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2013-10-31
Posted by:Fred

#7  "George always ended his routine "'goodnight Gracie.'"

I loved it on their TV show when, at the end, he'd say, "Say goodnight, Gracie," and she'd say "Goodnight, Gracie." :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2013-10-31 19:38  

#6  What's on second.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-10-31 18:20  

#5  Not a fan of who or what is on first, will cut cold anyone who babbles it. :( It 's horrid. Just horrid.

However, we can discuss Buffalo....
Posted by: Shipman   2013-10-31 18:06  

#4  George always ended his routine "goodnight Gracie".
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2013-10-31 15:42  

#3  Hey you guys are really making me scratch my gray matter. Vaudeville was in their time as with Abbot and Costello. I had the pleasure of meeting a couple performers of that time. They never stopped. It was their life to entertain. Gracie had such a voice in her routine. "Who's on First" was a husband wife act before the Costello's. Good old days were hard times.
Posted by: Dale   2013-10-31 15:18  

#2  JQC, back when the Burns & Allen show was on she was the comedian and he was the straight man. When she passed he came out as a true comic genius. That was a looooong time ago, and yes, I get the joke too. 8^(
Posted by: AlanC   2013-10-31 13:58  

#1  I remember George Burns and Gracie Allen, a married couple comedy team. At one time they were very popular on early television.

After Gracie died and George was up in his 90s someone asked about what he thought of all the sex and violence on TV. He responded: "At my age they are both the same.!" I'm beginning to get that joke.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-10-31 13:25  

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