I've seen the scene (seen the scene? Poetry!) with Eddie Jackson's dancing and singing before, but never the whole show - what a treat it was - sheer, unadorned, total talent.
I was lucky enough to see him perform in person. What a night. No notes, no teleprompter, he sang and spoke and reminisced for over 2 hours. And we gave him 3 standing ovations. The Best.
A fantastic performer, sadly all but forgotten today. I have searched for 20 years for the unedited masters of her LPs or st least some moving footage of her. So far I’ve been unsuccessful, but I keep looking!
Thanx so very much for sharing this little treasure! I haven't seen it since first-run. I know I saw it, because I had a mad crush on Jimmy Durante, and I never missed his show. I used to sneak out of bed and hid behind the couch so I could 'my Jimmy'. I wasn't fooling anybody, Mama and Daddy knew I was there, and changed my bedtime so I wouldn't miss the show. I even told everybody that I wanted to be a 'Durante Girl' (his chorus of ladies on the show) when I grew up. I miss those days. I miss those people. Thanx for the wonderful nostalgia trip! RIP, Mama, Daddy, and Jimmy, and thanx so very very very much for the magic, music, and memories.
He really smoked all those years & still lived to be 100! That’s amazing. Just goes to show that lung cancer doesn’t only hit smokers. My grandmother never smoked a day in her life & she died in 2006 at the age of 76. Also a LOT of celebs died of lung cancer & they never smoked! Take Bea Arthur for example! She NEVER smoked & unfortunately died of lung cancer 😞She was the best actress on Broadway & in Hollywood & an amazing activist. George is amazing in everything he does, too ♥️ He also still had a joke in everything he did😂 “I’m 93 & the bricks fell apart” also “Wanna see me walk fast? Speed up the camera” 😂
I'd bet Frawley and his wife Edna Louise Bloedt performed this number in their act, "Frawley and Louise." From Wikipedia: Their act was described as "light comedy, with singing, dancing, and patter." The couple separated in 1921 (later divorcing in 1927). They had no children.
There is another video of mine of George at Disney World in 1989. It’s incomplete but it’s here on YT and is a great little set of question and answers and songs he sings 😊
I really don’t understand for the life of me how no adults introduced me to George Burns growing up. I’m 34 and just now discovering him. Evangelicals ruin all the fun and laughs ugh. George reminds me so much of my grandpa, loved cigars and Marlboro lights, told stories all day with jokes and went through quite a lot in the 20th century. Now all we get is shit wages Facebook vaccines and depression. Sheesh
Makes me happy to hear that you’ve finally discovered George :) I got into him at age 12 in 1994 thanks to my English teacher Ms. Craig. I remember when he died, and all the movies I saw of his and studied his career thereafter. I highly recommend all of his books, they’re fantastic and a real piece of show business history.
Hey I have the original record! With the brochure along with a news paper article from 1957 and the nullifying of that day. Do you know if it has any value?
George Burns (registrado al nacer como Nathan Birnbaum; Nueva York, 20 de enero de 1896-Beverly Hills, California; 9 de marzo de 1996) fue un cómico y actor estadounidense. Su amplia carrera incluyó participaciones en teatro, cine, radio y televisión, incluidos algunos con su esposa, Gracie Allen. Sus rasgos más característicos durante sus casi 75 años de carrera fueron sus cejas arqueadas y el puro con el que siempre aparecía en escena. Pero más destacable fue su resurrección artística a una edad en la que la mayoría de las personas están retiradas o ya han fallecido. A partir de los 79 años, y hasta que falleció a los 100 años, George Burns conoció un nivel de fama que ya había perdido y que no conocía desde sus años en la radio. Incluso en los años 1990 apareció en un episodio de Los Simpson como hermano de C. M. Burns (el oso de Burns).
Love every time I see him he reminds me of my grandfather except for grandad's fused knee But if you notice one thing most miss the cigar he do a show on TV in later life and you think he smoke several but in reality he only did one half time it go out
