How could you not love Madeline Kahn? And yes, I'm asking the 43 people who gave this video a thumbs down. RIP Madeline, you're still queen of the hill.
when i was 8 yrs old. my dad and i stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. My dad was doing an Hertz shoot with OJ Simpson. little did I know when I was swimming at the pool that the great Madeline Kahn watched me for quite a while when my dad had to take care of some business. I clearly recall her sitting by the pool and saying she'd watch me no problem. to see her as an adult and know i was in her sphere at one point is quite amazing.
Madeline Kahn......Very underrated actress that died way too soon. Who's with me feeling cheated as far as what she would have done later in her career. Big fan......
They are both so great! I can't imagine any of today's actors pulling off this little act. Also love how Madeline doesn't IMITATE Gracie. She does the jokes in her own style, which makes it all the more special.
i love love love Madeline. Came here searching for Madeline videos. So don't take it the wrong way when I say this video makes me appreciate just how great Gracie was.
I usually don't like women doing Gracie Allen but Madeline Kahn was not only true to the real Gracie Allen but she was very funny. I only wish she had done more of this routine. Madeline Kahn was brilliant.
After Gracie retired, George did their routines with numerous female celebs. As a matter of fact, I never saw this clip and as soon as he introduced Madeline, I knew she would be doing Gracie.
In times like these, I just find myself smiling and feel good inside watching this. America when it was great and had style and class. Greetings from Copenhagen (Europe)
love this! plus when i was a kid i had such a mad crush on Madeline! she was the total package.... funny... smart... very good actress... amazing singer... cute yet sensual... and gorgeous when she wanted to be. i love you Madeline... rip
I was enamored with Madeline as a young man. She was quite talented. It is great to see George doing what he was known for. I miss Madeline, John Candy and a few others that were taken so young.
This delightful type of entertainment vanished so slowly that people hardly noticed its passing. To be replaced by such DRECK! as we have today. Brainless, noncreative crapola. Thank G-d for videos. We can have this forever. Madeline do return to us even if in another life, and fill us all again with your matchless loving presence.
I agree with you 100%. Here's my theory, based in absolutely nothing. I think that nowadays the people making movies and producing network TV shows are using various drugs. This leads them to believe that what they've produced is funny. People who aren't high don't think it's funny at all.
I mostly agree with you, and certainly this video showed not only humour but irreplaceable charm. To avoid the non creative material, there are a handful of British comedians who can be quite good. Do you like Stewart Lee by any chance? He takes a bit of getting used to but is not brainless.
Reuben Hart What passes for funny today is disgraceful. These people were the epitome of talent. Today you're hilarious if you talk sex and use the "F-bomb" every other word. Like everything else in our culture, comedy has declined so far that it's unrecognizable to anyone who had the privilege of growing up when the words "talent" and "artist" truly meant something.
I am a late to the party fan of hers and just beginning to see her talent. Taken way too soon but the good ones are often gone before their time . God rest your soul.
My Dad worked at a hotel in Las Vegas for many years and he told me that when George Burns would perform there - often for a month at a time - George Burns always had female company - and they were very young women - in their mid 20's - and during the day George liked to swim in the indoor lap pool and have lunch and the young woman would accompany George -- over the years it was a number of different very young women that would be with George. RIP Dad and George
If I didn't know better, that could have been Gracie herself. Mel Brooks once said that Madeleine Kahn was the finest comedian he had ever worked with.
Thanks for the memory. Watched that with my grandparents ,I was about 10 years old and they let me stay up with them. They have been gone too long. Thanks again :)
Oh both were wonderful actors. I've never seen the Burns and Allen TV Show but I did listen to the best of Burns and Allen radio show as a child and Madeline does a great Allen impersonation. 4:30 is a old joke that they Buns and Allen did for an anniversary show for being on radio for 15 years still good then and now in 2023.
George could crack Jack up like no other. During the NBC Kraft Musical Hall special roast for Jack (circa 1969-1970), George says "I guess these microphones (on the table) are here in case we want to ad lib?" Johnny Carson (the roastmaster/MC) said "Yes they are" and George replies "All right. I will." Jack loses it.
Four years before Oh God! I was 21 in 1976. Madeline Kahn was just one that comes along once in a blue moon. As for George Burns, talk about keep coming back, a legend in his own time.
Many fine actresses revisited the Burns & Allen routines with George, and Madeline Kahn's timing was among the best, but simply no one could recreate Gracie's convincingly naïve delivery. Only Gracie Allen had the gift of making us believe that the character she played really believed the utter nonsense she was speaking. Sheer genius.
This is the type of entertainment we all should be enjoying as there is no negativity in it. We are constantly putting negativity in our subconscious most of the day every day with what we watch and hear be it the news, movies, music, etc. What goes into our subconscious is what determines how we perceive the environment around us. The Holy Bible mentions the planting of a seed type determines the fruit it will bear. Most people are unaware that seeds are constantly being planted within their minds and everything that goes in the soil of the mind will bear fruit in some manner.
Was a time of innocence. Two genius comedienes. Madeline died way too soon. Thankyou in 2021 where our Country has raging covid and a horrible political scene.
Clips, and always thought Madeline Kahn was a comedian only. Wow! What a surprise! She is an opera singer (seriously)! I've never been particularly crazy about George Burns. I always saw him as a guest on Johnny Carson & he was old & not so funny anymore. When I found this clip of 'Burns & Kahn', for the first time ever, I found George Burns to be a real entertainer, & they clicked like Burns & Allen, and when he and Madeline Kahn did this number, they clicked so well, with the funny bantering and dancing, it is so enjoyable. He had a long life. Unfortunately Madeline Kahn died way too young from Cancer. This was thoroughly enjoyable!
