Originally broadcast on NBC, 24 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The run
- Network
- CBS
- Years active
- 1934–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 271
- Genre
- comedy
This upload contains 272 episodes of the old time radio programs of George Burns and Gracie Allen, which aired from 1934-1950. George and Gracie then made the successful jump to television (1950-1958). The iconic comedy duo (and married couple) entertained American audiences for a quarter of a century.
1950 · 91949 · 221948 · 14
Restoration quality — measured from the surviving files
Clean transfer · 4 of 45Listenable · 5 of 45Rough but complete · 36 of 45
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: the-burns-and-allen-show-1934-09-26-2-leaving-for-america
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
17 dated broadcasts across 17 years on the air, with 14 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Burns and Allen Show George Is Seeing The Green Eyed Monster · 15 Apr 1948
- 2. The Burns and Allen Show George Is Talked Out Of Buying Roses For Gracie · 22 Apr 1948
- 3. The Burns and Allen Show The 1918 Stutz Bearcat · 29 Apr 1948
The Burns and Allen Show Palm Springs
12 Apr 1950 · 23 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 12 April 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Burns and Allen Show Preparing The Income Taxes
1 Mar 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 1 March 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Burns and Allen Show George And Gracie Offered Lead in Dulcy
15 Feb 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 15 February 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Burns and Allen Show Gracie's Dented Fender
8 Feb 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 8 February 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Burns and Allen Show Al Jolson's Vigorous Lifestyle
1 Feb 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 1 February 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Burns and Allen Show Ronald Reagan
25 Jan 1950 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 25 January 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Burns and Allen Show Gracie Resolves To Stop Worring
18 Jan 1950 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 18 January 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
The Burns and Allen Show Getting a Movie Contract
11 Jan 1950 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on CBS, 11 January 1950. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Same night on the air
24 Mar 1949
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 24 Mar 1949.
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 24 March 1949. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.
Also on CBS
CBS in 1934–1950
Other series the network carried while The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 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 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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