Reviewed By Jason S. LockardGeorge Burns and Gracie Allen is arguably the most love TV couple of all time. Sweet little innocent Gracie and her patient husband George. Their comedy show was the most unique one in the annals of television. But when Gracie became ill and retired, George decided to rework the story line and make a spin-off show. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show spun-off to simply The George Burns Show.
In this spin-off show Blanche and Harry Morton the neighbors return, lending a sense of real continuation to the original show! Also George and Gracie's son Ronnie Burns as himself joins the cast along with Judi Meredith as Ronnie's girlfriend.
Now the great folks at Alpha Video have released a collection of George Burns shows and a special bonus with 'The George Burns Lost TV Collection'. Let's take a look at what is included in this collection!
Our Rating System:
****=Don’t Miss it!
***=Worth a look.
**=An Ok way to spend a half an hour.
*=You haven’t missed anything.
George Burns Show 'George and The Private Eye' (1958): George is set on producing the detective story The Blonde Who Died Twice. ****
George Burns Show 'Breaking up the team' (1959): After they get turned down for a Broadway show, Ronnie and Judi break up their song-and-dance act. George plots to get the two back together. **
George Burns Show 'George invests in a record company' (1959): George saves a record company from going bankrupt, only because he wants to record his own album!. ***
Then there is a special bonus 2 episodes of
'The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show!
The Property Tax Assessor (1950): A man from the IRS audits the Burns' taxes, but Gracie doesn't let him get a word in edgewise. ****
The Income Tax Man (1951): Gracie's ideas of what qualifies as a tax deduction baffle George's accountant. ****
This little collection is filled with cameo appearances of Hollywood and TV legends such as, Jack Benny, Bob Cummings, Joseph Kearns (Mr. Wilson on Dennis the Menace), Jack Albertson, Rod McKuen, Bob Sweeney, Hal March and more.
Sadly The George Burn show didn't find an audience and it only lasted 1 season. But there was a lot of fun in the episodes! The 5 episodes found in this collection are really nice audio and video quality! They are not perfect quality, there are some imperfections! But any true fan of classic TV knows these episodes will never be perfect! They TV networks just didn't take care of the prints! Never dreaming that there would be an advent of home video!
I really enjoyed this collection of George Burns TV episodes and I think anyone who is a classic TV fanatic will love them too! So head over to www.Oldies.com and check out this and other great releases from there amazing library of releases!
Moral Rating: Nothing offensive
Audience: Families
Length: 113 minutes
DVD Release: 2018
DVD Rating: A
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