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04-03-2006, 08:12 PM
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I loved the "double routines" they did...
at the end of the show, starting with the third season on film (fourth season altogether). This would be just the two of them in front of a curtain, delivering a brief routine recreated from their vaudeville days...or new material
[i.e. Gracie talking about her many Allen relatives- "Death Valley Allen", for one]. Later, they got a little more elaborate, and performed in front of a special curtain with the names of the vaudeville circuits and theaters they had performed in...very charming segments, and you get the sense of how well they worked together as a team!! One line that sounds like a "wheeze" if anyone else delivered it, but sparkled when Gracie told it, was when her Uncle Harvey was a plumber's helper, and the plumber was telling him EXACTLY what to do... GRACIE: ...so he said, "Now when I nod my head, you hit it with this hammer". GEORGE: [after a slight pause] So? GRACIE: So, the plumber did, and Uncle Harvey did! GEORGE: And now Uncle Harvey dosn't work for the plumber anymore. GRACIE: There IS no plumber anymore! 
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