The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time. The kinescope recordings of the live telecasts from the 1950–1952 seasons of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" are thought to be in the public domain; they are available on "dollar DVD" collections and have rerun as part of America One's public domain sitcom rotation and on public television stations. A select number of episodes were released on VHS by Columbia TriStar Home Video. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, sometimes called The Burns and Allen Show, is a half-hour television series broadcast from
The Late Late Show (U.S. talk show) was a former newsman, not a comedian, and his show featured an intimate interview format with no studio audience present, similar to his old "Tomorrow" show of the 1970s, or to "Charlie Rose" show and "Later", which had abandoned the format the previous year. Though the show lacked a studio audience, Snyder still frequently gave extended conversational monologues, many of which contained jokes that prompted audible laughter from the off-camera production staff. Without the need for an audience, the show originated from the intimate Studio 58 at CBS Television City. Throughout most of the show's run, it was also simulcast