Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Burns & Allen - February 12, 1948 - Babysitting for Kay Kyser

When Gracie runs into bandleader Kay Kyser, he's exhausted from his newborn baby, and he and his wife need to attend an event that night. Gracie helpfully promises that George will babysit.

This episode, like many Burns and Allen shows, was written by Paul Henning (along with Keith Fowler). Henning later produced the triumvirate of Hooterville shows for CBS television - The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres. Henning would put his experience writing for Gracie Allen to good use with Green Acres' Lisa Douglas, a character who, like Gracie, had the power to bend the world to her special logic.

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