Gracie Allen

She does what Abbott did for Costello, what George Burns did for Gracie Allen, and a great deal more.

A Lot of Love on the Stage Will Friedwald 2011

George Burns and Gracie Allen were married for thirty-eight years, and the world got to see just how much they loved one another.

Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

George Burns and Gracie Allen were married for thirty-eight years, and the world got to see just how much they loved one another.

Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

In her equally entertaining onstage patter, Ms. McKay is equal parts Susan Sontag and Gracie Allen.

Singing and Swinging 2010

Two of the most popular radio hosts of the era, George Burns and Gracie Allen, were making only $5,000 a week.

Artie Shaw At 100: Celebrating A Swing Era Sensation 2010

One of the smartest, funniest and most fascinating characters I ever met was Gracie Allen.

Candy Spelling: Gracie Would Have Liked The Alliance for Women in Media 2010

George & Gracie George Burns and Gracie Allen first teamed up for a vaudeville show in 1923, and they married a few years later.

The Golden Years: Love in Later Life 2010

I'll just post a random clip I like: Gracie Allen, George Burns and Fred Astaire doing the famous fun-house "Stiff Upper Lip" number in the 1937 musical A Damsel In Distress.

This Is My 2000th Post, And I'm Using It To Talk About The Comments Feature Jaime J. Weinman 2009

Later writers simply never understood the Lucy character, tending to make her either rather stupid or turning her into an ersatz Gracie Allen.

Third Time's Not Particularly Charming Jaime J. Weinman 2009

A lot of Gracie Allen found its way into Lisa Douglas, and in the TV show's final two seasons, the writers took to having George not only commenting on the action, but watching the action on his upstairs TV and then going downstairs and mentioning what was going on usually to Harry Von Zell, Larry Keating or Bea Benaderet, much to their shock.

The First Accusations of Surrealism Jaime J. Weinman 2009