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Garbled adages and mixed metaphors are always fun, like in “A stitch in time saves a pound of cure.”
April 1, 1990
Television
TV or not TV. . . .
Feb. 9, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
AH, GRACIE: George Burns, still the showman at 95, solos tonight at the Performing Arts Center (some tickets remain).
Nov. 19, 1991
Movies
George Burns will be a century old on Saturday.
Jan. 16, 1996
Ronnie Burns, 72, the son of George Burns and Gracie Allen who appeared occasionally with the comedy team on television in the 1950s, died of cancer Wednesday at his Pacific Palisades home, said his wife, Janice.
Nov. 16, 2007
Oliver Wendell Douglas, the perpetually frustrated protagonist of “Green Acres,” could lower his blood pressure a bit by taking a cue from George Burns, whose “The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show” series will be aired on KOCE Channel 50 this month on Saturday nights at 10.
Oct. 1, 1998
Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Red Skelton, David Susskind and David Wolper have been voted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.
July 6, 1988
Remembrance: Burns, a consummate comedian, always managed to rise to the occasion with decency, wit and respect for his audience.
March 11, 1996
Obituaries
George Burns—the indefatigable entertainer whose staying power became the last, most endearing gag in a graceful, laugh-filled career—died Saturday morning at his home in Beverly Hills.
March 10, 1996
Hollywood: An American institution whose career spanned vaudeville, radio, TV and the movies, he was 100.