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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It is as good a definition of the craft as any, and if anybody should know, it is George Burns, who started performing in 1903, not long after Teddy Roosevelt became President. "Nobody," he insists, "is older than I am." Groucho, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Fanny Brice, Amos and Andy...
But to hear him tell it, film acting is not exactly work. "It's not too tough for me to act. It's much easier than what I've always done. You don't have to remember anything, to begin with. If you play Vegas you...
He would change names almost as often as his socks. The original Nathan Birnbaum became Harry Pierce, who became Willy Williams, who became Willie Delight. Willie Delight? "Yah," says George. "There was a guy by that name who had 2,000 cards printed up that said, 'Willie Delight, in...
George still lives in the same house in Beverly Hills he and Gracie bought 44 years ago. A Belgian couple looks after it, and when Burns is not working, his day is as well planned as one of his comic routines. He is up at 7:30 a.m. and does...
Last week was one for the record books-literally. From the statisticians at the Labor Department came official confirmation that over the past six months the U.S. has experienced the steepest spiral of inflation it has had in nearly 30 years. Not since the Korean War price explosion of 1950...