The run
- Network
- CBS / NBC
- Years active
- 1936–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 36
- Genre
- comedy
(37 Episodes) OTRs Burns & Allen Husband & wife Comedy Team George Burns & Gracie Allen, more widely known as simply "BURNS & ALLEN. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BurnsAllan”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
9 dated broadcasts across 15 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1936, in original transmission order.
- 1. B&A 1936-01-15 #016 Gracie plays Sadie Thompson · 15 Jan 1936
- 2. B&A 1940-03-27 Surprise Party Platform · 27 Mar 1940
- 3. B&A 1940-05-15 Rah Rah In Omaha · 15 May 1940
B&A 1936-01-15 #016 Gracie plays Sadie Thompson
15 Jan 1936 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 January 1936. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
B&A 1940-03-27 Surprise Party Platform
27 Mar 1940 · 31 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 27 March 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
B&A 1940-05-15 Rah Rah In Omaha
15 May 1940 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 May 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
B&A 1941-11-08 George Lands Movie Role
8 Nov 1941 · 21 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 November 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
B&A 1943-11-02 Gracie wants George to go on Jack's Show
2 Nov 1943 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 2 November 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
B&A 1945-11-29 George Goes To College (Gst-Benny)2
29 Nov 1945 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 29 November 1945. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
B&A 1946-11-07 Getting Frank Sinatra To Leave Town
7 Nov 1946 · 24 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 7 November 1946. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
B&A 1949-03-17 George Has a Cold
17 Mar 1949 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 17 March 1949. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on CBS / NBC
CBS / NBC in 1936–1950
Other series the network carried while Burns & Allen was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Burns & Allen
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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