Holes are for diggin' in
Friends are for when you're havin' fun
And the hearts are for when you want to love someone
Dogs are for huggin'
Cats are for puttin' up with
And birds are just for looking at
And heads are for when you have to wear a hat
Dads are for being with
Doin' things and helping mom
Moms are for talkin' to
And tellin' things that you can't tell anyone
Kids are for hearing your father call
Eyes are for seein' when it's dark
And legs are for when you have to run
And the hearts are for when you want to love some
Brothers always take your things
And break your things
And eat your candy
Sisters always tell on you
And they cry alot when they got no reason to
Feet are for puttin' your shoes on
And hair is for lookin' nice in school
And hands are for foldin' when your book is done
And the hearts are for when you want to love someone
• George Burns is one of America's most beloved and venerable entertainers.
• He was born Nathan Birnbaum on January 20, 1896 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
• At eight years old, he began his show business career by forming the Pee Wee Quartet at Rozenzweig's Candy Store.
• He changed his name to George Burns to become half of a dance act duo "Burns" was taken from the Burns Bros.Coal Yard, where he stole pieces of coal as a kid to heat his mother's kitchen.
• George worked dozens of song and dance acts in vaudeville from age 8 to 27.
• He started smoking cigars in his early vaudeville days because he thought it made him look successful.
• George teamed up with actress Gracie Allen in 1922 and the two were married in 1926.
• In 1928, Burns and Allen performed in their first film short, almost by accident because Jack Benny was unavailable. They went on to do 14 shorts and a dozen full length pictures.
• CBS gave them their own radio show in 1933, "The Burns & Allen Show," which ran for 17 years.
• In 1950 their show moved to television and successfully aired for 8 years.
• They filmed their 229th and final episode in 1958. That same year Gracie retired and Burns went solo with the "George Burns Show" on NBC.
• Burns won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role of Al Lewis in the 1975 film "The Sunshine Boys."
• In 1977 he performed his signature role in "Oh God."
• George celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996.
• Gracie Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen was born in San Francisco on Saturday, July 26, 1902.
• At the age of three and a half years old, Gracie made her professional debut as the fourth of the Allen Sisters (which included her sisters Pearl, Hazel, and Bessie).
• Educated at San Francisco's Star of the Sea Convent School, she rejoined her sisters in vaudeville and at the age of 18, joined the Larry Reilly Stock Company, as a dramatic Irish actress.
• While attending secretarial school, she was invited by her roommate to Union Hill, New Jersey to see if she was interested in working with either member of an act that was splitting up. The act was George Burns and Billy Lorraine, and she chose George.
• In 1922, they made their first performance at the Hillstreet Theatre in Newark, New Jersey where they were paid $5 per day. George saw that the audience not only found Gracie's character funny, but they fell in love her, and he did too. He immediately changed the act to give her all the funny lines and played her straight man.They became a hit.
• After working together for three years, George and Gracie were married on January 7, 1926 in Cleveland. Six weeks later, they were playing the famous Palace Theatre in New York. Their act became known as "Dizzy," named for Gracie's character.
• They made their debut in motion pictures in 1929, in the Warner Bros. Vitaphone short "Burns and Allen in Lambchops" which led to 13 more shorts and then to feature films.
• CBS gave them their own weekly radio show that ran for 18 years, from 1932 until 1950. Throughout the years, the show was usually in the Top Ten ratings.
• In October 1950, they moved to television. Their popular series ran 8 years. In 1955, Burns and Allen founded McCadden Corporation, where they produced their series as well as a number of other successful television shows.
• On June 4, 1958, the last episode of "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" was filmed and Gracie retired. Years later, George wrote his best-selling book about her, Gracie: A Love Story, bringing their life story to millions of readers.
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