.
46-01-03	16	Gracie's Take In A Veteran Program	Y	46-01-03 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie puts on a one-woman campaign to ease the housing shortage.
46-01-10	17	The Beverly Hills Uplift Society Radio Program	Y	46-01-10 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie offers her radio time to the Beverly Hills Uplift society for presentation of its annual play.
46-01-17	18	The B.H.U.S. Plan to Take Over Radio	Y	46-01-17 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Beverly Hills Uplift society launches campaign to prove women are superior to men.
46-01-24	19	George Tries To Get Rid of Meredith	Y	46-01-24 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): have Kay Kyser as a house guest; music, "Califor-n-i-ay."
46-01-31	20	George's 'Old Spark'	N	46-01-31 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie takes up the problem of reviving George's "Old spark."
46-02-07	21	The Happy Marriage Contest	Y	46-02-07 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): complications develop when woman's magazine editor arrives to present George and Gracie with award for their successful marriage.
46-02-14	22	The Sponsor Visits	N	46-02-14 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): will be on good behavior when the sponsor visits; orchestra plays Grofe's "Mississippi Suite."
46-02-21	23	George's Important Job In Washington	Y	46-02-21 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): receive an official-looking document from Washington; music includes "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny." 46-02-24 The Zanesville Signal Gracie Allen, who has won musical fame with her complicated rendition of "Concerto for Index Finger," has another lyrical contribution to the music world. It's a tone poem called "Gracie," composed by Meredith Willson, musical director of "Maxwell House Coffee Time." starring George Burns and Gracie. Meredith, who has composed symphonies and marches as well as "You and I" and "Iowa." based 'much of "Gracie" on the comedienne's well-known voice inflections. The score will be in the hands of a publisher soon.
46-02-28	24	George and the Dude Ranch	N	46-02-28 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie makes a reservation at a dude ranch for George.
46-03-07	25	Gracie's Back-To-the-Soil Movement	N	46-03-07 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): start a back-to-the-soil movement.
46-03-14	26	The Smiling Irishwoman's Matrimonial Bureau	Y	[Heavily edited recording] 46-03-14 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie buys a matrimonial agency.
46-03-21	27	George's Wrestling Match	N	46-03-21 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie decides to stage a concert starring George, but at the last minute promotes a wrestling match between George and the Masked Monster.
46-03-28	28	Playing Cupid For Meredith	N	46-03-28 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George and Gracie play Cupid for Meredith Willson.
46-04-04	29	Gracie's Big Grey Lie Problem	Y	[Easter program] 46-04-04 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie has a hard time convincing George that their car was damaged when a circus elephant sat on it.
46-04-11	30	Mrs Randolph's Literary Society	Y	46-04-11 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George's penchant for western stories embarrasses Gracie when a member of an exclusive literary club calls.
46-04-18	31	The Burns Ranch House	N	46-04-18 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie turns her home into a ranch house to get George a contract in western films.
46-04-25	32	The BHUS Prepares 'The Folly of Molly O'Malley'	Y	46-04-25 Wisconsin State Journal 7:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): set the Beverly Hills Uplift society agog with the promised visit of Charles Boyer. Announces special hour-long show for following week.
46-05-02	33	Maxwell House Coffee Time and Birds Eye Special	Y	[Hour long special combining Birds Eye Open House with Maxwell House Coffee Time; Dinah Shore is absent due to a bout of laryngitis; Frances Langford substitutes] 46-05-02 Wisconsin State Journal 6:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): combine with Dinah Shore's program for full hour, when Charles Boyer is guest; Frances Langford substitutes for Dinah.
46-05-09	34	Harpo Marx Is Gracie's Snooping Reporter	Y	46-05-09 Wisconsin State Journal 6:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie hires Harpo Marx to assist her in gathering news for her column.
46-05-16	35	Gracie Decides George Should Be More Attentive	N	46-05-16 Wisconsin State Journal 6:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie decides George should be more attentive.
46-05-23	36	How To Extract Money From A Husband	N	46-05-23 Wisconsin State Journal 6:00 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie advises the bride next door on how to extract money from a husband.
46-05-30	37	On Giving Meredith Willson the Summer Show	Y	46-05-29 Wisconsin State Journal Thursday 6 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): hire Meredith Willson to substitute for them while they go to New York for the Louis-Conn fight. 46-05-30 New York Times 8:00-WEAF--George Burns and Gracie Allen, Willson Orchestra
46-06-06	--		--	46-06-06 New York Times 8:30-9--Meredith Wilson Orchestra; King Sisters and Ben Gage, Singers--WEAF (Premiere).

46-08-29	--		--	46-08-29 New York Times 8:30-9--Meredith Willson Orchestra; King Sisters and Ben Gage, Songs -WEAF
46-09-05	38	George's Allergy Problem	Y	46-09-05 New York Times 8:30-WEAF--Burns and Allen, Comedy; Meredith Willson Orchestra 46-09-05 Bluefield Telegraph BURNS AND ALI.EN George Burns is sunburned, mosquito bitten and bruised. He feels no different than any other vacationer, except in one respect—he hasn't stopped sneezing. So his devoted Gracie Allen effects the pose of a female Pasteur and goes searching for the cause of George's allergy when the "Maxwell House Coffee Time" stars return to WHIS tonight at 7:30. To add to George's discomfort is the knowledge that Gracie spent every minute of his absence buying new clothes. Tired as he is, he tries to figure out a way to trick Gracie into sending the clothes back. George hits on the solution when the doctor informs him that a cold in the head causes the sneezing. He has the doctor tell Gracie that he Is allergic to new materials in her wardrobe. Meanwhile Bill Goodwin and Postman Mel Blanc, who have been on vacations themselves, are duly sympathetic. Meredith Willson, who never takes vacations, welcomes George and Gracie back with two musical numbers, "School Days" and "The Gypsy."
46-09-12	39	Gracie Tries to Solve the Crime Wave Veteran character actor Dewey Robinson appeared as Big Louie	Y	46-09-12 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie tries to rehabilitate a seasoned criminal; music, "Shine On, Harvest Moon," "The Gypsy." 46-09-12 Bluefield Telegraph COFFEE TIME Picketpockets, thieves and safe crackers are only little boys who need a good home, according to the distaff side of the Burns household, when she attempts to tackle another national problem on the program tonight at 7:30. Although George is against her meddling Gracie "adopts" an in mate of the local lall and brings him under the guise of physical culture instructor for her husband. As valuable articles around the house disappear. George catches on and calls the police. A mix-up occurs that only could happen in the Burns household.
46-09-19	40	George's Birthday Sends Him to the Moon	Y	46-09-19 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George has an unhappy birthday. 46-09-19 Hutchinson Daily News 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (NBC): Bithday Becomes Wake
46-09-26	41	George Tries to Win Gracie A Refrigerator	Y	46-09-26 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George appears on a quiz program; "Ramona," "Full Moon and Empty Arms."
46-10-03	42	Finding A Husband for Janet Cantor	Y	46-10-03 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): guest, Eddie Cantor.
46-10-10	43	Gracie Locks George Out	N	46-10-10 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): neglected Gracie locks out George.
46-10-17	44	Getting Louella to Promote George for The Hucksters	Y	[The first of a multi-part story arc promoting George as the lead for The Hucksters] 46-10-17 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie tries to get George leading role in "The Hucksters." Features Louella Parsons and Phil Baker
46-10-24	45	The BHUS Schemes to Promote George Over Gable	Y	46-10-24 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie continues her efforts to get George the lead in "The Hucksters"; music, "Blue Skies," "Michigan." Features Bea Benadaret, Elvia Allman and Verna Felton
46-10-31	46	George Challenges Jack Carson to an Acting Contest	Y	[Halloween program] 46-10-31 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Jack Carson. 46-10-31 Bluefield Telegraph MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE TIME Gracie Allen's campaign to boost husband George Burns to cinema stardom in "The Hucksters" runs into unexpected difficulties when the popular Jack Carson drops in on the program tonight at 8:30 over WHIS. After listening to Gracie's big buildup for a radio glamour boy to replace Clark Gable in the coveted lead in "The Hucksters," self confident Carson naively assumes that he's top man, not George. George is still Gracie's choice. Jack nevertheless has a high old time for himself at the Burns' household.
46-11-07	47	Gracie Talks Frank Sinatra Out of a Movie Role	Y	46-11-07 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Frank Sinatra.
46-11-14	48	Guest Louella Parsons	N	[Most circulating exemplars purporting to be this episode are actually duplicates of 46-10-17 relabeled as 46-11-14] 46-11-14 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns and Allen 46-11-14 Bluefield Telegraph COFFEE TIME Cognizant that the "Battle of the "Battle of the Hucksters" is a ted hot movie land story of the star, ace Hollywood colunlnist Louella Parsons traces the story down to its zany source and visits George Burns and Gracie Allen on "Maxwell House Coffee Time" tonight at 8:30. Next week, Clark Gable will try to put an end to further speculation and rumor about the "Hucksters" leading man when he storms the Burns household to declare that he, not George, has captured Hollywood's most coveted part. Poor Louella is in for a high pressure session, for Gracie had decided that La Parson's endorsement is all that's needed to heave Gable out and George in to the leading' role of "The Hucksters."
46-11-21	49	Clark Gable Defends His Right to Star in The Hucksters	N	[Thanksgiving program] 46-11-21 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Clark Gable defends his claim to leading role in "The Hucksters." 46-11-21 Bluefield Telegraph BURNS AND ALLEN Now that it's November, Gracie Allen has begun her annual camrpalgn to remind George Burns of a very important occasion. The occasion is not, as might be supposed, Thanksgiving. Neither is it Christmas. There are enough outraged housewives' screams over the price of turkeys, and enough spurious Santa Clause standing ground on street corners before those respective holidays to remind even George of their imininence. What Gracie is working on now is to get George anniversary-concious. It's a long, slow drag, but she expects to have him in fine perceptive shape by January 7 which is their wedding anniversary.
46-11-28	50	Gracie Tries to Make Some Christmas Money	N	46-11-28 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie tries to make up for spending all her Christmas money; music, "It All Depends On You," "The Hills of Home."
46-12-05	51	Title Unknown	N	46-12-05 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns and Allen
46-12-12	52	Gracie Starts A Baby-Sitting Service	Y	[Heavily edited, butchered recording; three minutes missing] 46-12-12 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie tries to earn Christmas money by taking care of babies. 46-12-12 Bluefield Telegraph DIAPER DRIVE The air Is filled with wailing babies and screaming infants this week when George and Gracie turn "baby sitters" on "Maxwell House Coffee Time" tonight at 8:30 over WHIS. Poor Gracie, overwhelmed by the Christmas spirit, turns to desperate measures to earn her own gift money. Not at all discouraged by a long string of failures, Gracie blithely turns to baby sitting as a possible solution to her money troubles. George grimly manages to bear up through the bedlam of a nursery but when he's left alone with scores of howling tots, well, even a strong man like George would wilt. Meanwhile Meredith Willson tries his best to quiet the little ones with a chiffon arrangement of "Rose Room" and a lilting of ferlng of "Connecticut." Features Frank Nelson as Teeny Weeny Baby Powder announcer
46-12-19	53	Gracie Gets A Job in A Department Store Ernest Fiene's 'Toward Evening' was the illustration referred to in the December 19th 1946 episode of Maxwell House Coffee Time	Y	[Christmas Program] 46-12-19 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie gets a job in a department store. Features Gale Gordon, Jim Backus, and Sandra Gould
46-12-26	54	George Gets A Smoking Jacket from Eddie Cantor	Y	[New Years Program] 46-12-26 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Eddie Cantor drops in to see how George likes his Christmas gift; music, "They Say Its Wonderful," "Blue Skies."
47-01-02	55	Gracie Charters The Housewives' Assistance Guild	Y	[Close edited] 47-01-02 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie organizes neighborhood housewives; music, "Whispering," "Old Man River." Features Verna Felton as Blanche Morton
47-01-09	56	Gracie Explains the Christmas Bills to George	Y	47-01-09 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George tries to straighten out Gracie's bank balance; music, "Among My Souvenirs," "Missouri Waltz." Features Gale Gordon as Mr. Vanderlip
47-01-16	57	Title Unknown	N	47-01-16 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns and Allen
47-01-23	58	Gracie Plays Cupid	N	47-01-23 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie plays Cupid for country cousin.
47-01-30	59	Guest Beatrice Lillie	N	47-01-30 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Beatrice Lillie, comedienne comes to teach continental manners to Gracie's country cousin.
47-02-06	60	Guest Sonny Tufts	N	47-02-06 New York Times 8:30-WNBC--Burns and Allen, Comedy; Meredith Willson Orchestra; Sonny Tufts, Guest
47-02-13	61	Guest Cary Grant	N	[Valentine's Day program] 47-02-13 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Cary Grant.
47-02-20	62	Burns and Allen's 15th Anniversary On Radio	Y	[Guest Al Jolson] 47-02-20 Wisconsin State Journal Gracie Allen and her husband, George Burns, celebrate their 15th anniversary on the air with the program to be heard at 7:30 tonight over WIBA.
47-02-27	63	Gracie Runs the House Like A Business	Y	[Pitch adjusted by 7%] 47-02-27 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie converts her happy home into an efficient business; music, "In the Gloaming," "There's No Business Like Show Business."
47-03-06	64	Gracie Looks for A Crime to Solve	Y	47-03-06 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie uncovers a mystery; music, "Red River Valley," "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah." Features Lurene Tuttle as Trudy, Elliott Lewis as Rudy and Lou Merrill as the used car salesman
47-03-13	65	Gracie Defends 'The Little Rat'	Y	47-03-13 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie continues her sleuthing. Features Lurene Tuttle as Trudy, Elliott Lewis as Rudy, Sheldon Leonard and Wally Maher
47-03-20	66	Gracie Gets A St. Bernard to Protect George	Y	47-03-20 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie does more detective work; music, "Till the Clouds Roll By," "Wabash Moon." Features Elliott Lewis as Mr. Potter
47-03-27	67	Gracie's Gets George to Make Friends with Her St. Bernard	N	47-03-27 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George tries to make friends with Gracie's St. Bernard dog.
47-04-03	68	Gracie's Easter Hat Campaign	N	[Easter program] 47-04-03 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie campaigns for a new Easter hat.
47-04-10	69	Gracie and The Housing Shortage	N	47-04-10 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): attempt to do something about the housing shortage.
47-04-17	70	Gracie's Housing Problems	N	47-04-17 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): and housing problems; music, "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
47-04-24	71	Something New In Apartments	N	47-04-24 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): find something new in apartments; Meredith Willson offers "April Showers," "Linda."
47-05-01	72	Gracie Tries to Evict Some Tenants	N	47-05-01 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): try to rout tenants; Meredith Willson offers "A Perfect Day."
47-05-08	73	Staying at the YMCA and YWCA	Y	47-05-08 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 6:30 Burns and Allen Features Verna Felton as Mrs. Conrath the YWCA Clerk
47-05-15	74	Gracie Makes George The Boss	Y	47-05-15 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 6:30 Burns and Allen Features Elliott Lewis as Mr. Murray the interior decorator
47-05-22	75	The Uplift Society Fights Inflation	Y	47-05-22 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie joins fight for lower prices.
47-05-29	76	George and Gracie Pack for Lake Louise	Y	47-05-29 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Frances Langford.
47-06-05	--		--	47-06-05 New York Times 8:30-9--Musical Americana: Frances Langford, Songstress; Carmen Dragon, Conductor; Dramatization--WNBC.

47-08-28	--		--	47-08-28 New York Times 8:30-9--Musical Americana: Frances Langford, Songstress; Carmen Dragon, Conductor; Dramatization--WNBC.
47-09-04	77	Title Unknown	N	47-09-04 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): return to the air with Bill Goodwin, Meredith Willson, Mel Blanc, Tobe Reed. 47-09-04 New York Times 8:30-9--Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra--WNBC (Premiere)
47-09-11	78	Title Unknown	N	47-09-11 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 Burns and Allen WMAQ
47-09-18	79	Gracie's Sense of Fashion	N	47-09-18 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): with Edith Head, Howard Greer, and Orry Kelly, fashion designers.
47-09-25	80	George and Gracie Get an Offer from Judson Oil	Y	47-09-25 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): with William Powell. Features Frank Nelson as the butcher, and Will Wright as Mr. Beasley and Gale Gordon as Mr. Judson
47-10-02	81	Guest William Powell	N	47-10-02 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): with William Powell.
47-10-09	82	Gracie Turns Business Woman	N	47-10-09 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): Gracie turns business woman.
47-10-16	83	Guest Cary Grant	N	47-10-16 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): with Cary Grant.
47-10-23	84	Gracie Goes Into the Poultry Business	N	47-10-23 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): Gracie goes into poultry business.
47-10-30	85	Guest Cary Grant	N	47-10-30 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): with Cary Grant.
47-11-06	86	Gracie Expects the Biggest Boar in Jackson County	N	[AFRS Only] 47-11-06 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): invite their friends to a boar barbecue. Features Gale Gordon as Mr. Judson and Hans Conried as Dr. Miller, and Arnold Stang as Cousin Henry Allen
47-11-13	87	Cary Grant Addresses The Uplift Society	Y	[AFRS Only] 47-11-13 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): Cary Grant as the psychiatrist.
47-11-20	88	Gracie Dreams She's a Princess	Y	47-11-20 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): Gracie dreams she's a princess.
47-11-27	89	Gracie Makes George French to Impress Jean Sablon	Y	[Thanksgiving program] 47-11-27 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): French crooner Jean Sablon sets Gracie in a whirl.
47-12-04	90	Gracie Tries to Get Bing to Retire	Y	47-12-04 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): Bing Crosby is nearly convinced that he should retire as a singer in favor of George.
47-12-11	91	Gracie Hypnotizes Meredith Into A Lady Killer	Y	47-12-11 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): Psychiatrist neighbor Dr. Miller hypnotizes Meredith Wilson.
47-12-18	92	Gracie's Baffling Christmas Gift Wish	Y	[Christmas program] 47-12-18 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): Gracie hints for Christmas presents and money.
47-12-25	93	Gracie's Open House Christmas Party	Y	[Christmas program; Jane Wyman substitutes for Gracie Allen due to a flu bug; Jane Wyman sings "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling"] 47-12-24 Wisconsin State Journal Christmas day 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): An open house at the Burns home leads to Gracie's singing of "Down to Donovans."
48-01-01	94	Title Unknown	N	[New Year's program] 47-12-31 Wisconsin State Journal Thursday 7:30 Burns and Allen WIBA WMAQ
48-01-08	95	Georgesha and Jacksha As A Gypsy Brothers Act	Y	48-01-08 New York Times 8:30-WNBC--Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra; Jack Benny, Guest Features Mel Blanc as Monsieur le Blanc and the reporter
48-01-15	96	Gracie Does George's Income Taxes	Y	[The script mentions a tax deadline of "tonight". In 1948 Income Taxes were due on the 15th of January each year] 48-01-15 New York Times 8:30-WNBC--Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra Features Elliott Lewis as the 'happy' delivery man
48-01-22	97	Walter O'Keefe and Gracie Talk About Old Times	Y	[Script very similar to a previous Pat O'Brien episode] 48-01-22 New York Times 8:30-WNBC--Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra 48-01-22 Hutchinson Daily News 7:30 p.m.--KWBW Burns and Allen (Walter O'Keefe guest)
48-01-29	98	George and Gracie Discuss A Trip to Palm Springs	Y	48-01-29 New York Times 8:30-WNBC--Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra
48-02-05	99	George and Gracie Shop for a Fur Coat	Y	48-02-05 New York Times 8:30-WNBC--Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra
48-02-12	100	George Babysits for Kay Kyser	Y	48-02-12 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA, WMAQ): with Kay Kyser. Features Jerry Hausner as Al, the soda jerk and the baby
48-02-19	101	Gracie Prevents George from Making Decisions	Y	48-02-19 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie visits a psychiatrist.
48-02-26	102	Gracie Goes To The Fête de Chapeaux	Y	48-02-26 New York Times 8:30-WNBC--Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra
48-03-04	103	Guest Eddie Cantor	N	48-03-04 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Eddie Cantor.
48-03-11	104	Title Unknown	N	48-03-11 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 Burns and Allen WIBA WMAQ
48-03-18	105	Title Unknown	N	48-03-18 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns & Allen
48-03-25	106	Gracie Gets George An Easter Outfit	Y	[Easter program] 48-03-25 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns & Allen Features Hans Conreid as Wong the house boy and Frank Nelson as the tailor
48-04-01	107	Gracie Plays Cupid	N	48-04-01 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie tries playing Cupid.
48-04-08	108	George Goes To A Burlesque Show	N	48-04-08 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George goes to a burlesque show.
48-04-15	109	George Is Jealous of Joe Bagley	Y	48-04-15 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): life-of-the-party starts trouble for George. Features Hans Conreid as Pops and Elliott Lewis as Joe Bagley
48-04-22	110	George Gets Revenge on Joe Bagley	Y	[Due to Laryngitis, Gracie Allen couldn't perform in the later rebroadcast. The earlier broadcast aired in its place] 48-04-22 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): a bunch of flowers leads to trouble.
48-04-29	111	Gracie Trades George's New Car for a 1918 Stutz	Y	48-04-29 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WMAQ): Gracie takes over a car purchase (on WIBA at 7:30).
48-05-06	112	Finding A Husband for Judson's Sister	Y	[Poor recording] 48-05-06 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WMAQ): open a matrimonial bureau (on WIBA at 7:30).
48-05-13	113	George Stays with Gracie's Mom Under Quarantine	N	[Heavily edited, truncated recording; 25 minutes only; Probably AFRS] 48-05-13 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns & Allen Features Verna Felton as Gracie's mother
48-05-20	114	George As A Plumber to Impress Gracie's Mom	N	[AFRS Only] 48-05-20 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns & Allen Features Hans Conried as Swami
48-05-27	115	The Swami and the Swamp	Y	48-05-27 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns & Allen
48-06-03	116	Title Unknown	N	48-06-03 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns & Allen
48-06-10	117	Preparing For Vacation	N	48-06-10 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WMAQ): prepare for vacation (on WIBA at 7:30).
48-06-17	--		--	48-06-17 New York Times 8:30-9--New Faces of 1948: Al Roth Orchestra; George Hall, June Carroll, Others; Louise Howard, Guest--WNBC (Premiere).

48-09-23	--		--	48-09-23 New York Times 8:30-9--New Faces of 1948: Al Rah Orchestra, George Hall, June Carroll, and Others; Louise Howard, Guest--WNBC.
48-09-30	118	The Burns' Meet the New Neighbors	Y	48-09-30 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George and Gracie return to the air. 48-09-30 New York Times 8:30-9--Music and Comedy: Burns and Allen; Meredith Willson Orchestra--WNBC (Premiere). Features Irene Tedrow as Martha Dayton, Gale Gordon as Mr. Vanderlip, Mary Lee Robb as Emily Vanderlip, Richard Crenna as Harold, and Harry Lubin as the Justice of the Peace
48-10-07	119	A Rash of Kleptomania in the Burns Household	Y	[Heavily edited recording; 22 minutes only; probably AFRS] 48-10-07 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): a case of kleptomania. Features Verna Felton as Mrs. Baker, Harry Lubin as Officer Craig,
48-10-14	120	Title Unknown	N	48-10-14 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns and Allen
48-10-21	121	George Tries To Join A Country Club	N	48-10-21 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George tries to join a select country club.
48-10-28	122	The Burns Hotel	N	48-10-28 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie turns home into hotel to earn wardrobe money. Features Frank Nelson as Pierre the couturier
48-11-04	123	Gracie's True Confession	N	48-11-04 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie writes a true confession, sells it.
48-11-11	124	The Burns' 15th Wedding Anniversary	Y	[While the script calls it the Burns' 15th Anniversary, 1948 would have been the couple's 22nd anniversary] 48-11-11 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie throws out some wedding anniversary hints. Features Doris Singleton as Miss Emory the bank teller, Bea Benadaret as Mrs. Vanderlip, Tommy Bernard as Arthur Bradley and Dawn Bender as Marilyn March
48-11-18	125	Who's Really the Boss	Y	48-11-18 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie's girl friends check up on her accounts of George.
48-11-25	126	Gracie's Baby Turkey Swallows A Wedding Ring	Y	[Thanksgiving program] 48-11-25 Wisconsin State Journal WIBA 7:30 Burns and Allen Features Pat McGeehan as the Turkey Farmer and the Salvation Army representative and Hans Conried as the Doctor.
48-12-02	127	Title Unknown	N	48-12-02 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Georgie becomes butler and murder suspect.
48-12-09	128	Gracie Plants A Christmas Present	N	48-12-09 Wisconsin State Journal 7 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie plants a Christmas present for George.
48-12-16	129	Guests Ronald Colman and Benita Hume	N	[Most circulating exemplars of this program are actually dupes of 49-12-16] 48-12-16 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Ronald Colman and Benita Hume.
48-12-23	130	George Sings With Gracie's Choral Society	N	[Christmas program] 48-12-23 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George sings with Gracie's choral society.
48-12-30	131	The Burns' Gala New Year's Eve Eve Party	Y	[New Year's program] 48-12-30 Wisconsin State Journal - 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): plan to throw a big party, but only maestro Meredith Wilson drops in, because neighbor Vanderlip is giving a party too.
49-01-06	132	Gracie Wants George To Be Like Gregory Peck	Y	49-01-06 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gregory Peck, guest. Features Paula Winslow as Dorothy Demmling
49-01-13	133	Title Unknown	N	49-01-13 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Cesar Romero.
49-01-20	134	Gracie Gets Cesar Romero to Steal Bill's Girlfriend	Y	49-01-20 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Cesar Romero.
49-01-27	135	Gracie Gets Gene Kelly Reenact George's Proposal	Y	49-01-27 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Gene Kelly.
49-02-03	136	Selling The House Again	N	49-02-01 Middleton Times Herald Louella Parsons Last year, the national safety council got Gracie Allen's permission to use her name in a scare slogan for all the nitwit accidents that happen inside and outside the home. "Don't be a Gracie" means—don't pick up a telephone with wet hands; don't get hit on the head by a falling bottle or can from an overcrowded medicine cabinet and things like that Now Gracie and her scatterbrained antics will be starred in a featurette to be produced by the council on the screen. It will show Gracie starting out perfectly well and then being nicked, bruised and cut up from just a daily round of silly household activities. The comedy has a serious message—don't let it happen to you. 49-02-03 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): inaugurate home safety campaign.
49-02-10	137	Gracie Sends Sam Spade to Jail for Murder	Y	49-02-10 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie goes on the trail of Howard "Sam Spade" Duff. Features Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Joe Kearns as the Police lieutenant and the cabbie.
49-02-17	138	George's Rare Collection of Alley Cats James and Pamela Mason co-authored 'The Cats in Our Lives' in 1949. James Mason illustrated the book himself.	Y	49-02-17 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with James Mason and Pamela Britton.
49-02-24	139	Gracie Tries To Make George A Doctor	Y	[Marginal recording; heavy crosstalk] 49-02-24 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie seeks a choppable cherry tree.
49-03-03	140	Guest Richard Widmark	N	[Most circulating exemplars are just dupes of 48-04-29, relabeled as 49-03-03] 49-03-03 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Richard Widmark meets his match.
49-03-10	141	Gracie Trains To Be A Girl Scout Leader	Y	49-03-10 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie helps organize a Girl Scout troop. Features Gale Gordon as the doctor and Mary Lee Robb, Ann Whitfield, and Georgine Price as the Girl Scouts
49-03-17	142	Marlene Dietrich Babysits George	Y	49-03-17 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Marlene Dietrich as George's baby-sitter.
49-03-24	143	Gracie Prepares Jane Wyman for the Oscars	Y	49-03-24 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Jane Wyman.
49-03-31	144	Gracie and George Try to Reverse Jack's Stinginess	Y	49-03-31 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Jack Benny.
49-04-07	145	Gracie Gets George to Star in Bob Montgomery's Film	Y	49-04-07 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Robert Montgomery. Features Viola Vonn as Mademoiselle Colette
49-04-14	146	Hats and Housecleaning	N	49-04-14 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): hats and housecleaning.
49-04-21	147	Eddie Cantor Thinks Ida is Trying to Poison Him	Y	[Gracie announces her election to the Presidency of the 'Don't Be A Gracie' Club] 49-04-21 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Eddie Cantor. Features Joan Banks as Ida Cantor
49-04-28	148	George is King of the Ladyfingers	Y	49-04-28 Wisconsin State Journal 6:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WMAQ): George's ladyfingers get him into embarrassing situation (on WIBA at 7:30)
49-05-05	149	Gracie Wants George In Hopalong Cassidy's Picture	Y	49-05-05 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): George tries to take Bill "Hopalong" Boyd's place in television.
49-05-12	150	Marie McDonald Romances George	Y	[Introduces the "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee," song by Irving Berlin, first used for Maxwell House] 49-05-12 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Marie McDonald, guest.
49-05-19	151	Gracie Adopts Mickey Rooney	Y	49-05-19 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Mickey Rooney. Features Wally Maher as Mickey Rooney's director.
49-05-26	152	Gracie Wants To Be A Socialite	N	49-05-26 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie wants to join the international social set.
49-06-02	153	Gracie Turns Chester Morris Into A Dog	Y	49-06-02 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Chester Morris.
49-06-09	154	Gracie Joins A Women's Rights Crusade	N	[Probably AFRS; Utterly contrived and butchered circulating recording; exactly 32:00 minutes, pegged out, and slowed pitch (7%); the actual content is only 21:38] 49-06-09 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): Gracie crusades for equal rights. Features Verna Felton as Colonel Brown.
49-06-16	155	Gracie Thinks Rudy Vallee is Chasing Emily	Y	49-06-16 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): with Rudy Vallee. Features Richard Crenna as Rudolph Shreckenhorse, Mary Lee Robb as Emily Vanderlip and Bill Goodwin as Rudy Vallee's valet, Wong.
49-06-23	156	The Burns' Prepare to Sail for England	Y	[Final program for Maxwell House; Maxwell House sponsors 'Father Knows Best' for the Summer break and the following season] 49-06-23 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Burns and Allen (WIBA): prepare for trip to England.
49-06-30	--		--	49-06-30 New York Times 8:30-9--Drama: "Long Distance," With Geraldine Fitzgerald--WNBC. 49-06-30 Wisconsin State Journal 7:30 p.m.--Eight by Request (WIBA): new series of dramas.

AFRS 'The Burns and Allen Program' Log \| Part Eight
Date	Episode	Title	Avail.	Notes
45-09-13	--		Y

The Burns and Allen Radio Programs Biographies

Nathan Birnbaum [George Burns] Vaudeville Stage, Radio, Television and Film Actor (1896-1996) Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.A. Radiography: 1932 The Robert Burns Panatela Program 1933 The White Owl Program 1934 The Adventures Of Gracie 1936 The Campbell's Tomato Juice Program 1936 The Campbell's Soup Program 1937 Lux Radio Theatre 1937 The Jell-O Program 1938 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1938 Chesterfield Time 1939 Gulf Screen Guild Theatre 1940 The Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Program 1940 The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show 1941 Well, I Swan 1942 United China Relief 1942 Command Performance 1942 Treasury Star Parade 1943 Command Performance 1943 The Bob Burns Show 1943 The Jack Benny Program 1943 It's Time To Smile 1943 Paul Whiteman Presents 1943 Cavalcade For Victory 1943 Mail Call 1944 Radio Hall Of Fame 1944 The Bakers Of America Show For the Armed Forces 1944 Your All-Time Hit Parade 1944 Birds Eye Open House 1944 Radio Hall Of Fame 1945 The Eddie Cantor Show 1945 Robert Benchley, Radio Critic 1945 Maxwell House Coffee Time 1945 The Danny Kaye Show 1946 Request Performance 1948 Philco Radio Time 1948 The Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show 1948 Guest Star 1948 Kraft Music Hall 1949 Gisele Of Canada 1949 The Aldrich Family 1949 The Ammident Show 1951 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood 1951 The Bing Crosby Show 1952 The Lucky Strike Program 1952 The Doris Day Show 1964 The Arthur Godfrey Show Here's To Veterans	George Burns circa 1935	From theMarch 10th 1996 edition of the Winnipeg Sunday Free Press: He's gone to meet God--and Gracie By Myrna Oliver Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — George Burns — the indefatigable entertainer whose staying power became the last, most endearing gag in a graceful, laughfilled career — died yesterday morning at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 100 years and 49 days old. The comedian, actor, singer and author apparently died of heart failure a few hours after his nurse found him shaking and breathing shallowly in his bed. His son Ronnie was with him at the end. There were no last-second oneliners or pithy sign-offs, said Burns' longtime manager and friend, Irving Fein. But for years, Burns had insisted in gravelly monotone: "I don't believe in dying... It's been done." Condolences poured into the Burns home from around the United States, recalling the comedian's many incarnations — as the vaudevillian, the hit radio and television act with his beloved wife Gracie Allen, and as the irascible elder statesman of comedy. In a statement, President Clinton called Burns "one of the great entertainers of all time." His friend of nearly eight decades, comedian Milton Berle said: "He's up there in heaven with Gracie, doing their act. And if I know George, he'll be throwing one-liners at St. Peter." Burns had been in ill health since July 1994, when he slipped and fell in the shower at his home in Las Vegas. His frailty caused him to cancel performances celebrating his centenary at the London Palladium and Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. He was also too ill with the flu to attend his own 100th birthday bash in January. Burns will be buried alongside Allen at a private funeral service Tuesday at Forest Lawn cemetery here, Fein said. A public memorial may be scheduled later. "It's been hard to imagine show business before George Burns," said Bob Hope, who now, at 92, becomes comedy's elder statesman. "Now, it's difficult to imagine show business without him." Goodnight, Georgie Show business career began in 1903 The Canadian Press George Burns died quietly at age 100 yesterday morning. A sketch: Beginnings: Born Nathan Birnbaum in New York City on Jan. 20, 1896. Early Years: Entered show business in 1903 as member of Peewee Quartet, then began vaudeville in 1905. Formed comedy act with Gracie Allen in 1923. Later Years: Performed for some 90 years. Career spanned vaudeville, radio (The Burns and Allen Show), movies, television (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), nightclubs, best-selling books, recordings and video. Made first feature film with Allen in 1932, The Big Broadcast. Married: Had two children, son and daughter, with Allen, whom he wed in Cleveland in 1926. Awards: Won Grammy in 1991 for best spoken-word recording for excerpts from Gracie: A Love Story. Won Oscar for the aging vaudevillian in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys. Quotes: On retirement:"I can't afford to die when I'm booked." On why he was considered sexy: "I've been longer at it than anyone else." On age: "I've reached the point where I get a standing ovation for just standing." Burns exits enduring, endearing career By Charles Champlin Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES - George Burns, who died yesterday at the still-extraordinary age of 100, made it seem for a while as if he had no intention of leaving at all. With his cigars and martinis and his fondness for the company of pretty young women, he made old age out to be not a grey back bedroom but an extension of the prime of life. The great achievement of his career may well have been to convince millions, who may have been doubtful, that life begins or begins again, not at 40 but at 79, as his did when he made The Sunshine Boys after a hiatus from the cameras of 36 years. Extraordinary His long climb from the lowest rungs of vaudeville to the top and then into radio and television as half of Burns and Allen prepared him, if not later audiences, for his extraordinary and endearing success as a single. He remembered that when he and Grade were in vaudeville, he learned to go onstage with a cigar before the audience arrived, to test the prevailing drafts, so he could stand downwind from Gracie. He had learned that audiences resented him when the cigar smoke went in Gracie's face. He used to claim he had the easiest act in vaudeville, since all he had to do was say "You what?" or "Your brother what?" to trigger Gracie's glorious inanities ("You could have knocked me over with a fender"). The truth was, of course, that George was the ultimate old pro, who quickly saw the appeal of Gracie's chirpy malaprop innocence. "Say, good night, Gracie," Burns would say. "Good night, Gracie," she would reply. Chatting in his Hollywood office a few years ago before going off to do a show in Lafayette, La., he suddenly called to an assistant, "Phone Lafayette and find the name of the oldest theatre in town. I'll tell 'em I played there 50 years ago." After the hard years in tank-town vaudeville, he knew how to win an audience. A trouper Burns was a trouper in the old "the-show-must-go-on" tradition. Only a few years ago, he fell and stripped the skin off one shin, raising a ghastly bruised welt and reducing his gait to a hobble. He examined it in his Las Vegas dressing room one night after a performance. I'd have said it was a miracle he could stand, but he'd done an hour with the audience none the wiser about the injury or the pain. He was one of the great show business raconteurs, onstage (where his tales were central to his charm) and offstage (where they flowed from an apparently bottomless memory). As with Alfred Hitchcock, another superb raconteur, it was not always clear where memory left off and imagination began, but it hardly mattered. There was always a discernible ring of truth, as in his story about an early partner who could sing but not talk without a heavy stammer. One night at their boarding house in Altoona (or some such place) the partner ran to George gasping unintelligibly. "Sing it!" George said he cried. The partner sang, "We been robbed, we been robbed, we been robbed," to a tune George, for once, could not remember. Many of George's stories, public and private, involved his long, dear friendship with Jack Benny. The game between them was that George could send Jack into hysterics with the lift of an eyebrow, but Jack could not raise a laugh from George, hard as he tried. My favorite among the stories was of a long-ago breakfast. Jack said, "What're you having?" George said, "Steak and eggs; I'm hungry. What about you?" "I'm having Cream of Wheat," Jack said. "Why" George asked, incredulous. "Because Mary Livingston says it's good for me," Jack explained. "But steak and eggs are good for you." "That's right," Jack said defiantly. When the waiter came, they both had steak and eggs. When the bill arrived, George said, "You pay it, Jack." Jack said, "Why should I pay all of it?" "Because if you don't," George said, "I'll tell Mary you didn't have Cream of Wheat." Amazingly, George Burns linked a day before radio, let alone television, with a world of CD-ROMs and cyberspace. And no small part of the fondness audiences of all ages had for him was that he bespoke times when things seemed simpler, more innocent, less frazzled and cynical, when a few bars of soft-shoe and lines of a foolish song from an ancient vaudeville act carried a strong and particular magic. After Gracie died, George made monthly visits to her grave to bring her up to date on his doings. Now, whatever one's theological leanings, it is nice to think of the act reunited.

Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen Vaudeville Stage, Radio, Television and Film Actor (1895-1964) Birthplace: San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Radiography: 1932 The Robert Burns Panatela Program 1933 The White Owl Program 1934 The Adventures Of Gracie 1936 The Campbell's Tomato Juice Program 1936 The Campbell's Soup Program 1937 Lux Radio Theatre 1937 The Jell-O Program 1938 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1938 Chesterfield Time 1939 Gulf Screen Guild Theatre 1939 Information Please 1940 The Hinds Honey and Almond Cream Program 1940 Good News of 1940 1940 The Rudy Vallee Sealtest Show 1940 Fibber McGee and Molly 1941 The New Burns and Allen Show 1942 United China Relief 1942 Command Performance 1942 It's Time To Smile 1942 Treasury Star Parade 1942 Well, I Swan 1943 This Is My Story 1943 The Bob Burns Show 1943 The Jack Benny Program 1943 Paul Whiteman Presents 1943 Cavalcade For Victory 1943 Mail Call 1944 Radio Hall Of Fame 1944 The Bakers Of America Show For the Armed Forces 1944 Your All-Time Hit Parade 1945 The Eddie Cantor Show 1945 Robert Benchley, Radio Critic 1945 Maxwell House Coffee Time 1945 The Danny Kaye Show 1945 Birds Eye Open House 1946 Request Performance 1947 The Jack Carson Show 1947 Songs By Sinatra 1947 Guest Star 1947 Front and Center 1948 Philco Radio Time 1948 The Eddie Cantor Pabst Blue Ribbon Show 1948 Kraft Music Hall 1949 Gisele Of Canada 1949 The Aldrich Family 1949 The AmmiDent Show 1949 The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe 1949 Life With Luigi 1949 The Bing Crosby Show 1949 Suspense 1951 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood 1952 The Bob Hope Show 1952 The Doris Day Show	Gracie Allen circa 1937	From the August 28th 1964 edition of the Oakland Tribune: Heart Attack Kills Gracie Allen at 58 HOLLYWOOD (AP) - Gracie Allen, whose scatterbrained comedy helped make Burns and Allen a top act in show business for 34 years, died last night after a heart attack. She was 58. Spokesmen for the family said Miss Allen died at 11:15 p.m. and that her husband, comedy actor George Burns, was at her side at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Contacted at the Burns home in Beverly Hills, William Burns, George's brother, said the popular comedienne had been in seemingly good health before being stricken. MILD ATTACK He said she had experienced mild heart attacks in the past. They didn't, however, seem to slow her down much. Ten days ago she and her husband were among the guests at the gala wedding reception for Edie Adams and her new husband Marty Mills. She appeared effervescent and cheerful, as she has been since her retirement in 1958. Until then, the strain of sustaining her nitwit role sometimes made her tense and withdrawn. REAL ACTRESS At the time of her retirement, Burns explained why she quit: "She's never missed acting for a minute. She never was a ham, anyway. Most actors are aware of playing to an audience. Not Gracie. The side of the stage toward the audience was a wall to her. She concentrated only on what she had to say and never gave a thought to cameras or lights or makeup or anything. "She deserved a rest. 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 it?" Miss Allen was born in 1906, the year of the great earthquake in San Francisco. Named Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, she was one of four daughters of Edward Allen, a song and dance man then booked in San Francisco. At 3 1/3, she had made her stage debut but she continued in Catholic schools until she was 14, when she began a dancing act with her three older sisters. Later, she joined an Irish song and dance act and at one time went to secretarial school in Hoboken, N.J. It was in New Jersey that she met George. Born Nathan Birnbaum in 1896 Burns had been through the vaudeville mill and claims to have weathered 50 partners before encountering Gracie. She saw him on a bill at Union Hill, N.J., where he was booked as Burns and Lorraine. They met after the show and George revealed he was seeking a new partner. He suggested that Gracie join him. REWROTE THE ACT Gracie recalled later "Of course George had written this act for himself, with himself as the comedian and I as the straight man but the funny thing -- my straight lines got the laughs. People laughed twice as hard at my not being funny as they laughed at George's being funny. When we came of after the first show, he said, 'We're switching parts, Gracie.' He rewrote the act then and there." Burns and Allen played vaudeville for three years hefore he was able to convince her they should get married. They were wed in Cleveland on Jan. 7, 1926. INTO BIG TIME After their marriage they were propelled into the big time. They became headliners in vaudeville and starred on the bill that ended Vaudeville at New York's Palace Theater. After guest-starring on Rudy Vallee and Guy Lombardo radio programs, they began their own show on Feb 15. 1932. Their career continued in radio and television until Gracie's retirement. They also appeared in such movies as "Big Broadcast of 1932," "International House," "Love in Bloom," "Damsel in Distress," "College Swing," "Honolulu" and ' The Gracie Allen Murder Case." George once analyzed his wife's humor "Gracie is not really crazy, if she were, we couldn't get a day's work."

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