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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2006 · 27 MIN

Burns & Allen- Gracie Reads Frank

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The Burns and Allen act, a classic vaudeville routine involving a "Dumb Dora" and a male straight man, proved infinitely malleable. Initially a flirtation act, by the time it was transferred to television it was housed in a standard situation-comedy frame: Burns and Allen played themselves, a celebrity couple, enduring various matrimonial mix-ups.

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The Burns and Allen act, a classic vaudeville routine involving a "Dumb Dora" and a male straight man, proved infinitely malleable. Initially a flirtation act, by the time it was transferred to television it was housed in a standard situation-comedy frame: Burns and Allen played themselves, a celebrity couple, enduring various matrimonial mix-ups.

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