"The George Burns Show" - La Vie En Rose (aka A Wife for Christmas) (1958)
1958 · Television · 29 min
- Comedy
Synopsis
An episode of The George Burns Show, the short-lived series George Burns continued after Gracie Allen retired. Aired 23 December 1958 on NBC, with the original commercials for Halo shampoo, Colgate Dental Cream and Fab detergent.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 1950s
- 50s
- Fifties
- The George Burns Show
- George Burns
- Ronnie Burns
- Barbara Stuart
- Harry Von Zell
- Sitcom
- 1958
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · Colgate for Christmas · emoiseff · 2019-08-15
This half-hour episode functions as a Christmas-themed sitcom episode with musical elements, centering around product placement woven into the narrative and placed in separate commercials. The ninth episode of The George Burns Show, it aired on December 23, 1958. The protagonist of this show, George Burns, manages a nightclub, and his most popular singer is in danger of losing her visa to stay in the US. Meanwhile, his son is feeling lovesick after the girl of his dreams left on a train. While George tries to find an American bachelor for the singer to marry so that she may stay in the…