While Lucy was the sit-com superstar of the 1950s Gracie Allen was truly an under-rated comedic genius. Lucy's comedy was mainly physical/slapstick stuff but Gracie's comedy was in her dialog, more intellectual. Comparing Lucy to Gracie is like comparing 3 Stooges to Marx Brothers respectively. BTW I've read that in their real life home Gracie always addressed George as Nate since his real name was Nathan Birnbaum. The Kleebob scene was indeed brilliant.