 The onset of heart trouble in the early 1950s had left her exhausted from full-time work and she had been anxious to stop, but could not say "no" to Burns.Burns attempted to continue the show (for new sponsor Colgate-Palmolive on NBC), but without Allen to provide the classic Gracie-isms, the show expired after a year.Burns subsequently created "Wendy and Me", a sitcom in which he co-starred with Connie Stevens, Ron Harper, and J. Pat O'Malley.