Blog Book Review - George Burns Television Productions: The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981
by skees53
George Burns Television Productions: The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981 (McFarland, $39.95) takes a deeper look at the George Burns that we all know and love. Many know Burns as the comedic actor who appeared on The Burns and Allen Show, alongside wife Gracie Allen, but he was much more than an actor. He was also a producer, who produced The Burns and Allen Show,
along with several other comedies and even dramatic series. Author
Richard Irvin, who found his inspiration for learning more about George
Burns (the producer) through watching reruns of The Burns and Allen Show on Antenna TV, makes the producer career the focus of this book.
Of course, George Burns is older than television itself... much older,
in fact, as he was born on January 20, 1896. The Burns and Allen duo
first debuted on stage in 1922, was first heard on radio in 1932, and
finally made it to the "new medium" of television in 1950, when Burns
was already well into his 50s. Throughout those earlier days, Burns was
already a producer, and his new television series would be no exception.
In 1952, when The Burns and Allen Show switched from live TV to
film, McCadden Productions (named after the street on which his younger
brother lived) came into existence, and within a year, McCadden became
one of the top production companies in Hollywood.
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