8. George Burns & Gracie Allen.
George and Gracie enter the eight spot in tandem because during her lifetime, she and George were as close as shakers of salt and pepper. They always worked together, and you really could not use one without the other.
Gracie would hit 60 laugh home runs every single show, but she could not have done it without the skilled pitching of George; who always knew where to throw a line so Gracie could nail it.
Burns and Allen were at times on NBC and also had several seasons on CBS. No matter which network, the show ran without interruption from 1935 to 1950, when it migrated to television.
George and Gracie were stars in every medium. They slid easily into radio from Vaudeville and then to television. After Gracie passed away George had a huge hit record “I Wish I was 18 Again”, and had several top grossing movies. His specialty was, playing “GOD”.