Funniest Joke I Ever Heard 1984 George Burns

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  • George Burns tells his favorite joke about a Broadway actor who played eight weeks of vaudeville in Cincinnati.
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  • @chrisosieczanek8281
    @chrisosieczanek8281 3 года назад +1228

    Bumped into George Burns in Palm Springs many , many years ago . He was sitting at the bar of a golf course and was all alone . I stopped to say ‘ Hello , I enjoy your work ‘ , and he actually asked me if I wanted to sit and chat awhile . Now mind you , he was in his 80’s at the time , and his energy , his memory of places and names was uncanny . He had me laughing so hard , it was embarrassing . People looking at us must have thought we were old friends . He ‘ entertained ‘ me for at least an hour . What a treasure !

    • @azrikhairol4941
      @azrikhairol4941 3 года назад +28

      lucky you 👍👍👍👍👍

    • @feliciagallo9832
      @feliciagallo9832 3 года назад +19

      Wow!! How lucky were you! Loved his humor and Gracie Allen's too.
      ❤️

    • @johnnysins9159
      @johnnysins9159 3 года назад +4

      *tears

    • @kimberlypatton9634
      @kimberlypatton9634 3 года назад +9

      What a darling he was!Always a smile on his face!He reminds me souch in appearance of my own great grandfather...he lived to 87 very well too!

    • @misterbunny3
      @misterbunny3 2 года назад +9

      Wow that's so cool. Good old day and good old people. Now the entertainment industry is 🥱👎

  • @getsmarter5412
    @getsmarter5412 Год назад +87

    "The most important thing about acting is sincerity. And if you can fake that, you got it made!". -George Burns

  • @dullahan7677
    @dullahan7677 Год назад +85

    "You don't get old and stop doing things, you stop doing things and get old." - George Burns at 100

  • @Canadianeh100
    @Canadianeh100 11 лет назад +110

    One of his lines that I always write on birthday cards for my older friends is, "You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old." Wise words.

  • @jackspry9736
    @jackspry9736 Год назад +42

    RIP George Burns (January 20, 1896 - March 9, 1996), aged 100
    You will be remembered as a legend.

    • @miklosernoehazy8678
      @miklosernoehazy8678 11 месяцев назад +2

      ...he did excellent work in "The Sunshine Boys" opposite Walter Matthau...

  • @daviddemers1538
    @daviddemers1538 11 лет назад +62

    George was the nicest gentleman; I met him several times when I lived in Los Angeles. I took pictures of him with several stewardesses on a plane once in first class. Another time I saw him at the Beverly Hills Hotel. He always had a kind word and he made you feel as though he knew you and remembered you. He lived on one of the "flower" streets in Beverly Hills, right off of Sunset Boulevard. RIP George!

  • @timd4524
    @timd4524 Год назад +14

    Just amazing to think about George being born in 1896 and talking about Vaudeville. He was always so vibrant.

  • @notcrazy6288
    @notcrazy6288 2 года назад +146

    I grew up thinking that this man was immortal. The idea that he could ever leave us was inconceivable to me.

    • @notcrazy6288
      @notcrazy6288 Год назад

      @Mike Morris lol I was a kid.

    • @ThunderFist1978
      @ThunderFist1978 Год назад +1

      Well, he is one of the few entertainers who lived to be 100. If you live that long, you did something right.

    • @timd4524
      @timd4524 Год назад

      He certainly almost appeared to be.

    • @mikejonesnoreally
      @mikejonesnoreally 3 месяца назад

      @carolinewoodward1016 Yet he did play both God and Satan. :3

  • @JillShaw
    @JillShaw 8 лет назад +312

    So funny ! Mr. Burns was a treasure ! I miss him. I used to write him fan letters as a child in the late 70's and he always responded personally on his own stationary with a hand written personal note . A lovely man .

    • @MyREDTAIL
      @MyREDTAIL 8 лет назад +13

      I was a big Fan of his also.? He kind of reminded me of my Father,? In his old age.? May he & Gracie RIP.? They are missed, by all of their Fans.?

    • @goteverlastinglife
      @goteverlastinglife 6 лет назад +6

      That's awesome! So few "stars" take personal time for their fans. Those who do consider fans their friends and vice versa.

    • @ShmuelWeintraub
      @ShmuelWeintraub 6 лет назад +17

      Great! That's the kind of class that we don't see from stars today...

    • @vicmclaglen1631
      @vicmclaglen1631 6 лет назад +9

      You may not know that he was completely illiterate; dyslexic to the hilt. Said he learned to draw his name rather than write it, like a picture, because letters appeared upside down/inverted or something like that, in his head. He never wrote anything himself, always had a secretary around for dictation.

    • @michaelmeins3971
      @michaelmeins3971 6 лет назад +2

      Jill Shaw that's a great story Jill. Great memories!

  • @KenPotter
    @KenPotter 4 года назад +460

    My favorite George Burns line: “If I’d have known I was gonna live so long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”

    • @susanb2015
      @susanb2015 4 года назад +12

      That's a good one! Especially with the cigar in his hand.

    • @apaulmcdonough2170
      @apaulmcdonough2170 4 года назад +11

      Except that was *Groucho Marx's* line, not George Burns.

    • @michaelhungate7506
      @michaelhungate7506 4 года назад +12

      Okay I'm as anti smoking as anyone but he did live to be 100 years ( and 3 months).

    • @hang-sangitch
      @hang-sangitch 4 года назад +1

      Lolol good one.

    • @fordsrule35
      @fordsrule35 4 года назад +4

      @@michaelhungate7506 He smoked between 15-20 cigars a day. Johnny Carson asked him when he was 95 years old. I was like 😮😮😮. I'm amazed he lived to be 100.

  • @jims2939
    @jims2939 4 года назад +181

    When George was dating Gracie he would bring her flowers, but she would keep him waiting so long, he quit bringing flowers and started bringing seeds.

  • @ogamiitto42
    @ogamiitto42 13 лет назад +43

    Aww, this was so touching. Having Gracie's picture next to him you can see they were good together.

  • @ninline2000
    @ninline2000 3 года назад +61

    He used to always talk about Gracie. I finally saw the old show with her on it and my wife and I about died laughing.That woman was amazing, the funniest comedienne ever.

    • @susanahazelden4815
      @susanahazelden4815 3 года назад +8

      They started their act together in vaudeville and Gracie, who in real life was a very smart woman, with a mind for business, finance, comedy writing, and such George let her take charge of the act and their careers but Gracie played a ditsy, airhead and George played the straight man. You and your wife are right, what a hilarious lady and George's commentary on her actions made it all the more funny. She I used to watch old reruns along with "I married Joan" with Jim Backus,, Joan was like Lucy,, physical humor/slapstick)", "December Bride, " 💘 "Love that Bob" (with Robert Cummings), "Burns and Allen," and later evolving into sitcoms like "Dobie Gillis," etc. Burns and Allen were the funniest but then Gracie got sick and died. It was very sad.

    • @ladydreadpirate336
      @ladydreadpirate336 3 года назад +7

      She was great. I watched the documentary of George Burns on Amazon. They talked about the innovation he brought to television, like the opening monologue, breaking the fourth wall by having the actors freeze, etc.
      I think my favorite Gracie clip was when she was talking about visiting the zoo and she said feeding the elephants must be expensive. Because of the sign 'No Peanuts. 10 dollars fine.'

    • @ronbirnbaum1968
      @ronbirnbaum1968 Год назад +1

      Gracie was terrific but it was George who wrote the routines. As for the best comedienne ever, tough to top Lucy and Carol Burnett!!

    • @amyp4369
      @amyp4369 Год назад +1

      Oooo I'd contend that Gracie Allen was the funniest comedienne ever.. 😊 I love Lucy as well. Didn't watch Carol Burnett too much but all the clips I've seen of her were funny.
      Gracie was always my favorite though. Something about her.. the whole show was heartwarming.
      I even named my daughter Gracie, after her.
      She'll always be a national treasure to me. Her and George both. They don't make 'em like that anymore. Nowadays... phew... they all think being a vulgar mess is the way to go.. gross. I miss the old performers. Much rather have them back than Any new actor or actress of today. (All the way back to vaudeville!)
      I'll let yall in on a secret.. I'm not older. I was born in the 80s. But grew up watching George Burns in the God movies and other things he'd star in. Always enjoyed him and his acting. As I grew up, I found out more about him and Gracie's careers through vaudeville to movies. Great couple. I was so upset when he passed. (Wasn't alive when she passed.) I felt like a piece of my childhood died the day of his death.
      They'll never make them like that ever again. Sad. 😔 ❤
      Lord help us and have mercy on all of us....

  • @Connieleann
    @Connieleann 11 лет назад +20

    George Burns was one of my favorites to watch on TV . He always reminded me of my grandfather . Cigar and a drink and joke .

  • @200mphz06
    @200mphz06 11 лет назад +349

    Decades ago he was on some TV talkshow. I forget which. He says, "20 years ago my doctors told me to stop smoking". He then takes a puff of his cigar and says, "And now they're all dead."

    • @kyeanletofsky3316
      @kyeanletofsky3316 4 года назад +23

      That was on Carson in 1989

    • @georgio3674
      @georgio3674 4 года назад +14

      He was one of the greatest lol

    • @randymiklus9506
      @randymiklus9506 3 года назад +3

      Desiree

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 3 года назад

      I remember hearing him talking about how he's alive at 100 and still smoking, and then he died like, immediately after that. I mean that's still impressive, but the timing of it..

    • @Cid-tr3du
      @Cid-tr3du 3 года назад +2

      So funny.... and so true.
      My grandmother used to say the same about her doctor :-)

  • @nhmooytis7058
    @nhmooytis7058 4 года назад +230

    My all time fave one liner: Two cannibals are eating a clown, one says to the other “Does this taste funny to you?”

    • @NeilBlumengarten
      @NeilBlumengarten 4 года назад +16

      Or what Stephen King posted on Twitter today: "I hate when I show up late to dinner with cannibals. They always give me the cold shoulder."

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 4 года назад +10

      Neil Blumengarten
      Jeffrey Dahmer’s mom: Jeffrey I don’t like your friends.
      Jeffrey: Then just eat the vegetables.

    • @deweyaustin3756
      @deweyaustin3756 4 года назад +5

      Nipsey Russel said " two cannibals were having dinner and as they devoured the missionary one turned to the other and said' Boy this is the end!'.Then the other said,' Yes , I know. I'm having a ball myself'".

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 4 года назад

      Dewey Austin haha!

    • @yampavalleyarts2015
      @yampavalleyarts2015 3 года назад +4

      @@nhmooytis7058 The frustrated cannibal threw up his arms!

  • @timothyball3144
    @timothyball3144 4 года назад +671

    I don't tell jokes. I tell anecdotes and lies.
    That's the funniest part for me because I didn't understand the story.

    • @pmartialartsx
      @pmartialartsx 4 года назад +46

      Timothy Ball yea I just gave it a like so I don’t feel stupid for not understanding even after I played it like three times!

    • @theusher2893
      @theusher2893 4 года назад +198

      He lost his mother, and the others actually thought his mother was lost, instead of dead.

    • @coryburns1905
      @coryburns1905 4 года назад +31

      I love the picture behind him

    • @FishTheJim
      @FishTheJim 4 года назад +105

      Ok I am going to try and explain this. In the days of vaudeville you had to carry your act with you in a Steamer trunk and if you lost your Trunk you didn't EAT.

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander 4 года назад +90

      @@FishTheJim Not a very funny, but a true story;
      Once when I was 8yrs old as I had been out, playing in the yard with the little girl (~same age) who lived next door. My Mom called me aside, and said my Grandmother had mis-laid her false teeth...again. It was a fairly common occurrence in our house that I thought nothing of. I hastily told my little friend I was sorry, that I had to go help my Grandmother find her teeth, but that I probably wouldn't be very long. As I was in a hurry, and taking the situation for granted. I barely noticed the odd look on her face as I rushed off.
      Once the dentures were located I went on back out to play. Only to discover my poor friend almost in tears. I had not made the circumstances clear. And so in her less-than-worldly 8yr. old imagination she had envisioned my Grandmother's physical teeth had just, up and fallen out, as some creepy, ailment overtook her.
      Then as gently as I could I had to try to clear up what it was that had occurred without making her feel too self-conscious.
      Not an easy task.
      Don't complain.🍅
      I told you it wasn't funny.

  • @dwaynecope1914
    @dwaynecope1914 Год назад +8

    I was working as a TV Antenna man and was sent to Hillcrest Country Club because the tv had a bad picture due to the antenna being knocked down .George Burns stopped me and asked me what I was doing and I told him . He told me he thought he must be going blind and then he told me that he needed the tv to see what the future would be (I only got that joke latter on after watching his old reruns) after I fixed the antenna he said "oh no! too bad ,I am still going blind". The fact that he would pay attention to me and want to tell a joke made me happy.

  • @l.salisbury1253
    @l.salisbury1253 3 года назад +17

    "First time I saw George Burns on stage I knew he had something special... Gracie Allen!" -Bob Hope

  • @shakyhandpictures2185
    @shakyhandpictures2185 3 года назад +17

    I love the fact Gracie is in this bit, he loved her more than life.

  • @stevepanos2050
    @stevepanos2050 3 года назад +9

    Perfect dead pan, timing, and delivery, an all time great.

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay 9 лет назад +211

    His FUNNIEST joke was--' Having sex at 90, is like trying to shoot pool with a ROPE'

    • @Purpleskyshorizon
      @Purpleskyshorizon 8 лет назад +2

      +Philip Croft LOL!

    • @1Manny93
      @1Manny93 8 лет назад +6

      holy fuck that was actually funny

    • @ckaz007
      @ckaz007 7 лет назад +1

      That was Bob Hope's joke.

    • @DelTangBrav
      @DelTangBrav 7 лет назад +10

      ckaz007 It was definitely George - the full joke was."Having sex after 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope - Even putting my cigar in its holder is a thrill" To the best of my knowledge, unlike George, (check video) Bob didn't use a cigar in his act. If that doesn't convince you this might:www.azquotes.com/quote/1235292

    • @derycktrahair8108
      @derycktrahair8108 7 лет назад +2

      DelTangBrav , the pool with the rope thing? Rodney Dangerfield.

  • @everready19373
    @everready19373 4 года назад +27

    "I'm so old I don't buy green bananas."

  • @KarinPluss
    @KarinPluss 13 лет назад +11

    George is just so cute! And the way he stands there in front of Gracie's picture - they were just the sweetest couple!

  • @rtyler98
    @rtyler98 12 лет назад +20

    At this age with his way of speaking and his deliveries it reminds me of Johnny Carson, as if George could have been his "Dad". They were both great to watch!

  • @swamprat69er
    @swamprat69er 9 лет назад +28

    I first heard George and Gracie on the radio. A GREAT comedy pair.

  • @Johncourt409
    @Johncourt409 Год назад +28

    George could make you laugh without using profanity. He was a true gentleman and one of the all time greats.

    • @M.McMuurray
      @M.McMuurray 7 месяцев назад +1

      All the greatest comedians never had to use profanity.

    • @whodoyoudancefor
      @whodoyoudancefor 5 месяцев назад +1

      Imagine how much fucking funnier he could have been!

    • @Johncourt409
      @Johncourt409 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@whodoyoudancefor Imagine if you didn’t need attention and didn’t leave childish comments?

    • @whodoyoudancefor
      @whodoyoudancefor 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@Johncourt409 Oh come now, childish joy is all there is!

    • @Johncourt409
      @Johncourt409 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@whodoyoudancefor well you’ve got me there.

  • @mackfielder
    @mackfielder 11 лет назад +263

    Gracie: " I'm not going to my doctor anymore".
    George: "Why"?
    Gracie: "He's no good, all his patients are sick"!

    • @cjrrun
      @cjrrun 4 года назад +3

      That's Trump's logic

    • @pwatson5766
      @pwatson5766 3 года назад +1

      @@cjrrun
      Exactly!! If you stop testing for Coronavirus you have no new cases of Coronavirus. trumpian logic at work.
      Oh well, only 72 hrs til #diaperdonnie is out of office!!

    • @debbierowe291
      @debbierowe291 3 года назад +2

      That makes sense

    • @ninline2000
      @ninline2000 3 года назад +11

      @@cjrrun I'm so tired of idiots that drag politics into everything 24/7. How pathetic your life must be.

    • @elderherrera2238
      @elderherrera2238 3 года назад +3

      I love Gracie. She defies comedy. Imagine her today.

  • @rossmandell8734
    @rossmandell8734 3 года назад +6

    George had such great rhythm and timing.

    • @rrrrrr-kb9sb
      @rrrrrr-kb9sb 10 месяцев назад

      I don’t get it: trunk?

  • @sandrafraser8120
    @sandrafraser8120 6 лет назад +13

    Loved George Burns, so missed,rest in peace

  • @kimkochel6754
    @kimkochel6754 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for posting this. I always loved George Burns. ❤🙏

  • @franklinrwful
    @franklinrwful 11 лет назад +25

    I went to the Doctor and he said "Hi, I have'nt seen you for a while". I replied "Yes I know, I've been ill".

  • @Therazersharkfins
    @Therazersharkfins 11 лет назад +11

    100 years with this guy? I'd be laughing all over

  • @Anonymous9683
    @Anonymous9683 8 лет назад +526

    Anyways, so I asked my friend in North Korea how things were going.
    He said he couldn't complain.

    • @jennaweaver3706
      @jennaweaver3706 6 лет назад +5

      can't complain..... nobody listens if I do.

    • @mrcharrington1
      @mrcharrington1 6 лет назад +5

      People say it doesn't help, but I've always found bitching and whining helps get things off my chest.

    • @johnskunk609
      @johnskunk609 6 лет назад +25

      Jenna and Winston I think you missed the point :-)

    • @mrcharrington1
      @mrcharrington1 6 лет назад +10

      I got it, I was interjecting my off-topic irrelevant comment. I actually thought the OP was funny. The funniest joke I heard George Burns say when he was in his 80s: "I walked by some young women at the pool, and it made me fell like I was 65 again."

    • @popev3887
      @popev3887 6 лет назад +12

      Now here’s one. There was debate about who was the better preacher , the Pope of Rome, or Billy Graham. So , they rented Madison Square Gardens and both of them preached a sermon. After the Pope finished his sermon, 500 people came forward to receive Christ. After Billy Graham preached, 500 people came forward to receive Christ. Then Pat Boone stood up and sang that old classic gospel song “The Streets of Heaven are Paved with Gold” and 10,000 JEWS immediately joined the U.S. Airforce! LOL….

  • @derekdevries1284
    @derekdevries1284 4 года назад +19

    If.you love george burns you have to watch " oh god " with john denver. Great feel good movie

  • @martidolata9579
    @martidolata9579 3 года назад +6

    I love that he has Gracie's photo behind him.

    • @Kelly-nm4kw
      @Kelly-nm4kw 2 года назад

      Hello 👋 , How are you doing?

  • @tautliners
    @tautliners 6 лет назад +36

    I was buying a car and asked the woman where the dipstick was, she said 'he's just gone back in the house. shall I go get him'.

    • @brewsterly2927
      @brewsterly2927 3 года назад

      I asked my (ex) missus " where is the stem off the dip stick".
      She replied; "it was always dirty.... hangin' in the oil...so I had it cut off!

  • @mortimerburns
    @mortimerburns 9 лет назад +35

    The one that got the Burns and Allen Show thrown off the air was, "The other day I gave my girlfriend a harmonica and she gave me a big kiss...I figure next week I'll buy her a piano."

    • @Navillus.55
      @Navillus.55 9 лет назад +13

      Julian Parker-Burns Really? That was great! I remember the days when actors playing husband and wife on television had to sleep in separate beds and keep one foot on the floor. Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end.... Actually, I liked it better that way rather than the stuff that's on now... It left something to your imagination -- kind of like radio.

    • @Stewie-th7lt
      @Stewie-th7lt 4 года назад +2

      That one is as old as Burns himself. Another version has fruit instead of musical instruments: gave her a grape... tomorrow the biggest watermelon I can find!

    • @jimtownsend7899
      @jimtownsend7899 4 года назад +6

      Julian Parker-Burns Funny joke, but the Burns and Allen Show was not "thrown off the air". Gracie announced before the 8th season that it would be her last. The woman was very sick and exhausted from years of show business. She died not long afterwards from a heart attack.

    • @cheapycheapy4689
      @cheapycheapy4689 3 года назад +1

      Australia had a famous TV host, Graham Kennedy. He got thrown off the air in the 1960s, not for his crow (raven) call that went "aaark, aaark" that sounded suspiciously like "fuuuck" of course, but because after he did it, he turned to his female sidekick and said: "You haven't had one of those for a while have you Rosemary?" ......
      He came back to TV in the 1980s strongly.

    • @glenncordova4027
      @glenncordova4027 3 года назад

      @@Navillus.55 I like it much better now. My imagination isn't that good. 🤣

  • @CarlDuke
    @CarlDuke 13 лет назад +13

    @KarinPluss George used to tell of going to Gracie's resting place every week and talking to her for about an hour. He said he had no idea if she heard him, but he said it did a world of good for him. Recently a station called Antenna TV has been replaying the old Burns and Allen shows. They repeatedly show two pictures in his den. One of George, Jack Benny and Bing Crosby. The other is of George, Jack and Eddie Cantor. And in monologues he regularly refers to old friend Georgie Jessel.

  • @nomadpi1
    @nomadpi1 7 лет назад +359

    Best George Burns joke; "It's not premarital sex if you don't plan on getting married."

    • @googman6539
      @googman6539 6 лет назад +4

      Ah. . . It's funny because it's hilarious.

    • @Stewie-th7lt
      @Stewie-th7lt 4 года назад +4

      Extramarital sex, then.

    • @matthew8153
      @matthew8153 4 года назад

      Stewie4506
      But I’m not a Mormon.

    • @humboldthammer
      @humboldthammer 3 года назад

      "It ain't cheating, if I tell you first. So . . ." said the wife.

  • @thra5herxb12s
    @thra5herxb12s 6 лет назад +14

    I always remember him saying "When the queen's 100, I'll send her a telegram" RIP George.

  • @billdanosky
    @billdanosky 4 года назад +79

    Great, George Burns joke: Man walks into a barber shop and asks, "How many ahead of me?"
    The Barber says, "Three." And the man shrugs and leaves. For brevity's sake, this goes on for a couple of more days.
    On the third day, the man sticks his head into the shop, asks how many ahead, then leaves. So the barber says to one of the regulars, "Go follow that guy." And he obliges. Shortly, the customer comes back and says to the barber, "He goes to your house."

    • @ChipDoyle
      @ChipDoyle 3 года назад +2

      ROFLH. OMG

    • @sebawake2000
      @sebawake2000 3 года назад +1

      hahahahahaha

    • @Khalokhalokhaaaalloo
      @Khalokhalokhaaaalloo 3 года назад +1

      Don’t get it

    • @billdanosky
      @billdanosky 3 года назад +9

      @@Khalokhalokhaaaalloo The man is having an affair with the barber's wife. My apologies to everyone else for explaining.

    • @garrywalters9992
      @garrywalters9992 3 года назад

      Chip Doyle l

  • @brettlambert7859
    @brettlambert7859 7 лет назад

    Outstanding very funny + superb delivery by an old master :-) !!!!

  • @morpheus6749
    @morpheus6749 3 года назад +36

    I didn't get the joke but I love the way he tells it.

    • @MegaMOUNDS
      @MegaMOUNDS 3 года назад +11

      The joke is that Brown thought by 'lost' Wilton meant his mother was missing, instead of dead, that's why Brown replied with 'our trunk is missing' as a way to relate to Brown in the moment, but failed to see that Wilton meant 'dead'.

    • @morpheus6749
      @morpheus6749 3 года назад +3

      ​@@MegaMOUNDS A "trunk going missing" is the part I didn't get. The trunks that I'm familiar with are inseparably attached to cars, and if they go missing, the bigger concern would be that the car is missing.

    • @MegaMOUNDS
      @MegaMOUNDS 3 года назад +7

      @@morpheus6749 in the US a 'trunk' means (among other things) large suitcase or travelling container. Bands make heavy use of them when transporting instruments.

    • @oocrikey
      @oocrikey 3 года назад +16

      You didn't get it because it just doesn't work as a joke for most people, the reason being that almost everyone only ever interprets "I'd rather be alone because I just lost my mother" as meaning that his mother has died. The idea that anyone would interpret it as "I can't find my mother" is simply not plausible!! So the joke will fail 99% of the time.

    • @hxhdfjifzirstc894
      @hxhdfjifzirstc894 3 года назад +14

      Jerry Seinfeld explains (with Norm MacDonald) that this joke actually has multiple levels. For you and I (the main audience), we're supposed to laugh because one guy's mother died and they other men lost their suitcase (a trunk is a huge suitcase, in this context). It's funny because you should not compare the death of someone's mother to losing a suitcase.
      But there is a second level -- this is a Vaudeville joke, after all. Vaudeville acts carried EVERYTHING required for their performance in their trunk. Costumes, props, everything. So performers who heard this joke understand these two guys basically lost their livelihood. They're screwed. And this level of the joke is funny because it's true. Everybody is having an equally terrible night and they all need a drink.
      If you like this joke, you might also like The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, or George's biography if you like to read.

  • @musiclover148
    @musiclover148 3 года назад +34

    It's a good thing George's reputation doesn't rest on this joke.

    • @CineSoar
      @CineSoar 2 года назад +3

      I think the key is, this was not George Burns' "Funniest Joke", he related it on a TV show called "The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard". I doubt George ever told this joke in his act, because it would fall pretty flat with most audiences. When the story was related to him, he knew a lot of elements of the story that likely made it much funnier for him personally, which is why I think he spent a full minute on the setup. He likely knew the Lackaye's personality (at least by reputation), Brown's personality and how Brown would have delivered the punchline, what exactly it meant that Lackaye would do about 8 weeks on the Vaudeville circuit (verses doing it full time), etc., etc.. I think it very likely that it was not only a joke that was 'inside' to vaudevillians, but likely pretty inside, to George, and the person who told him the story.

    • @63MGB1
      @63MGB1 Год назад +1

      @@CineSoar I think you made a good point. I didn't think the joke was funny at all until I imagined overhearing the conversation between people I knew well who didn't know each other. Then it begins to sink in what a lame thing to say at first meeting!

  • @pattoneill2402
    @pattoneill2402 3 года назад +4

    George and Gracie, I sure miss them. I loved their TV show when I was a kid, especially the comedy bit they always did separate from the sitcom.

  • @jimmyju76
    @jimmyju76 Год назад +1

    still watch His show to this day, l9ved them two

  • @MALTHEMASTERBARBER
    @MALTHEMASTERBARBER Год назад

    A true comedian! One of my all time favorites, influences! Look for me in the next coming year! 😂🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

  • @johno4521
    @johno4521 5 лет назад +5

    Sunshine Boys; great film.

  • @countalucard4226
    @countalucard4226 3 года назад +6

    I loved the Burns and Allen show, it was great. Gracie was hilarious.

    • @marthadawson8954
      @marthadawson8954 2 года назад +2

      I also loved it. I was quite young. They made me laugh, made me happy and when Gracie died I was sad, as though a favorite grownup had passed away. To me they were like friends, not celebrities.

  • @jonnboimuhfucka
    @jonnboimuhfucka 6 лет назад +102

    Pirate walks into a bar... Bartender looks at him and says..."hey there pirate...did u kno u have a steering wheel hanging out of ur zipper?"
    Pirate replies "Arrrgh....im aware...Its driving me nuts!"

  • @jimmyju76
    @jimmyju76 Год назад +1

    that picture ❤😢

  • @hotrodray6802
    @hotrodray6802 4 года назад +26

    When asked about his dating younger women, Burns commented that there are no women his age.

  • @TheSaneHatter
    @TheSaneHatter 7 лет назад +9

    We miss you, George.

  • @robertthomas6127
    @robertthomas6127 3 года назад +2

    Nice pic of Gracie. She didn't make it as long as George did. Presumably his cigars glued him together so long.

  • @grammybear4226
    @grammybear4226 3 года назад +4

    🐼 Big Bear Hugs from a 67 yr old grandma in Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼...

  • @douglase.palensr8340
    @douglase.palensr8340 9 лет назад +17

    George Burns one of the best until death. .Very funny 😅

    • @ppal64
      @ppal64 6 лет назад

      DOUGLAS E. PALEN SR Funnier after his death?

    • @karld83
      @karld83 5 лет назад +2

      Went down hill after he died?

    • @RWBHere
      @RWBHere 4 года назад

      Well, his joke in the video died.

  • @chaosawaits
    @chaosawaits 11 лет назад +7

    That is an excellent joke and a wonderful insight into American cultural history. I'm impressed with the clever reference. I wish more comedians were as intelligent as George Burns.

  • @SilasMortimer
    @SilasMortimer 10 лет назад +6

    Vaudeville was a kind of anything-goes type of multi-facted theatre entertainment. There were comedic sketches, there were dramatic sketches, there were musical acts, there were ingenues, there were jugglers and fire-breathers and ventriloquists, there were combinations of these.
    Vaudeville gave birth to modern American comedy, including standup. Some famous alumni of Vaudeville: Three Stooges, Marx Brothers, Abbot and Costello, Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, to name a few.

  • @sheilakirby5616
    @sheilakirby5616 3 года назад +2

    GOD BLESS & THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING US !!! RIP

  • @johnlewisbrooks
    @johnlewisbrooks 4 года назад +12

    'I know how to make a hormone! Its simple...don't pay her the money! NYUK NYUK NYUK!'
    Curly Howard.

    • @porkchopspapi5757
      @porkchopspapi5757 4 года назад

      The difference between vitamins & hormones? Vitamins don't make any sound.

  • @hughpeters8255
    @hughpeters8255 10 лет назад +7

    Hilarious, Could almost hear the punchline coming. I miss the Burns and Allen show. Great memories.

    • @michaelhungate7506
      @michaelhungate7506 4 года назад +2

      Antenna TV shows them every morning. They were sooooo funny. They also play The Jack Benny Program after Burns and Allen. Classy well written CLEAN comedy.

  • @zapkvr
    @zapkvr 10 лет назад +1

    @Bourne, thanks mate for the explaination. Seriously, well done.

  • @sleevesgaragemoments2931
    @sleevesgaragemoments2931 3 года назад +41

    As Tiger Woods was sponsored by Buick, he was driving his new Buick Enclave through the countryside when he stopped for gas.... As he pulled up to the pumps he was greeted by the attendant, and asked him for a fill up... He then stepped out of the vehicle to enter the store when a golf tee fell from his pocket and hit the ground.... The attendant noticed it fall so picked it up and handed it back, and unsure what it was, he asked Tiger, what it was for..... Tiger quickly replied, it was a tee, used to set your balls on when driving, to which the attendant replied... Wow those people at Buick think of Everything!!!!

    • @michaelmartin6912
      @michaelmartin6912 3 года назад +1

      Budum tiss......

    • @brewsterly2927
      @brewsterly2927 3 года назад +1

      @@michaelmartin6912 Funniest so far, but ironic re his recent crash.

    • @stevevonrumpf9842
      @stevevonrumpf9842 3 года назад

      Now, that is funny.

    • @seanvogel8067
      @seanvogel8067 Год назад +1

      @@brewsterly2927 , that was because Tiger’s balls fell off the tees, and he looked down to put them back on.

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 11 лет назад +6

    ...and this time, Al said, "You can buy your own sturgeon, kid, I'm a hit again."

  • @quarrelladevil6723
    @quarrelladevil6723 11 лет назад +30

    I think the question that many are going to ask, though, is "Where's Vaudeville?"
    :-)

    • @cliffgaither
      @cliffgaither 3 года назад

      Not if they're telling those kinds of "jokes".

  • @matthewmolina7970
    @matthewmolina7970 4 года назад

    Loved George Burns telling jokes!

  • @tonyl1483
    @tonyl1483 3 года назад +2

    I remember him, when I was a kid George Burns & Art Carney filmed a movie by my house in Astoria, NY about a bank robbery! Got both their autographs! Totally cool dudes!

    • @ChrisJones-ij3xp
      @ChrisJones-ij3xp Год назад

      Oh yeah! I saw that one on TV as a teen. Going In Style, I think it was called.

  • @napoearth
    @napoearth 11 месяцев назад +17

    That joke is actually pretty deep. Those vaudeville performers' whole act and therefore their means of survival were in their trunk, so it was a serious situation for them.

    • @MrGreencheetah
      @MrGreencheetah 7 месяцев назад +1

      exactly right!!!

    • @BaronMcCausland
      @BaronMcCausland 2 месяца назад +1

      This is true and could be the point of the joke; but, I am not certain that is what this joke is hinged on. I "think" the idea is that the duo with the lost trunk are not considering the "lost mother" as dead; but, literally "lost"; as in "lost her somewhere between Pittsburgh and Albuquerque... hopefully she'll turn-up." It's hard to say.

    • @and1bballers
      @and1bballers 2 месяца назад +1

      @@BaronMcCauslandwow I missed that by a mile I thought the joke was they killed her and she was in the trunk lol

    • @BaronMcCausland
      @BaronMcCausland 2 месяца назад +1

      @@and1bballers Could be, who can really say? While it seems clear the assumption is that the man who would prefer to drink alone "lost" his mother; meaning, that she died. However, it seems the Punch Line of this joke does not solve the ambiguity of the keyword 'Lost" as a one-way reveal, as given by the Ice Skaters who talk about their trunk. Just look at all the possible and different interpretations on this thread - any one of them being as valid as the next. It's a puzzler for sure.

    • @and1bballers
      @and1bballers 2 месяца назад +1

      @@BaronMcCausland a little sumthin for everyone on that one

  • @gj55223
    @gj55223 4 года назад +7

    I think it was George Burns that made this joke: ‘Someone told me my fly was undone. I said forgetting to zip my fly isn’t a problem. It’s forgetting to UNZIP it, that’s a problem 😊

    • @joannaedwards6325
      @joannaedwards6325 3 года назад

      Speaking of penises - - -
      Do you know why the night nurse at the old age home gives all the men Viagra at night?
      KEEPS THEM FROM FALLING OUT OF BED.

  • @MrGrxxx123
    @MrGrxxx123 7 лет назад +1

    love george burns!!a class act 100%

  • @peteturner1944
    @peteturner1944 5 лет назад +1

    One of the greatest!

  • @sleeves1235
    @sleeves1235 4 года назад +3

    I wish i had a dollar for every cigar Mr.. Burns ever smoked. I dont think ive ever seen him without one in his hand.

    • @kaplok
      @kaplok 3 года назад +2

      So at age 90, the interviewer asks George "To what do you owe your long life?"
      Burns replies "I drink 2 scotches and smoke 2 cigars every day".
      The interviewer, perplexed says he had an uncle smoked cigars and drank scotch; died at 40.
      George says: "He didn't do it LONG ENOUGH!"

  • @bronx72a
    @bronx72a 3 года назад +4

    Overheard on a Burns and Allen show on RadioClassics|SiriusXM (channel 148):
    George: Gracie, it says here you spent $10 on ping pong balls.
    Gracie: That's right. I use them instead of moth balls.
    George: What?! Why?
    Gracie: They don't smell up the closet.
    George: But they don't kill moths!
    Gracie: Sure they do. When the moths bite into them, there's no food, so they starve to death.

  • @dickbuelow8968
    @dickbuelow8968 6 лет назад +3

    He and Gracie were the greatest,,,great old show

  • @Khanstant
    @Khanstant 7 лет назад +3

    Wow, I've been watching and listening to old George Burns and Gracie Allen stuff and I didn't realize George Burns was around this late. Pretty cool, wish we had some of them today

    • @JCYoung-ni4cy
      @JCYoung-ni4cy 5 лет назад +1

      He almost made to 100. He used to joke he was booked til then so he couldn't die.

    • @RobertJRoman
      @RobertJRoman 4 года назад

      @@JCYoung-ni4cy
      George Burns was born in January 1896 and he died in March 1996. He was fully 100, not almost.

    • @JCYoung-ni4cy
      @JCYoung-ni4cy 4 года назад

      @@RobertJRoman Silly me. I thought I read somewhere he only made it to 99.

  • @salvandorum
    @salvandorum 5 лет назад +34

    "Knock...knock"......"Who's there?""
    .."To"...."To who?"..
    .."Surely you mean, 'to whom'."

  • @ClassicalLiberalWarrior
    @ClassicalLiberalWarrior 5 лет назад +74

    I used to work at a woman's underwear factory which used live models. It was a really good job. I was pulling down over 50,000 a year!

    • @thinkharder2028
      @thinkharder2028 4 года назад +1

      Pulling down underwear?😆

    • @RJ1999x
      @RJ1999x 4 года назад +4

      Hiooooooo

    • @toddmillar4041
      @toddmillar4041 4 года назад +8

      I had a similar job as a diesel fitter. No trucks to work on. A lady would come into the store I'd check her out go out the back a grab a bra walk back in and say diesel fitter.

    • @peterwhite706
      @peterwhite706 3 года назад

      @@thinkharder2028

    • @peterwhite706
      @peterwhite706 3 года назад

      Hhhhhhhjhhhhhhhhh+hj+

  • @cphillips125
    @cphillips125 2 года назад

    What a cool memory to have, your lucky use a person with a lot of positive energy. I will never forget his quote," it's okay to get older but you don't have to grow old!"

  • @janepatterson6779
    @janepatterson6779 3 года назад +2

    I saw the picture of him and his son walking out of Grace's memorial service...Mr Burns was so broken up a handkerchief covered his face and his son had a hold of his arm guiding him.
    I've often wondered if todays heart surgeons could have helped her problem and extended her life...she was so young to die.

  • @donnie_darkoo
    @donnie_darkoo 3 года назад +6

    "Trust me, it will be funny when I'm an old man"

  • @Latimew
    @Latimew 12 лет назад +9

    I love how it's "Dick Clark Productions", and the symbol is two round circles (almost) with a long stick in the middle.

    • @RIXRADvidz
      @RIXRADvidz 4 года назад

      well, ''dick'' it took 8 years to point that out.

    • @Engenifffo
      @Engenifffo 3 года назад

      It also combines all of the letters in dick clark, while also being a penis.

  • @ROCKSTARCRANE
    @ROCKSTARCRANE 11 лет назад

    It never got any better than this......

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines 12 лет назад +1

    The picture of George, Jack and Bing is from when they performed "Goldie, Fields and Glide" on a 1954 filmed episode of "THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM" (which happened to be produced for Jack by George's company, McCadden Productions), 'Carl'. George talked extensively about Jessel [and his sad fate] in "All My Best Friends", and frequently had him as a guest on George & Gracie's radio show in the '40s.

  • @craisin1
    @craisin1 11 лет назад +2

    Hilarious....George is the best!😂

  • @donaldbenson7384
    @donaldbenson7384 5 лет назад +17

    My favorite Burns joke;
    I walked into my dressing room just as this beautiful girl walked into the dressing room next to me. There was a hole in the wall about two inches around ... I let her look.

    • @timconway7860
      @timconway7860 3 года назад

      I’ve only heard Henny Youngman tell that one.

  • @MrJohnthefarmer
    @MrJohnthefarmer 3 года назад +1

    He was awesome. He made it to 100 but sadly he was unable to do the big 100th birthday bash in Vegas.

  • @betsyr4724
    @betsyr4724 2 года назад

    He was sooo great

  • @GSTR1DR
    @GSTR1DR 10 лет назад +7

    A TRUE KING OF COMEDY!
    WE MISS YOU GEORGE!!

  • @smudge7057
    @smudge7057 6 лет назад +4

    Don't smoke cigars kids, George was 29 years old at the time of filming.

    • @RWBHere
      @RWBHere 4 года назад

      That's funnier.

  • @MasterArchfiend
    @MasterArchfiend 3 года назад +1

    Thank you RUclips algorithm! I love George Burns!

  • @vinny57ish
    @vinny57ish 6 лет назад

    I liked the joke....and it was a typical Burns kind of thing too. God bless all those great classics in heaven telling the big guy jokes up there....

  • @Appleholic1
    @Appleholic1 5 лет назад +92

    "This dyslexic guy walks into a bra....

    • @fordsrule35
      @fordsrule35 4 года назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @RWBHere
      @RWBHere 4 года назад +3

      Chocolate medal awarded to Appleholic1. 🌟
      For once, the comments are funnier than the video.

    • @bythesea4ever2010
      @bythesea4ever2010 3 года назад

      Ha Ha Ha that's funny real funny.

    • @joannaedwards6325
      @joannaedwards6325 3 года назад +1

      Isn't that the rich guy who sold hi soul to Santa?

  • @mopthermopther
    @mopthermopther 4 года назад +7

    George: The paper says Mr Smith died of a self-inflicted wound.
    Gracie: Yes, dear, but self-inflicted by who ?

  • @siano3400
    @siano3400 6 лет назад +1

    luv George burns. should have won Oscar in 1979 movie going in style

  • @johntabler349
    @johntabler349 4 года назад +1

    Love the picture of Gracie

  • @vtechead1
    @vtechead1 4 года назад +3

    Doctor I keep getting ignored ! - Doctor shouts NEXT ! Guy goes to the doctor with a frog stuck to his ear. Doctor asks *how long have you been like this ? * the frog replied - well doctor, it started with a boil on my arse !

  • @LnPPersonified
    @LnPPersonified 4 года назад +22

    Here's one I made up yesterday:
    "Keep the change," the man says.
    "That'll be three fifty," the bartender tells him.
    "I'll have whiskey on the rocks," the man says.
    "What'll you have?" the bartender asks.
    A man with a malfunctioning time machine walks into a bar.

    • @ericw.9907
      @ericw.9907 4 года назад +4

      I'm pretty sure that's funny... but I'm too lazy to think it thru. I'm too lazy to spell 'through' too, so...

    • @CieJe.Alexander
      @CieJe.Alexander 4 года назад +3

      Not bad.😝

    • @Juice0fTheBarley
      @Juice0fTheBarley 4 года назад +2

      Not bad. Not bad.

    • @joshuaposey9878
      @joshuaposey9878 4 года назад +3

      This is funnier than i anticipated

    • @Leadeshipcoach
      @Leadeshipcoach 4 года назад +2

      Pokerface ... nice!🤣

  • @jbailor13
    @jbailor13 11 лет назад +1

    HA! That had me laughing as hard as Mr. Burns' joke.

  • @Wildboy789789
    @Wildboy789789 10 лет назад +1

    WOW that was amazing

    • @francholly5094
      @francholly5094 3 года назад

      All nationalities loved George Burns particularly the Irish who have a great sense of humour and love to have a good laugh.