The camera never really moves in this one reel short that introduced George Burns and Gracie Allen to the silver screen Warner Brothers before they went over to Paramount and then later to radio. Gracie spends five minutes stealing the punch lines from George jokes, and nobody could do that better and funnier than her. It's obvious that a lot of the gags from "I Love Lucy" more than two decades later came from what they did because you'll recognize the style of gags from Desi and Lucy's act curious George and Gracie. A lot of what what Gracie says actually makes her sound like the smartest dumb woman (or the dumbest smart woman) to ever step foot on the screen or radio or stage, and she is an absolute delight. I particularly like her response to who in the Army where's the largest hat. Jokes only work when the delivery is superb, and Gracie has excellent delivery which allowed George to go on to be the most popular straight man for decades. indeed, it does take a great deal of talent to be able to do that and sustain what the funny man (or in this case funny lady) is doing. It all ends with a little cute dance number, something that I never got to do in their Paramount shorts.
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