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Guest Is Marlene Dietrich (Aired March 17, 1949)

Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen.Burns wrote most of the material, and played the straight man. Allen played a silly, addleheaded woman. Both attributed their success to the other, to the ends of their lives. Early on, the team had played the opposite roles until they noticed that the audience was laughing at Gracie\'s straight lines, so they made the change. Burns and Allen developed their popular routine over more than three decades of stage, radio, film, and television. Historians of popular culture have often stated that Allen was a brilliant comedian, whose entire career consisted of engaging in dialogues of "illogical logic" that left her verbal opponents dazed and confused, and her audiences in stitches.

THIS EPISODE:

March 17, 1949. NBC network. Sponsored by: Maxwell House Coffee. George has caught a cold. Special Guest Is Marlene Dietrich tries to make Gracie jealous. The Maxwell House Coffee production number is built around the tune, "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." The system cue has been deleted. Bill Goodwin, Tobe Reed, Marlene Dietrich, Bea Benaderet, Harry Lubin and His Orchestra, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Paul Henning (writer), Keith Fowler (writer). 28:43. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index