George Burns talks about Gracie Allen & personal life (1984 interview)

[@jaredjlinden]

“I enjoy people. I enjoy what I’m doing.” What a great attitude. Wise man.

[@anthonyj1775]

Gracie is was and always will be the cutest thing ever invented

[@iowa_don]

9,093 views and only 137 likes. That is criminal. I loved George and Gracie. Great show, great guy, great couple.

[@leannebell6404]

Oh i agree. I have literally watched every episode at least 5 times. It makes me feel joyful. The George and Gracie love makes my heart so happy. Im 60 yrs old and watch them on my phone!! I don't have cable.

[@lorrainem8234]

Gracie was a comedic genius. I could watch her every day and it wouldn't get old.

[@leannebell6404]

@@lorrainem8234 same here Lorraine

[@purselmer5931]

So glad I found "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" in re-runs. Absolutely stands the test of time and hilarious. A real treasure.

[@cowenburrows2951]

Love this guy. I'm probably the only person in the Bahamas that watches George Burns and Gracie Allen.

[@braydn7822]

@@jeanb3489 same i think im like the 18 yro who knows abt them lol

[@lazyorangehousecat9164]

Love George and Gracie dearly. We'll never see the likes of them again.

[@ScottThomas-t7o]

Great interview

[@Dr.scottcase88]

Gracie Allen was one in 100 billion there’s never been, and will never be, another like her. She went way too soon. Peace.

[@Meredith-v3t]

I loved ya George! Sure wish i could someone money and solve problems! Seriously, it was your wonderful attitude.

[@reginabarron3866]

That was, a good interview! 😃

[@theshannan4967]

He was someone who truly loved life 💕

[@TimothyOBrien1958]

I love this guy. Met him once. He's amazing.

[@timothyball7502]

8-26-2022. Hiya Timothy from a different Timothy.

[@tadhgobriain8109]

@@timothyball7502 Hi back

[@factsoverfiction7826]

What a guy! Great attitude toward life. 💗

[@patriciaotoole5930]

Loved both of them

[@ricj7517]

What a sweet man

[@ArmyGuyDan]

George Burns was a legend

[@cnb4110]

He was a delightful old chap.

[@RedIce989]

What a beautiful couple...

[@a111oveWrldWde]

Thank You! ✨😃

[@Blackjesus3]

You've interviewed alot of legends

[@TVCrewGuy]

Was fortunate to have the opportunity. Glad I saved the tapes.

[@factsoverfiction7826]

@@TVCrewGuy We're glad, too.

[@lawrencecarr4973]

@@TVCrewGuy I still watch the reruns of the show to this day

[@eph_loves_80s74]

​@@TVCrewGuy Do you have anymore Michael Jackson videos?

[@kathyp760]

There was a student 1n the late 70s ( Sunny Hils high school ) he was a big fan of Geore Burns and George invited him to his home

[@mattwestcigarreviews]

"and I don't sweat." That's probably why he lived to 100.

[@teresaschneider6726]

What happened to their children? R .I.P George Burns and Graice Allen.❤🤗👏🏼💯🎆🙏☝️🌹 ,

[@juliecorbin9623]

His son Ronnie died in 2007 of cancer. Daughter Sandra died in 2018

[@krisone5253]

He had GRACIE FOR 38 YEARS. HEART ATTACK 🛑 🛑 No more GRACIE. ✝️🙏

[@donwilliamandwilsonshow]

👑💨👑💨🎲

[@kevinmiller6324]

With all the cigars he's sucked on over the years, it's a wonder that George didn't develop lung cancer.

[@BalakeHart-nh4xh]

10-15 every day and lived to 100. Crazy..but cigar smokers don't inhale to lungs.

[@coloren1]

I noticed he does not mention his two children

[@krisone5253]

I think he's loving GRACIE. 38 YEARS. HER HEART STOPPED. HEART ATTACK. Her HEART STOPPED BEATING. SHE DIED HARD. I KNOW SHE FELT PAIN WHEN SHE DIED. 🌈✌️💋

[@Jack-ke5uv]

Gracie was George's meal ticket. Their marriage was a business arrangement only and nothing more.

[@rossmartenak5517]

He changed his birth name, so obviously was either ashamed of his heritage, had a perception that a different moniker would benefit him financially, or with perceived additional and or improved recognition?!

[@KitKat-rd7nt]

Are you kidding all celebrities in Hollywood even today change their names!

[@rossmartenak5517]

@@KitKat-rd7nt That doesn't make it right. It shows they are either ashamed of their heritage and or have a preconceived notion it will somehow benefit them financially?! As far as I'm concerned, ANYONE that changes their name is "selling out"!

[@Ryan-on5on]

George Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum, plainly stated on the record time and time again the reason for his full name change. It was borne out of the expediency of his show-biz career, NOT to conceal his ethnic heritage or rectify an aspect of his background he felt uncomfortable with. When George was coming up in the highly competitive world of Vaudeville, many performers adopted stage names that were unique to them and unshared by other vaudevillians, especially those who had already achieved some success in the business and were not reticent to go after those who had the gall to ape their stage names. The adopted surname "Burns" was inspired by the Burns Brothers, a coal firm active on the Lower East Side of New York when Nathan was a boy. It was phonetically close enough to the family name Birnbaum while being easier for folks outside the large cities to pronounce and remember. The transition from Nathan to Birnbaum happened owing to the fact there was already a person by the name of Nathan Burns performing in Vaudeville, a physically imposing man not to be reckoned with according to George. So, Nathan became George as a strategy to avoid irking the hot-headed pugilist of the same name. That's all to the story as George, a legendary raconteur notorious for playing fast and loose with facts when retelling his life history, consistently told it in interviews. Knowing the bigoted culture and trenchant anti-Semitism of the early twentieth-century U.S., the Anglicization of George's surname might be seen as shedding a tangible aspect of one's Jewishness to become more palatable and acceptable to mainstream America. However, such a theory is no more than speculative thinking. Your idea, though, that George had any shame of his heritage is ludicrous to the extreme and a prima facie case of psychological projection.

[@patbest7057]

Gracie funnier than Lucy

[@bikecaptain8015]

I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone hands-down funnier than Gracie.

[@pamelaolson5614]

I think they were both funny. I like both.

[@thereseember2800]

This interviewer is terrible! His wife should leave him with his horrible unfaithful attitude.

[@cookie5335]

Creepy