"Why, George, she gave you me. And, I'm as good as nuts."
George Burns once declared that his wife was "smart enough to be the dumbest woman in show-business history." And, indeed, Gracie Allen leaves her verbal opponents dazed and confused, and leaves her audience in stitches. Singing and one-liner slinging George comes across as a blithe bystander who had once meandered over to befriend a befuddled-but-beguiling broad and discovered, to his absolute astonishment, that he couldn't possibly walk away.
The madcap scenarios and rib-tickling ripostes in these sixteen digitally remastered episodes are as cleverly sharp now as they were when they were originally broadcast in 1947-48. This 8-hour set includes many episodes available for the first time anywhere.
Episodes Include: Last Year's Christmas Bills 01-09-47; Poker Game 01-16-47; Country Cousin 01-23-47; Guest: Bea Lillie 01-30-47; Gracie Takes Up Crime Solving 03-06-47; St. Bernard 03-27-47; Back From a Vacation in the Woods 09-04-47; The Long Dress 09-11-47; Gracie Gets a Job 10-09-47; Gracie Has Romantic Notions 11-20-47; French Singer 11-27-47; Lady Killer 12-11-47; George is Losing His Hair 03-18-48; Gracie's Problem With Salesmen 05-13-48; Spiritualism 05-27-48; Gracie Takes Over For Louella Parsons 06-03-48