The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
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The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show was a popular mid-20th-century American radio and television sitcom featuring the comedic duo George Burns and his wife Gracie Allen, known for its vaudeville-style humor and breaking of the fourth wall.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American radio sitcom
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American television sitcom ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Burns and Allen ⓘ |
| basedOn | vaudeville act of George Burns and Gracie Allen ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | black-and-white television ⓘ |
| broadcastType | network television ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era | Golden Age of Television ⓘ |
| featuredMedium |
radio
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television ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | live studio audience ⓘ |
| firstAiredOnTelevision | 1950 ⓘ |
| format |
radio series
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television series ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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sitcom ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
George Burns
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surface form:
George Burns (fictionalized version)
Gracie Allen ⓘ
surface form:
Gracie Allen (fictionalized version)
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| hasTheme |
domestic life comedy
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show-business satire ⓘ |
| influenced | later American television sitcoms ⓘ |
| lastAiredOnTelevision | 1958 ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | George Burns addressing the audience directly ⓘ |
| notableCharacterTraitOfGracieAllen | illogical and ditzy persona ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
breaking the fourth wall
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vaudeville-style humor ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of vaudeville routines into sitcom format
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meta-humor ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 8 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalMedium | radio ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | CBS ⓘ |
| precededBy | Burns and Allen radio show ⓘ |
| productionCompany | McCadden Productions ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| starredCouple | married couple George Burns and Gracie Allen ⓘ |
| starRelationship | on-screen and off-screen married couple ⓘ |
| starring |
George Burns
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Gracie Allen ⓘ |
| targetAudience | family audience ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| transitionedTo | television ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Burns and Allen Show (radio)
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The Gracie Allen College of Musical Knowledge (radio segment)
this entity surface form:
Burns and Allen radio show
this entity surface form:
The Burns and Allen Show
this entity surface form:
The Burns and Allen Show (radio)