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
Variety show in period costume in a similar fashion. Other long-running British variety shows that originated in the 1950s include "Tonight at the London Palladium" (1955-1969), "The Black and White Minstrel Show" (1958-1978), "The White Heather Club" (1958-1968) and "Royal Variety Performance" (an annual event televised since the 1950s). Popular American variety shows that began in the 60s include a revival of "The Jackie Gleason Show" (1960-1970), "The Andy Williams Show" (1962-1971), "The Danny Kaye Show" (1963-1967), "The Hollywood Palace" (1964-1970), "The Dean Martin Show" (1965-1974), "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967-1978) and "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" (1967-1969). 1969 saw a flurry