A razor-sharp ride on the ‘Reckless’ side Nov 18, 2009
Sandy Dennis invariably crossed that line; Gracie Allen seldom did. With her mobile features and her expert comic timing, Marianna Bassham stays on the right side of that line in the SpeakEasy Stage Company s razor-sharp production of Craig Lucas s Reckless. (Boston Globe)
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Returns For Its Thirteenth Season Sep 3, 2009
Winner of more than 145 awards including the Sigma Delta Chi, the Gracie Allen, the Chicago TV Fest, New York Festival, and CINE Golden Eagle the program has been hailed by the Religion Newswriters Association for setting a national standard for balanced and fair coverage of religious topics. The programs Web site, , has also been nationally recognized for its online creativity, innovation and content, winning a prestigious Webby Award in 2009 from the International Academy of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Quiet, historical final resting place for Jackson Sep 2, 2009
The celebrity list is long and includes George Burns, Gracie Allen, Walt Disney and Nat King Cole, he said. Interactive. (MSNBC -- News)
What was your favorite 50s TV show? Aug 19, 2009
THE GEORGE BURNS AND GRACIE ALLEN SHOW: George Burns and Gracie Allen were a popular comedy team from vaudeville and radio. On television, they played versions of themselves, a married couple dealing with various complications. (Burlington Union, MA)
Obama's Health Scare Plan Aug 15, 2009
A friend reminded me that back in 1940, Americans were able to choose between not only FDR and Wendell Willkie, but a third candidate, Gracie Allen. Her party was the Surprise Party and her slogan was Down with common sense. (Townhall.com)
TV shows honored with stamps Aug 14, 2009
George Burns and Gracie Allen share a comedic stamp moment, as do Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in "The Honeymooners.". There are stamps featuring Phil Silvers as Sgt. Ernest T. Bilko and Groucho Marx and his duck puppet from "You Bet Your Life.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Golden 1950s TV returns on commemorative stamps Aug 12, 2009
George Burns and Gracie Allen share a comedic stamp moment, as do Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in "The Honeymooners.". Who could forget the conniving Sgt. Ernest T. Bilko played by the over-the-top Phil Silvers. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Government Puts Stamp On Fifties' TV Shows Aug 7, 2009
The shows getting the Post Office's stamp of approval are The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet; The Ed Sullivan Show; The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show; Hopalong Cassidy; The Honeymooners; Howdy Doody; I Love Lucy; Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Lassie; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason; The Phil Silvers Show; The Red Skelton Show; Texaco Star Theater; Tonight Show; Twilight Zone; and You Bet Your Life. More Content. (Multichannel News)
Reader Exchange: You’ll laugh at the simplicity of Gracie Allen’s roast beef Jul 5, 2009
Reader Exchange: You ll laugh at the simplicity of Gracie Allen s roast beef : La Crosse Tribune ... Reader Exchange: You ll laugh at the simplicity of Gracie Allen s roast beef By Alice P. Clark ... Last week I received a recipe for roast beef in an e-mail, and it is reportedly the one the late great comedienne Gracie Allen used. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Anne Roberts Nelson, influential TV executive Jun 26, 2009
She had a variety of duties along the way, including booking talent for The Ed Wynn Show and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show and negotiating contracts for CBS mainstays I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, All in the Family, The Red Skelton Show, The Wild, Wild West, Perry Mason, and The Young and the Restless, among others. She really was alone in the field for a lot of years, Mollie Gregory, who interviewed Mrs. Nelson for her 2002 oral history Women Who Run the Show, told the Los Angeles Times... (Boston Globe)
• Gooding library showcases new items Jun 2, 2009
", "Moonthief", "Naptime for Slippers", "The Search", "Diary of a Wimpy kid"DVD"The weatherman", "The Blue Elephant", "Uptown Girls", "The Stepford Wives", Air Bud", "Laurel and Hardy", "George Burns and Gracie Allen". Video. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Culleoka students bring WWII-era music to life May 14, 2009
The music of Glenn Miller and the Andrew Sisters and the comedy shtick of George Burns and Gracie Allen are far removed from the current generation, but Culleoka s Unit School students have been working diligently to make them come alive again. From Thursday through Saturday, beginning at 7 p.m. each night, Culleoka students will present Radio Ballroom at the Culleoka Unit School auditorium. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Obituaries in the news May 8, 2009
He later did radio shows with George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny and Al Jolson. In November 2007, Carroll and six other surviving Munchkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Anchorage Daily News)
'Wizard Of Oz' Munchkin Mickey Carroll Dies May 8, 2009
He later did radio shows with George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny and Al Jolson. But it was his role as one of the "Oz" Munchkins that defined him. (Click2Houston, TX)
Unusual suspects May 3, 2009
"The program that made it famous, 'The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show,' went off the air 12 years before he was born. These gems live on because they're passed down, from generation to generation . . . You didn't have to be alive during the original run of 'Gilligan's Island' or 'Leave it to Beaver' to get the references - those shows are playing, somewhere, every day.". Several commenters pointed out that old and young alike can easily find out the background of any unfamiliar reference. (Boston Globe)
DVD Review: The Penguins of Madagas... Feb 18, 2009
Abbot and Costello, George Burns and Gracie Allen, the Smothers Brothers. you get the idea. (Suite101.com)
Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer and True Jackson, VP's Keke Palmer Honored With NAACP Image Awards Feb 14, 2009
Launched in 2000, Dora the Explorer is the number-one preschool program on all of television in the US (source: NMR: 12/31/07-12/14/08), and has been honored with a Peabody Award (2003), three Imagen Awards (2001-2003); a Gracie Allen Award (2004-2005) and an Alma Award (2002). The series, created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner, is designed to actively engage its audience in an interactive quest using a variety of learning techniques. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
