I pull that on people when I see strangers playing cards in public. I say "Oh, I can't do it with the cards yet, but I'm getting better." AND IT SLAYS THEM!! Pulled it on a couple playing cards on a train a few weeks ago...they laughed for 10 mins!!!
SisterRayVU68 people think of Gracie’s character’s humor as so unique, but if you pay attention you will notice that jokes like those are slipped into many different kinds of comedy programs and still get laughs.
She made the act. Simply great. Could have been successful with any straight man(as seen here). GB was a creative person, good writer, but that's it. He would not have had a later career without the early one-which was made possible by Gracie.
Bucky Brown they needed each other. George was a genius, successful in three media, with and (sadly) without Gracie: radio, television, and film. I believe he also won a Grammy for best spoken album.
She could have turned that same character into something MENACING if called upon to do ir, too: "I just ripped you off for 5 bucks and got away with it because boys like dizzy girls & I'm DIZZY.....In fact, I could just about get away with MURDER in here because I'm dizzy....." Kind of a takeoff on their vaudeville routine of that title, but delivered like "The Bad Seed" or "The Good Son." A comedy bit that, with the right script, could have given her a role in something darker..... My apologies for even THINKING something like that, but when the h house detective ejects the 1st guy @ the counter, that immediately crossed my mind.
