The Boston Globe, October 23rd, 2003
George Burns was a very lucky man. Over the course of a century, he was in the right place at the right time when the winds of change shifted from vaudeville to movies to radio to TV. And when all that was over he got to play God. None of that, though, compares to the good fortune he had when a young, unassuming actress named Gracie Allen walked into his life and became his partner, first onstage and then behind the scenes. Burns was a great straight man, but Allen was the great comedian. Even in the theatrical afterlife of "Say Goodnight Gracie," Allen is still the star. Considering that this...
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