Those Old Time Stars
I digitized an episode of “Burns and & Allen.” While I would like to be able to write about some grand realization, or some stunning historical insight, it is not going to happen. I was enjoying the show too much. The show was so funny. It was difficult to keep myself from laughing out loud. Gracie Allen has some of the funniest comedic dialogue I’ve ever heard. Some of the things she mispronounces and her misunderstandings are just priceless. She thought geometry was a language, and commented that Mickey Rooney was in with a bad crowd, because he stole every movie that he was in. George Burns managed to get in some amusing lines too. Most of the jokes were far from dated; the show earned its reputation as a comedy classic for a reason.
(For those of you keeping track, the title of my post is the third reference to “Radio Ga-Ga” by Queen).
George: “Say Goodnight, Gracie”
Gracie: “Goodnight Gracie”
