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Gracie and Blanche Morton (Bea Benaderet) want to go to the movies. George and Harry want to go to the fights. George and Bill do a skit about Bill running out of gas in his small plane. George and Harry try to get out of going to the movies by teaching their wives a confusing card game they invented called "Kleebob."
The Burns Sisters' professional musical career began when several of the sisters moved to Ithaca, New York, where they originally sang with the David Kent Band. [1] One of their earliest successes was when their music appeared in the Louis Malle film Atlantic City (1980) as a result of their brother Patrick working on the film. [ 3 ]
George Burns. George Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum (Yiddish: נתן בירנבוים) on January 20, 1896, in New York City, [1] the ninth of 12 children born to Hadassah "Dorah" (née Bluth; 1857–1927) and Eliezer Birnbaum (1855–1903), known as Louis or Lippa, Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from Ropczyce, [2] Galicia, now Poland. [3]
Gracie Allen, George Burns and children aboard Matson flagship Lurline just before they sailed for Hawaii, 1938 Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 [1] [2] [3] – August 27, 1964) was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became internationally famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her straight man, appearing with him on radio ...
Burns and his sister Sandra had roles as themselves in the March 15, 1951, episode "The Vanderlips' Dinner Party" CBS television series The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. [4] On October 10, 1955, Burns joined as a regular cast member playing himself but cast as a novice actor and college student studying drama who tended to look askance at ...
Unless otherwise stated, these are episodes of established television series or one-off specials that are rerun annually. Events not specifically made for television (e.g. parades, theatrical films, unscripted sporting events) are not included in this list; professional wrestling pay-per-view specials, because they are scripted and made ...
Brooke Elizabeth Burns (born March 16, 1978) [1] is an American fashion model, game show host, actress, and television personality. Burns began her television career in 1995, portraying the supporting character Peg in the Spanish - American teen sitcom Out of the Blue (1995–1996), appearing in all episodes.
In 2001, Novick produced Burns’ 10-part series, Jazz. [2] Among her more recent collaborations with Burns have been The War (2007), Baseball: The Tenth Inning (2010), and Prohibition (2011). [3] Her next collaboration was an 18-hour documentary film series, The Vietnam War, with Burns and Geoffrey Ward, which aired in September 2017. [4]