How could you not love Madeline Kahn? And yes, I'm asking the 43 people who gave this video a thumbs down. RIP Madeline, you're still queen of the hill.
I usually don't like women doing Gracie Allen but Madeline Kahn was not only true to the real Gracie Allen but she was very funny. I only wish she had done more of this routine. Madeline Kahn was brilliant.
After Gracie retired, George did their routines with numerous female celebs. As a matter of fact, I never saw this clip and as soon as he introduced Madeline, I knew she would be doing Gracie.
Madeline Kahn......Very underrated actress that died way too soon. Who's with me feeling cheated as far as what she would have done later in her career. Big fan......
They are both so great! I can't imagine any of today's actors pulling off this little act. Also love how Madeline doesn't IMITATE Gracie. She does the jokes in her own style, which makes it all the more special.
love this! plus when i was a kid i had such a mad crush on Madeline! she was the total package.... funny... smart... very good actress... amazing singer... cute yet sensual... and gorgeous when she wanted to be. i love you Madeline... rip
I was enamored with Madeline as a young man. She was quite talented. It is great to see George doing what he was known for. I miss Madeline, John Candy and a few others that were taken so young.
Why not make sure that you are truly saved by Jesus Christ and practice this way. Remorsefully confess with your heart your sins to Jesus Christ who is God and tell Him that you right now are repenting of your sins and you want to be born again of the Spirit from above. Tell Jesus that you are remorsefully sorry for breaking His commandments and that you are begging for forgiveness from Him. Allow His blood from the cross to wash away your sins. After this is done with your heart successfully the Holy Spirit will come to live within you and He will rebuild you from the inside out. Look for signs that you are saved. Things like spreading the good news from Jesus, getting other people saved, a craving for the word of God, reading the Bible, etc… These things are known as a calling and fruit bearing. If you're not bearing fruit then keep doing it. Sometimes it takes time to get saved. Read Matthew chapter 13 from the King James Bible. God bless!!!!!
This delightful type of entertainment vanished so slowly that people hardly noticed its passing. To be replaced by such DRECK! as we have today. Brainless, noncreative crapola. Thank G-d for videos. We can have this forever. Madeline do return to us even if in another life, and fill us all again with your matchless loving presence.
I agree with you 100%. Here's my theory, based in absolutely nothing. I think that nowadays the people making movies and producing network TV shows are using various drugs. This leads them to believe that what they've produced is funny. People who aren't high don't think it's funny at all.
I mostly agree with you, and certainly this video showed not only humour but irreplaceable charm. To avoid the non creative material, there are a handful of British comedians who can be quite good. Do you like Stewart Lee by any chance? He takes a bit of getting used to but is not brainless.
Reuben Hart What passes for funny today is disgraceful. These people were the epitome of talent. Today you're hilarious if you talk sex and use the "F-bomb" every other word. Like everything else in our culture, comedy has declined so far that it's unrecognizable to anyone who had the privilege of growing up when the words "talent" and "artist" truly meant something.
i love love love Madeline. Came here searching for Madeline videos. So don't take it the wrong way when I say this video makes me appreciate just how great Gracie was.
Many fine actresses revisited the Burns & Allen routines with George, and Madeline Kahn's timing was among the best, but simply no one could recreate Gracie's convincingly naïve delivery. Only Gracie Allen had the gift of making us believe that the character she played really believed the utter nonsense she was speaking. Sheer genius.
In times like these, I just find myself smiling and feel good inside watching this. America when it was great and had style and class. Greetings from Copenhagen (Europe)
If I didn't know better, that could have been Gracie herself. Mel Brooks once said that Madeleine Kahn was the finest comedian he had ever worked with.
I am a late to the party fan of hers and just beginning to see her talent. Taken way too soon but the good ones are often gone before their time . God rest your soul.
It's not that this whole routine and "Burns & Allen" routine is funny. It's not side-splitting humor. But it's so witty and so clever, plus it's punctuated with their quick witted repartee and dancing that it's just plain good wholesome entertainment.
My Dad worked at a hotel in Las Vegas for many years and he told me that when George Burns would perform there - often for a month at a time - George Burns always had female company - and they were very young women - in their mid 20's - and during the day George liked to swim in the indoor lap pool and have lunch and the young woman would accompany George -- over the years it was a number of different very young women that would be with George. RIP Dad and George
George could crack Jack up like no other. During the NBC Kraft Musical Hall special roast for Jack (circa 1969-1970), George says "I guess these microphones (on the table) are here in case we want to ad lib?" Johnny Carson (the roastmaster/MC) said "Yes they are" and George replies "All right. I will." Jack loses it.
when i was 8 yrs old. my dad and i stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. My dad was doing an Hertz shoot with OJ Simpson. little did I know when I was swimming at the pool that the great Madeline Kahn watched me for quite a while when my dad had to take care of some business. I clearly recall her sitting by the pool and saying she'd watch me no problem. to see her as an adult and know i was in her sphere at one point is quite amazing.
PurpleStoto I think in this instance it’s not intended to be dirty BUT you are living in a cave of you think the 70s was too early for smut. There are songs from the 1920s about shaving your lovers vagina!
@@bigred8432 Not to mention that Betty Boop film with Louis Armstrong singing: You bought my wife a bottle of Coca Cola So you could play on her Victrola
Mel Brooks thought Madeline Kahn was the finest comedienne who ever lived. He said of her, “Either as a stand-up comedienne, comic actress or anything else, you cannot beat Madeline Kahn”. I think Mel Brooks was spot on!.
She died far too young at 57-love the scene in Young Frankenstein where she is smoking a cigarette after getting it on with Frankenstein's monster (portrayed by Peter Boyle)
Oh both were wonderful actors. I've never seen the Burns and Allen TV Show but I did listen to the best of Burns and Allen radio show as a child and Madeline does a great Allen impersonation. 4:30 is a old joke that they Buns and Allen did for an anniversary show for being on radio for 15 years still good then and now in 2023.
here's a link to a video in which George does almost all the same jokes (not all in the same order, and with a few more) with a different substitute for Gracie.... (frankly, I think Madeline does a better job) th-cam.com/video/TiHoQ9x0G_U/w-d-xo.html
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How could you not love Madeline Kahn? And yes, I'm asking the 43 people who gave this video a thumbs down. RIP Madeline, you're still queen of the hill.
What wait? There were dislikes? inconceivable
The downvotes come from people who are triggered by MAGA.
You can see how thrilled George is with Madeline, it's very much like having Gracie back again. His face says it all.
George wouldn't have performed this routine with just anyone. Says a lot about Madeline Khan.
egeo03 wasn’t she just one the most heavenly and angelic creature on this planet?
Goodness😍
I usually don't like women doing Gracie Allen but Madeline Kahn was not only true to the real Gracie Allen but she was very funny. I only wish she had done more of this routine. Madeline Kahn was brilliant.
@@dennisleecleven3209 I saw George Burns live, and he used Dee Dee Conn (offstage, voice only) doing Gracie Allen.
After Gracie retired, George did their routines with numerous female celebs. As a matter of fact, I never saw this clip and as soon as he introduced Madeline, I knew she would be doing Gracie.
Hard to remember a time when comedy was as classy and clean as this.
I totally agree!
What a delight to laugh and smile about things not meant to hurt others!
Are you familiar with Madeline's work?
@@greatsayain am trying to be. She is always a delight to watch in anything I have seen her do!
@@artistphx I wouldn't describe a lot of her work as clean.
The shtick is as old as the hills, it must have been ancient even in the days of vaudeville, but it is still hilarious with every delivery.
She made the perfect foil!
I actually laughed out loud. I didn’t think I would but I just love these two so much. That routine was genuinely funny too.
@@dreamweaver1603 Really good humour never ages!
R.I.P. George Burns (1896-1996) and Madeline Kahn (1942-1999). Both great entertainers!!!!! One lived to a ripe old age and one died too young!!!!!!
JettBlackheart83 What was that all about??
Well said BayareaGuy06.
They both died too young. Death sucks.
Madeline Kahn......Very underrated actress that died way too soon. Who's with me feeling cheated as far as what she would have done later in her career. Big fan......
I so miss both of them and Gracie.
I can't think of another actress who could have done Gracie so well. Ditsy but not stupid. Thank you.
Madeline Kahn shines so bright!❤
If only she had lived as long as he did. :-(
Twice as long. We got robbed.
She was too young to die😥😥😥😥
I agree, yes. :(
They are both so great! I can't imagine any of today's actors pulling off this little act. Also love how Madeline doesn't IMITATE Gracie. She does the jokes in her own style, which makes it all the more special.
I always loved her voice, very distinctive.
Brilliant! It still has me in stitches, as though I were watching it all those years ago. Madeline certainly brought out the spirit of Gracie.
Madeline Kahn impersonating Marlene Dietrich in Blazing Saddles was hilarious. "A wed woze, how womantic"!
Reuben Hart, itz twoo, itz twoo!
@@inkyguy pardon me ma'am, but you are sucking on my arm.
"I love fard harch."
With the perfect timing, and the elegant dancing, and the gold, red dress and the cigar. What originals.
it's sad that actresses/actors don't treat each other classy these days.
TV merely reflects the way people talk in reality
love this! plus when i was a kid i had such a mad crush on Madeline! she was the total package.... funny... smart... very good actress... amazing singer... cute yet sensual... and gorgeous when she wanted to be. i love you Madeline... rip
Me too! I could only hope to be with a woman half as amazing. Beauty, brains and talent. The trifecta!
Your not the only one to have a crush on her.
KM Zoilus and how!
I was enamored with Madeline as a young man. She was quite talented. It is great to see George doing what he was known for. I miss Madeline, John Candy and a few others that were taken so young.
+MegaBakerdude Those are the two that I miss the most, as well. There are others, but Madeline Kahn and John Candy hurt the most.
I never knew Madeline had been a young man.
@@chrisbcritter6112 LOL.
@@chrisbcritter6112 Very appropriate to the video and you made me smile!
Madeline was never a young man.
"The only girl i know thats got a trained carpet"
That is what they used to call an act.
Why not make sure that you are truly saved by Jesus Christ and practice
this way. Remorsefully confess with your heart your sins to Jesus Christ
who is God and tell Him that you right now are repenting of your sins
and you want to be born again of the Spirit from above. Tell Jesus that
you are remorsefully sorry for breaking His commandments and that you
are begging for forgiveness from Him. Allow His blood from the cross to
wash away your sins. After this is done with your heart successfully the
Holy Spirit will come to live within you and He will rebuild you from
the inside out.
Look for signs that you are saved. Things like
spreading the good news from Jesus, getting other people saved, a
craving for the word of God, reading the Bible, etc… These things are
known as a calling and fruit bearing. If you're not bearing fruit then
keep doing it. Sometimes it takes time to get saved. Read Matthew
chapter 13 from the King James Bible. God bless!!!!!
Bore off
My generation had Madeleine Khan, y'all get Amy Schumer.
I KNOW!!! WTF is she good for? Lena Dunham as well!
To be fair, we also get Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler. And you guys had Whoopi Goldberg.
Just loved her. She died way too soon. Miss you.
She, Gilda Radner, my Mom all from that horrible kind of cancer.
@@artistphx That's terrible. Ovarian cancer is a horrendous disease, actually more common in the childless. I'm really sorry about your mom.
@@RadicalCaveman Thank you for your kind thoughts.
I love the way Madeline says yeeeah, hahaha so adorable💕
That's Madeline imitating Gracie Allen.
She was funny as well as beautiful...RIP Madeline.
This delightful type of entertainment vanished so slowly that people hardly noticed its passing. To be replaced by such DRECK! as we have today. Brainless, noncreative crapola. Thank G-d for videos. We can have this forever. Madeline do return to us even if in another life, and fill us all again with your matchless loving presence.
Unfortunately is old Vaudville which is an art form into itself. It's pretty much died I think.
I agree with you 100%. Here's my theory, based in absolutely nothing. I think that nowadays the people making movies and producing network TV shows are using various drugs. This leads them to believe that what they've produced is funny. People who aren't high don't think it's funny at all.
I mostly agree with you, and certainly this video showed not only humour but irreplaceable charm. To avoid the non creative material, there are a handful of British comedians who can be quite good. Do you like Stewart Lee by any chance? He takes a bit of getting used to but is not brainless.
Reuben Hart What passes for funny today is disgraceful. These people were the epitome of talent. Today you're hilarious if you talk sex and use the "F-bomb" every other word. Like everything else in our culture, comedy has declined so far that it's unrecognizable to anyone who had the privilege of growing up when the words "talent" and "artist" truly meant something.
Madeline is the perfect woman in my mind!
Intelligent, funny and beautiful!
i love love love Madeline. Came here searching for Madeline videos. So don't take it the wrong way when I say this video makes me appreciate just how great Gracie was.
This woman could do anything, and do it brilliantly.
George Did This With Lucille Ball In An Episode Of "The Lucy Show". But Still, Props For Madeline For Remembering All Of That(:
Who would have ever thought Geroge Burns would out live her.😞
George Burns died in 1996, Madeline Kahn died in 1999. Most people don't live to be 100. Rip
Miss Kahn was born to make people laugh...she must have enjoyed her life...their is only one Madeline Kahn she did not miss her calling...
Masterclass in timing
Nothing like the CLASSics
The look on George Burns' face says it all (6:35).
Still missing 'em .. missing 'em both.
Madeline was unique, and ... charming. I think everyone loved her body of work. People remember you when you make them smile!
Madeline is amazing! And it's hard to believe that George was all of 80 years old here!
I thought he was older there. He seemed ancient compared to 80-year old actors today. I loved him so much when I was a kid.
What a heartwarming and hilarious routine! No one is this funny anymore. All the comedians are cynical and swear up a storm.
Many fine actresses revisited the Burns & Allen routines with George, and Madeline Kahn's timing was among the best, but simply no one could recreate Gracie's convincingly naïve delivery. Only Gracie Allen had the gift of making us believe that the character she played really believed the utter nonsense she was speaking.
Sheer genius.
So sad that they are both gone
In times like these, I just find myself smiling and feel good inside watching this. America when it was great and had style and class. Greetings from Copenhagen (Europe)
This woman is the greatest comedic actress I can think of incredible iconic performances in many films.
Madeline Kahn is simply sweet and hilarious. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to an amazing entertainer. She lives on through her works.
"Call her-Rover." So, SO good. I miss these days and miss these true, performers.
There is only one Gracie Allen.
If I didn't know better, that could have been Gracie herself.
Mel Brooks once said that Madeleine Kahn was the finest comedian he had ever worked with.
Classic! Intelligent and funny! I miss them both.
Madeline was a treasure! RIP
R.I.P. George Burns (1896-1996) and Madeline Kahn (1942-1999). Both great entertainers!!!!! One lived to a ripe old age and one died too young!!!!!!
Simply beautiful Madeline x. George Burns legend.
I am a late to the party fan of hers and just beginning to see her talent. Taken way too soon but the good ones are often gone before their time . God rest your soul.
It’s not easy to do that comedy live and she was flawless.
The most brilliant comedy actress ever who's also the best at deadpan comedy since Jack Benny
She does a really great Gracie.
It's not that this whole routine and "Burns & Allen" routine is funny. It's not side-splitting humor. But it's so witty and so clever, plus it's punctuated with their quick witted repartee and dancing that it's just plain good wholesome entertainment.
My Dad worked at a hotel in Las Vegas for many years and he told me that when George Burns would perform there - often for a month at a time - George Burns always had female company - and they were very young women - in their mid 20's - and during the day George liked to swim in the indoor lap pool and have lunch and the young woman would accompany George -- over the years it was a number of different very young women that would be with George. RIP Dad and George
This is one of the best things on all of TH-cam! What a treasure!
sweetly sublime
Two magnificent talents, magnificent.
That was a big deal to play Gracie. I can’t imagine the hours of rehearsals.
If she lived to be 100 like Mr. Burns did, we'd still have her for another 30 years. How much I miss them both on the screens (big and little).
That was absolutely fabulous! I’m still laughing.
He always said Gracie was the talent. Seeing this he wasn't being modest. All he does is a very simple setup.
---Say goodnight Madeline...
---Goodnight Gracie...
The fabulous Kahn wearing a sparkling ‘I Dream of Jeanie’ gown. ..simply lovely!
People seem to forget what a lovely looking woman madaline was
"Say goodnight Gracie" "Goodnight Gracie"
The version with Jack Benny ("Gracie Benny") is a SCREAM!
George could crack Jack up like no other. During the NBC Kraft Musical Hall special roast for Jack (circa 1969-1970), George says "I guess these microphones (on the table) are here in case we want to ad lib?" Johnny Carson (the roastmaster/MC) said "Yes they are" and George replies "All right. I will." Jack loses it.
when i was 8 yrs old. my dad and i stayed at the Beverly Hills Hotel. My dad was doing an Hertz shoot with OJ Simpson. little did I know when I was swimming at the pool that the great Madeline Kahn watched me for quite a while when my dad had to take care of some business. I clearly recall her sitting by the pool and saying she'd watch me no problem. to see her as an adult and know i was in her sphere at one point is quite amazing.
Madeline Kahn was such a funny, smart, beautiful Lady. I miss her laugh.
Mostly classic routine. As talented as she was, Madeline just didn't match Gracie
G’night Madeline, g’night Gracie.
How cool was that!
anyone else think Madeline looks like a young Madonna? Similar facial structure.
I wonder i this brought George back in time. He seemed to have gone right into it, like Gracie was still there.
Madeline was so pretty and so talented. Gone way too soon.
MK was A fine actress, but nobody can follow Gracie!
Loved madaline Khan and marty feldman in young frankenstein and madaline in blazing saddles hillarious
Madeline Kahn is so radiantly gorgeous. In her last year of life, she was still beautiful. RIP sweet Madeline.
Classic! Vaudeville never dies.
How they keep straight faces.. brilliant
Second best Gracie ever
“Trained carpet,” I believe, was a double reference.
I didn't think about it until I read it.
@PurpleStratocaster Don't doubt it at all.
PurpleStoto I think in this instance it’s not intended to be dirty BUT you are living in a cave of you think the 70s was too early for smut. There are songs from the 1920s about shaving your lovers vagina!
@@bigred8432 Not to mention that Betty Boop film with Louis Armstrong singing:
You bought my wife a bottle of Coca Cola
So you could play on her Victrola
Can't get enough of Madeline.
Two great comic legends......RIP Maldeline and George
Binging some Madeline. Haven’t thought of this since the 80’s. Bringing back some great memories. Rip Ms. Kahn
What a great talent, smart, funny, nice looking. Will always be remember as a young woman.
God bless em both. Real entertainers.
Young Frankenstein... "Oh, sweet mystery in life, I think I've found him" "what is you do-do?"
When TV was entertaining....Thanx for this !
Two classics!
Gracie reborn
I have always admired Madelyn . She's greatly missed.
Mel Brooks thought Madeline Kahn was the finest comedienne who ever lived. He said of her, “Either as a stand-up comedienne, comic actress or anything else, you cannot beat Madeline Kahn”. I think Mel Brooks was spot on!.
And us? We have Justin Bieber.
Damn.
Sad
Hey, they had Pat Boone, so there is that.
museack, that is a disputed point of personal taste.
She died far too young at 57-love the scene in Young Frankenstein where she is smoking a cigarette after getting it on with Frankenstein's monster (portrayed by Peter Boyle)
Oh both were wonderful actors. I've never seen the Burns and Allen TV Show but I did listen to the best of Burns and Allen radio show as a child and Madeline does a great Allen impersonation. 4:30 is a old joke that they Buns and Allen did for an anniversary show for being on radio for 15 years still good then and now in 2023.
here's a link to a video in which George does almost all the same jokes (not all in the same order, and with a few more) with a different substitute for Gracie.... (frankly, I think Madeline does a better job) th-cam.com/video/TiHoQ9x0G_U/w-d-xo.html
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George Burns would have loved doing this. Wonderful.