All My Best FriendsBeorge Burns's career spanned the history of modern show business; he starred in big-time vaudeville; in radio, television, the movies and the recording industry; and on the nightclub stage. All My Best Friends is history of modern show business, as George Burns lived it. More than that, it is the backstage story of the people who made that history. They were all his best friends: JOlson and Jessel and Cantor and Durante; the Marx Brothers and the Ritz Brothers; Ed Wynn, Sophie Tucker and Fanny Brice; Walter Matthau, Carol Channing, Bobby Darin, Ann-Margret and Brooke Shields. And most of all, Jack Benny. |
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... violin . That was smart , he knew that as soon as he stopped playing , his act would start getting better . Finally he'd turn around and look at the audi- ence . " Oh , " he'd say casually , " I guess I'm on . " Jack didn't become a ...
... violin . That was smart , he knew that as soon as he stopped playing , his act would start getting better . Finally he'd turn around and look at the audi- ence . " Oh , " he'd say casually , " I guess I'm on . " Jack didn't become a ...
Page 103
... violin teacher and , on occasion , himself , a character on Jack's show who played several different characters , including a train announcer , a French violin teacher and , on occasion , himself , a character ... Fred Allen played Fred ...
... violin teacher and , on occasion , himself , a character on Jack's show who played several different characters , including a train announcer , a French violin teacher and , on occasion , himself , a character ... Fred Allen played Fred ...
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... violin he had learned to play on to a war bonds auction . The auction was held in Gimbel's basement and was conducted by Danny Kaye . Besides Jack's violin , they were auctioning off Thomas Jefferson's Bible and a letter from George ...
... violin he had learned to play on to a war bonds auction . The auction was held in Gimbel's basement and was conducted by Danny Kaye . Besides Jack's violin , they were auctioning off Thomas Jefferson's Bible and a letter from George ...
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