Thursday, January 24, 2019

Throwback Thursday Comedy Special: Rare 1929 George Burns and Gracie Allen Skit - "Lambchops"



George Burns and Gracie Allen worked together as a successful comedy team that entertained vaudeville, film, radio, and television audiences for over 40 years. 
The duo met in 1922 and married in 1926. Burns was the straight man and Allen was a silly, addle-headed woman. 

Their 30-minute radio show debuted in September 1934 as The Adventures of Gracie, whose title changed to The Burns and Allen Show in 1936; the series ran, moving back and forth between NBC and CBS, until May 1950. 

After their radio show's cancellation, Burns and Allen reemerged on television with a popular situation comedy, which ran from 1950 to 1958.
We found an old short movie skit called Lambchops that Burns and Allen made in 1929.

Enjoy!

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