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Gracie realizes the mistake and visits the recruiting office to enlist George, and is told George is too old for the Army. George goes to Harry's house and is mistakenly examined by Dr. Mangrum (Rolfe Sedan), the insurance doctor. Because of some mix-ups, both Morton and George are enlisted in the Army and are picked up by military police.
Burns and Allen on the vaudeville circuit in 1924. Burns and Allen met in 1922 and first performed together at the Hill Street Theatre in Newark, New Jersey, continued in small town vaudeville theaters, married in Cleveland on January 7, 1926, and moved up a notch when they signed with the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuit in 1927.
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show, is a half-hour television sitcom broadcast from 1950 to 1958 on CBS. It starred George Burns and Gracie Allen, one of the most enduring acts in entertainment history. Burns and Allen were headliners in vaudeville in the 1920s, and radio stars in the 1930s and 1940s.
25 episodes (1958–59) The George Burns Show as himself 34 episodes (1964–65) Wendy and Me, George as landlord to tenant Wendy Conway (Connie Stevens) 13 episodes (1985) George Burns Comedy Week anthology series, as host. Ronnie Burns (son) 24 episodes (1951–58) as himself, as well as other characters during the run of the show [2] 23 ...
George Burns. George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum (Yiddish: נתן בירנבוים) on January 20, 1896, in New York City, [1] the ninth of 12 children born to Hadassah "Dorah" (née Bluth; 1857–1927) and Eliezer Birnbaum (1855–1903), known as Louis or Lippa, Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from Ropczyce, [2] Galicia, now Poland. [3]
George Burns, Gracie Allen: 1943-02-22 This Is the Army: Over 200 soldiers participated in this episode : 1943-03-01 The Lady Is Willing: Kay Francis, George Brent: 1943-03-08 Reap the Wild Wind: Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard: 1943-03-15 Libel: Edna Best, Ronald Colman: 1943-03-22 Each Dawn I Die: George Raft, Franchot Tone: 1943-03-29 Crossroads
The period 1948-1950 brought major changes to network radio, as CBS hired a number of stars from NBC in what some have called "talent raids". [6] Some of the top performers who changed networks were Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Edgar Bergen, and the husband-and-wife duo George Burns and Gracie Allen. One result of the changes was that 12 of the 15 ...
In 1945, Goodwin was the "featured comedian" as a regular on The Frank Sinatra Show and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. [5] In 1947, he had his own program, [6] The Bill Goodwin Show, a situation comedy, also known as Leave It to Bill, which ran from April 26 – December 13, 1947. [7] He was the announcer for the Blondie radio program. [8]