Mystery in the Air
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
The run
- Network
- CBS / NBC
- Years active
- 1936–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 36
- Genre
- comedy
(37 Episodes) OTRs Burns & Allen Husband & wife Comedy Team George Burns & Gracie Allen, more widely known as simply "BURNS & ALLEN. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “BurnsAllan”; these recordings are in the public domain.
1949 · 11947 · 11946 · 11945 · 11943 · 21941 · 11940 · 41936 · 1
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: BurnsAllan
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
12 dated broadcasts across 15 years on the air, with 7 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1936, in original transmission order.
- 1. B&A 1936-01-15 #016 Gracie plays Sadie Thompson · 15 Jan 1936
- 2. B&A 1940-02-28 #004 Government Jobs · 28 Feb 1940
- 3. B&A 1940-04-10 Grace Wins Wisconsin · 10 Apr 1940
- 01
B&A 1936-01-15 #016 Gracie plays Sadie Thompson
15 Jan 1936 · 25 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 January 1936. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 02
B&A 1940-02-28 #004 Government Jobs
28 Feb 1940 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 28 February 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 03
B&A 1940-04-10 Grace Wins Wisconsin
10 Apr 1940 · 8 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 10 April 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 04
B&A 1940-05-15 Rah Rah In Omaha
15 May 1940 · 30 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 15 May 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 05
B&A 1940-08-26 Elsie Trellafas is Suing George
26 Aug 1940 · 28 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 26 August 1940. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 06
B&A 1941-11-08 George Lands Movie Role
8 Nov 1941 · 21 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 8 November 1941. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 07
B&A 1943-10-19 Gracie talks w Miss Pringle (Pat O'Brien)
19 Oct 1943 · 29 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 19 October 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
- 08
B&A 1943-11-09 Blackmailing Jack Benny
9 Nov 1943 · 27 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 9 November 1943. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Same night on the air
25 Sep 1947
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 25 Sep 1947.
Crime Club
Broadcast 25 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Casey, Crime Photographer
Broadcast on Syndicated. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on CBS / NBC
CBS / NBC in 1936–1950
Other series the network carried while Burns & Allen was on the air.
Same seasons
comedy on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Friends in front of a microphone
Jack Benny and Fibber McGee sold intimacy: recurring characters, in-jokes, a house style. The modern hang-out show is the same trick without the script.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Burns & Allen
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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