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George burns describing his early vaudeville career to new york post, january 17, 1991. This was an anthologycomedy series hosted by george burns himself. The 15 best road movies of the 21st century film a voir, cinema. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. John francis burns november 15, 1933 january 27, 2020 was an american comedian, actor, voice actor, writer, and producer. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Overview of george burns special, the, 1976, directed by bill hobin, with walter matthau, chita rivera, johnny carson, at turner classic movies. George burns comedy week did poorly in the nielsen ratings and was last broadcast on christmas night 1985.