Gracie Allen example), Gracie never used the phrase. The confusion may have been caused by "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". Stars Dan Rowan and Dick Martin used a similar sign-off routine wherein Rowan would tell Martin to "Say good night, Dick." Martin's reply was always "Good night, Dick." It seemed like something Gracie Allen would have said. George Burns himself said as much in an interview years later, adding that, surprisingly enough, no one ever thought of having Allen say "Good night, Gracie". However, the former "Burns and Allen" head writer, Paul Henning, did use the "say good night" bit in at least
Goodnight, Beantown Goodnight, Beantown Goodnight, Beantown is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for two brief seasons in 1983 and 1984. The series starred Bill Bixby as Matt Cassidy and Mariette Hartley as Jennifer Barnes, two news anchors at a fictional Boston, Massachusetts television station. Matt is a longtime fixture at station WYN-TV where he anchors the evening news broadcasts, but when the ratings for his news broadcast begin to slide, the station management pairs the reluctant anchor with a female co-anchor, Jennifer. The series follows their rocky relationship as they are not only co-workers, but are also across-the-hall neighbors in