TV Guide: George Burns

Video: The Sunshine Boys - (Original Movie Promo)

TCM — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:59:14 -0400

Behind the scenes of the Neil Simon comedy The Sunshine Boys (1975) starring George Burns and Walter Matthau.

Video: The Sunshine Boys - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:07:48 -0400

A feuding comedy team reunites for a television comeback in Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1975) with an Academy Award -winning performance by George Burns.

Video: George Burns Sends Swaggert to D.C. Follies to Repent His Sins

iTunes — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:16:32 -0400

George Burns sends Swaggert to "D.C. Follies", to repent for sinning. Waldheim appears through the secret passageway in Fred's office while on a mortal mission to prevent the distortion of Nazi films by a Berlin Film Group. Jessica Hahn's formation of the "Bimbo" union attempts to protect "the other woman." Jim and Tammy ease Swaggert's conscience as they sing him into believing that it's okay to sin. Jimmie Walker has to escape through the rear entrance after telling Fred of Jimmie's new Undecided Political Party. Kissinger reveals the truth about what the third world nations think about the U.S. and Soviet relations. Mr. George Burns has narrowed down his decision of who his new partner will be by choosing Tammy Bakker.

Video: Oh, God!

CinemaNow — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:36:45 -0400

Suppose God personally chose you to spread His message to all humankind. That's what happens to supermarket manager JOHN DENVER in a graceful comedy blessed by GEORGE BURNS in his best-loved role.

Video: Two Of A Kind

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:47:50 -0400

Though Two of a Kind was hardly George Burns' television debut, it was his first dramatic TV appearance. Burns is cast as Ross Boppy Minor, who is shunted away to a nursing home by his unfeeling son-in-law Cliff Robertson. Robby Benson co-stars as Nolie Minor, Boppy's mentally retarded grandson. Both outcasts from normal society, Nolie and Boppy form a strong bond in this touching domestic drama. An Emmy Award went to songwriters James Di Pasquale and Dory Previn for their theme song We'll Win the World. Two of a Kind first aired October 9, 1982. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Oh, God!

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:36:04 -0400

Adapted by Larry Gelbart from the novel by Avery Corman, the film stars John Denver as Jerry Landers, the assistant manager of a grocery store who is chosen by God (George Burns) to spread the Word to the rest of the world. Not surprisingly, Jerry is soon labelled a basket case: even his loving wife Bobbie (Teri Garr) doubts her husband's sanity. But there's enough evidence on Jerry's side for a panel of prominent clerics to demand that the hapless fellow prove in court that he's the agent of God. Donald Pleasence was supposed to have an extended supporting role in the film, but the first cut ran too long, and Pleasence's dialogue was eliminated -- but not Pleasence himself, who retains his prominent billing and is seen doing precisely nothing in several scenes. Netting $30 million on its first run, Oh God was followed by two lesser sequels, both featuring Burns. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Radioland Murders

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:31:31 -0400

A blend of screwball farce and whodunit murder mystery, this madcap period piece was the brainchild of executive producer George Lucas. In 1939, Penny Henderson (Mary Stuart Masterson) is the harried general secretary and de facto manager of a new fourth radio network, WBN. On the night that the Chicago station goes live on the air, a mysterious voice interrupts, and a series of murders soon follows, each one described by the same sonorous phantom. While Penny and her staff desperately try to keep WBN's roster of shows afloat during the unfolding crisis, her estranged husband Roger (Brian Benben), a staff writer, becomes the chief suspect. Roger is forced to dodge a detective, Lieutenant Cross (Michael Lerner), find the real killer, win Penny back, and perform last-minute script rewrites for an unhappy sponsor. As the backstage hysteria reaches a fever pitch, the show goes on with real-life radio-era pros such as George Burns and Rosemary Clooney. Although never explicitly pointed out in the film, Radioland M

Video: 18 Again

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:23:48 -0400

On his 81st birthday, grandpa George Burns, bemoans the fact that he's wasted his life, and wishes he had it to do all over again. He gets his wish when he and his 18-year-old grandson Charles Schlatter are involved in an auto accident. When he awakens, Burns' personality has been transferred to Schlatter's body, and vice versa! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: Sunshine Boys, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:21:34 -0400

In this 1975 adaptation of Neil Simon's stage play, director Herbert Ross presents the story of two old-time Vaudvillians played by Walter Matthau and George Burns in his first starring role since 1939's Honolulu. After decades apart, the cantankerous duo is persuaded to reunite for a television special despite the fact that they hate each other. Richard Benjamin co-stars as Matthau's nephew, who has the responsibility of making sure the comedians go through with the show and don't kill each other in the process. Nominated for four Academy Awards, Burns took home the statue for Best Supporting Actor. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide.

Video: Sunshine Boys, The

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:15:05 -0400

Neil Simon adapted this 1997 comedy from his 1972 play, first filmed in 1975 with Walter Matthau and George Burns as two feuding veteran vaudevillians reuniting to do a television special. For this new version, Simon updated the period and characters into a tale of two comedians (Woody Allen, Peter Falk), once popular in the 1950s. Their successful comedy team split up, but now Warner Brothers wants to bring them back together for cameos in a movie that's funnier than Home Alone -- so with salaries of $75,000 each, how can they refuse? Filmed in New York, this movie premiered December 28, 1997 on Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide.

Video: George Burns In Concert

Video Detective — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:16 -0400

I'm happy to be here. At my age I'm happy to be anywhere. Thus did octogenarian George Burns launch virtually every one of his personal appearances of the 1970s and 1980s. While many of Burns' jokes concern his age, the fact that the man was literally a product of another century never intrudes upon the proceedings. Good humor never really dates, nor does George Burns, despite his reminiscences of his years with his late wife/partner Gracie Allen and his fondness for singing songs like I'll be Waiting for You Bill at the Top of San Juan Hill. When George Burns in Concert was taped in 1982, George still had another full decades' worth of SRO appearances before him. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.

Video: International House

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:40:19 -0400

Hollywood responded to the exigencies of the Depression with such glorious nonsense as International House. The plot is motivated by a revolutionary television device called the Radioscope, which its Chinese inventor (Edmund Breese) is offering to the highest bidder. All interested parties are obliged to converge at International House, an ultra-modern hotel in the bustling Chinese community of Wu Hu. Among those parties is American envoy Stu Erwin, Russian general Bela Lugosi (a hilarious, pratfalling performance), the general's ex-wife Peggy Hopkins Joyce (a much-married showgirl of the era, who like Zsa Zsa Gabor was famous for being famous), and that celebrated aviator Professor Quail, better known as W.C. Fields. The lunacy begins even before Fields arrives, thanks to the antics of the hotel's doctor George Burns and nurse Gracie Allen. When Erwin comes down with the measles (he is always struck down by a childhood disease whenever he's about to marry his fiancee Sari Maritza), the hotel is quarantined.

Video: George Burns: His Wit And Wisdom

Video Detective — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:33:10 -0400

Video: George Burns and Gracie Allen

Amazon Video on Demand — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:38:37 -0400

George and Gracie were two of America's best loved vaudevillians and movie stars who capped dazzling careers by making it big in television. After Gracie's death, the laconic cigar-chomping George becomes an American showbiz institution.

Video: The Sunshine Boys

CinemaNow — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:15:08 -0400

Two feuding former vaudville performers are convinced to reunite for a TV special. George Burns won an Academy Award for best supporting actor.

Video: Oh, God!

CinemaNow — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:09:31 -0400

Suppose God personally chose you to spread His message to all humankind. That's what happens to supermarket manager JOHN DENVER in a graceful comedy blessed by GEORGE BURNS in his best-loved role.

Video: The Sunshine Boys

CinemaNow — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:32:34 -0400

Two feuding former vaudville performers are convinced to reunite for a TV special. George Burns won an Academy Award for best supporting actor.

Photo: George Burns Tells How to Live to Be 100 -- or More

Sat, 15 Sep 1984 00:00:00 -0400

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Sat, 25 Oct 1958 00:00:00 -0400

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Photo: The Burns and Allen Show's Gracie Allen and George Burns

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Photo: The Burns and Allen Show's Gracie Allen and George Burns

Sat, 01 Dec 1956 00:00:00 -0400

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Photo: The Burns and Allen Show's George Burns and Gracie Allen

Sat, 08 Oct 1955 00:00:00 -0400

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Photo: The Burns and Allen Show's George Burns and Gracie Allen

Sat, 06 Nov 1954 00:00:00 -0400

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Photo: George Burns - 1995

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George Burns

Photo: George Burns - 1995

courtesy Steve Granitz/WireImage.com

George Burns