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 Leslie Uggams Show The Leslie Uggams Show The Leslie Uggams Show is an American variety television series starring actress/singer Leslie Uggams. The series aired on CBS as part of its 1969 fall lineup, and was the second variety series to feature an African American host since 1956's "The Nat King Cole Show". "The Leslie Uggams Show" gave Uggams, who had first come to wide public notice as a singer on the early 1960s hit "Sing Along With Mitch", her own program to showcase herself and other black performers; unlike other early variety programs which were hosted by black entertainers but featured a large