The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Speech Writer
TV Flash files “The Speech Writer” as hour 44 of 291 in the TV Flash guide — The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958) on CBS, season 2, episode 18, aired 1952-05-22, 25 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E18: listed hour 44 of 291 in the The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show guide, hour 18 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1952-05-22 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Gracie's Redecoration Scheme” (S02E17). Next is “Divorce Attorney” (S02E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mamie Kelly and her obnoxious kids again park their trailer in George and Gracie's driveway and cause lots of trouble as they obstruct George's endeavor to write a speech.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Speech Writer sit in the The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show guide?
S02E18 is listed hour 44 of 291 — hour 18 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 18.
When did The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show S02E18 air?
The Speech Writer aired 1952-05-22 and is listed at 25 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start anywhere George talks to the camera and Gracie derails the room. The fourth-wall marriage is the show from the jump.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show is fourth-wall George and dizzy-logic Gracie: marriage as perfected vaudeville, the star stepping outside the scene to talk to us. Watch it now as early meta-sitcom — a radio partnership migrated without sanding off the surreal, bottled when Gracie retired.
The look is a man in the aisle and a woman who derails reality — fourth-wall George, dizzy-logic Gracie, marriage as perfected vaudeville. Their CBS sitcom (1950–1958), 291 episodes across eight seasons, migrated a legendary vaudeville and radio marriage into television's living room without sanding off the surreal. George narrated; Gracie derailed; neighbors, Bea Benaderet's Blanche, announcer Harry Von Zell, Fred Clark's Harry Morton played along. Direct address as a silhouette. Meta before sitcoms had a word…
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- Harry Von Zell as Harry Von Zell
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- Bea Benaderet as Blanche Morton
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- Fred Clark as Harry Morton
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