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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “I remember living alone, far away from anyone I knew, and being relatively free after a few years of stress, buying a television - my first, and a very good one for that time, with facilites that the company normally offered only in larger models - and discovering the Burns and Allen show one...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“I am enjoying all the stories from vaudville & early television”
Thomas C wrote this review Tuesday, April 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“I remember living alone, far away from anyone I knew, and being relatively free after a few years of stress, buying a television - my first, and a very good one for that time, with facilites that the company normally offered only in larger models - and discovering the Burns and Allen show one late night when looking for something to relieve stress.
Dr. J. G. wrote this review Saturday, November 22 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Thereafter it was a routine, being awake every night until late to watch the reruns of the show, and what a blessing it was watching it, laughing, forgetting all stress and worry and so forth for just that short while.
When I discovered the book, it was a sort of combination of a memory of the show relived and a whole new delight as well, with the book adding a few details to the life of the couple one had come to love.
"My uncle bent steel rods with his teeth until they bent"
"He must have been very strong"
"Yes, but he looked funny with bent teeth"
- And unless one sees the incomparable, unique Gracie one would think this is not very funny. At least not as much as when she says it. ”
“The best love story I have ever read, george really loved Gracie a lot, an excellent read no matter who you are.”
Mother Watts wrote this review Sunday, July 20 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1 of 1 members found this review helpful“This book is a romance! Gracie Allen is lovingly described by her husband, George Burns. He was 92 when he wrote this book and Grace had been dead for 32 years. Clearly he loved her more every day, even though she was gone. George tells us about their days in radio and vaudeville and tells us about their famous friends, such as Jack Benny. But the stories that linger are about Gracie - how they started out with her as the straight man and George telling the jokes (didn't work) and about how she never faked any piece of business on their TV program - Once there was a scene with her sewing a hem on a handkerchief. After the scene was finished, she had a perfectly stitched hem around the edge of the hanky. Only the most loving of husbands would have noticed a detail like that and cherished it all those years later.”
BookSnake wrote this review Monday, April 28 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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