(10-09-2018, 05:46 PM)sbarrera Wrote:(10-09-2018, 02:45 PM)Galen Wrote:(10-09-2018, 08:35 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: ...Oh, by the way -- the Lost George Burns was the straight character. and the GI Gracie Allen was the one with the funny lines.
It was by design since Burns tried it the other way around at first and noticed that Gracie was the one getting the laughs. On the other hand George Burns had a good career after Gracie had died in the early sixties.
I remember how remarkable it was to see Burns still kicking it at such an advanced age.
Yes, even when I was young it seemed like he was going to live forever. As it was, he was one of the few Lost that lasted longer than my great-grandmother which in his case was three years. Oddly enough my great-grandmother was getting annoyed because her doctors kept retiring or dying on her. If you asked the right question they would give you more truth than any Boomer you ever will meet. When most of the nominal adults seem to be completely insane its a big deal.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
