George Burns: All My Best Friends [Unabridged] [Hardcover]

George Burns (Author), David Fisher (Collaborator)

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From Publishers Weekly

In the spirit of Gracie: A Love Story and Burns's other books, this memoir is funny and touching. Now in his 90s, the veteran comic, writing with freelancer Fisher, describes life in show business from the 1900s onward, recalling how he and his young friends broke into vaudeville and made it to stardom on radio, in films and on TV. The master raconteur invigorates his story with anecdotes about Eddie Cantor, Sophie Tucker, Jolson, Fannie Brice, Jack Benny, the Marx Brothers et al., fellow performers living today only in memory. "Most of what I said is true, the rest is show business," Burns disarmingly admits. In any case, this is a singularly entertaining, personal history. Photos not seen by PW.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons; 1st edition (November 6, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399134832
• ISBN-13: 978-0399134838
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny Man, January 31, 2001

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B. Black "bblack17" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All My Best Friends (General Series) (Paperback)

George Burns is a funny man! This book deserves to be in print. It chronicles his and many other famous comedian's lives, like Al Jolson and Jack Benny. Al in all a great read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the men who invented show business, November 13, 2007

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This review is from: All My Best Friends (Paperback)

This is one of the funniest books I have ever read as well as an informative and authoritative history of American show business and the men who invented it from burlesque to vaudeville, radio, movies and tv.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Old and a Goodie, June 28, 2011

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This review is from: George Burns: All My Best Friends (Hardcover)

Can never get enough of George.......loved the Burns and Allen show........enjoyed reading about the man and his life. He worked with the best entertainers of all time. What a life!