The Sunshine Boys

He was really good in that.

The Sunshine Boys.

"Enter." You know, when he was f- fighting with, uh-

I don't know that I saw that one

have seen them all.

Really? Have you seen some of the offshoots at Sunshine Boys? Oh, no, no, not all the offshoots.

No, I'm talking specifically about the ones that he directed.

That's why we're going to make you a completionist.

Me neither.

Because I know in Sunshine Boys, he played a retired vaudeville star.

And that was 75.

So, you know.

Have you ever seen an angry, upset George Burns in all the footage of everything? He played God.

He played, you know, he was in Sunshine Boys, a great film.

He was in all these great things.

And he was a stand-up comedian with his wife, Gracie.

That's not crazy at all.

The Sunshine Boys.

You got the Irishman.

That's pretty good.

Both Smith & Dale were widowed at the time of their deaths.

The longevity of the comedy team in Neil Simon's play and film The Sunshine Boys was inspired by Smith & Dale.

But the bickering nature of the team, named Al Lewis and Willie Clark, played respectively by George Burns and Walter Matthau, was based on the team of Ed Gallagher and Al Sheehan.

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When Gracie died in 1964, George dove into work, producing TV shows and touring the country with a well-received nightclub act.

In 1974, Burns starred in the movie version of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys.

Playing half of an old vaudeville team who hate each other but agree to reunite, George landed the 1975 Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Burns was asked who he felt were the funniest men of all time.

Sam the Woody Allen movie.

The Sunshine Boys.

Funny Lady.

So a lot of musicals.