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What's Wrong With Gracie

Burns and Allen · October 14, 1940 · 29 min · 3,904 words

The transcript of “What's Wrong With Gracie”, an episode of Burns and Allen first broadcast October 14, 1940. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Burns and Allen Show plays Burns and Allen free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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From Hollywood, the George Burns and Gracie Allen Show for Horn Allen Spam. A-Z-P-4 I'm sure when it's all kiss lost But singingly with a smoothie sweet Last but not least, and with what he's singing It's time for Burns and Allen at your house

And looky, here's an answer to the question How do you cook an egg with Spam? Just open a can of Spam, slice and fry quickly in a hot pan And serve with eggs sunny side up Those juicy golden brown sizzling hot slices of fried spam make a neg taste better than ever.

Try Spam-a-deg for breakfast. Then try the other recipes on the label and discover that cold or hot Spam hits the spot. The Stars of our Spam family, George and Gracie! Thank you, thank you very much.

Oh, but wait, George, I saw you and Gracie at the El Capitan Theater last week in Charlotte's review, and you're really swell. Thanks, bud. And Gracie, wasn't Jack Benny a wonderful master ceremony? Yes, he's certainly smart looking at mistakes.

Well, of course, Grey Hair makes a man look distinguished. Of course, he's a little more distinguished looking in the back, though, than he is in the front of his home. And she's kind of losing it a little bit.

Yeah. Well, anyway, Gracie, I was on the stage with you. How did I look? When did you meet? When I was telling all those jokes. Oh, you must have looked all right. Nobody laughed at you.

Of course I may not be as handsome as Jack Benny. I say I may not be as handsome as Jack Benny. Well, George, who's arguing with you? That's what I get for letting that makeup man put on my lips with a hairbrush.

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