Gracie Allen "effortlessly" kept pace with the most famous dancer in films, as many did not know either of them could dance. The legend was born of their vaudeville routine and carried over to both radio and television. As the show wrapped up, Burns would look at Allen and say "Say good night, Gracie", to which she would usually simply reply "Good night." Popular legend has it that Allen would say, "Good night, Gracie." According to George Burns, recordings of their radio and television shows, and several histories of old-time radio (John Dunning's "On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio", for
The Danny Kaye Show and Performers (1965), and Outstanding Art Direction For A Series (1964). In the spring of 1967 the ratings had slipped, due in part to a time slot too late evening for younger viewers. Children were always a large slice of Kaye's audience. There also was stiff competition from NBC's "I Spy" with three time Emmy winner Bill Cosby. After four years on CBS, "The Danny Kaye Show" ended its prime-time run. Show regular Harvey Korman quickly signed with another CBS variety series premiering in September - "The Carol Burnett Show", where he would remain as a cast member for ten