George Burns & Gracie Allen 40-30-27 till the cows come

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">Gracie Allen (July 26, 19021 - August 27, 1964) was an American
comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner of
husband George Burns. Burns himself phrased it perfectly, in a gag
that got laughs no matter how often he repeated it for the rest of
his life: "One day, the audience realised I had a terrific talent.
They were right. I did have a terrific talent. And I was married to
her for 38 years."

The Burns drollery and the Allen malaprops and definitional
contortions made for classically understated comic dialogue. It also
made for very few true imitations, because the team's style was
itself inimitable. Goodman Ace and his wife Jane, in their own radio
show, Easy Aces, approached it differently, with Jane Ace's classic
word mangling a distinct contrast to Allen's "logically illogical"
style. By the time Allen retired, she was half a national institution.