The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show short-lived ABC sitcom, "Wendy and Me", with Connie Stevens and a cast including Ron Harper, James T. Callahan, and J. Pat O'Malley. All the TV shows were produced under the banner of McCadden Productions, a company run by George Burns which he named after the street on which his brother William lived. McCadden also produced the iconic TV show, "Mister Ed". The McCadden catalog is owned by Sony Pictures Television. "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" received the following Primetime Emmy Award nominations: In 1997, the 1954 episode, "Columbia Pictures Doing Burns and Allen Story", was ranked #56 on
Variety show honed their skills in music hall sketches include Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, George Formby, Gracie Fields, Dan Leno, Gertrude Lawrence and Marie Lloyd. Most of the early top performers on British television and radio did an apprenticeship either in stage variety, or during World War II in Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). In the UK, the ultimate accolade for a variety artist for decades was to be asked to do the annual Royal Command Performance at the London Palladium theatre, in front of the monarch. Later known as the "Royal Variety Performance" (from 1919), it continues today. In the 1940s,