After dealing with an antique shop clerk (Chester Clute) who doesn't even works there, George Burns gets Gracie Allen as his clerk and gets the most fractured history lesson ever presented. All he's trying to do is buy a statue of George Washington whom Gracie thinks freed the slaves which leads into a conversation about the father of the country whom Gracie insist was Lincoln. The banter between them of course continues to include stories of her wacky family and it seems like George will never get out of there with the product that he came in to purchase. Just wait until she starts a conversation about her finances.
Twenty years before they went into television, Burns and Allen were a popular Vaudeville team who works in a dozen or so movie shorts and about half-a-dozen features. Gracie's timing of course is perfect and George is a terrific straight man, even getting in a few Gracie type lines that makes you wonder if there's anybody intelligent in the room. A gag about supposed unbreakable statues will have you in hysterics. Truly an extremely enjoyable one real short that proves that certain styles of comedy are timeless.
Twenty years before they went into television, Burns and Allen were a popular Vaudeville team who works in a dozen or so movie shorts and about half-a-dozen features. Gracie's timing of course is perfect and George is a terrific straight man, even getting in a few Gracie type lines that makes you wonder if there's anybody intelligent in the room. A gag about supposed unbreakable statues will have you in hysterics. Truly an extremely enjoyable one real short that proves that certain styles of comedy are timeless.