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Feb 15, 1983 · Say Goodnight, Gracie: Directed by Patterson Denny, Austin Pendleton. With Jeff Perry, John Malkovich, Joan Allen, Francis Guinan. A portrait of a generation at a turning point in 1976: With plans to attend their high school reunion, five members of the first Television Generation gather in an East Village, NYC, apartment where they discuss ...
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- 1983-02-15
It is the third-longest-running solo show in Broadway history. Frank Gorshin starred as Burns, and Didi Conn provided the pre-recorded voice of Allen. Holmes was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play and Gorshin was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
I DO NOT OWN COPYRIGHT MATERIAL. Directed by Austin Pendlelton , Playwright : Ralph Pape. Starring THE STEPPENWOLF THEATRE ANSEMBLE: John Malkovich , Joan Al...
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Say Goodnight, Gracie (TV Movie 1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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This was coined as the sign-off at the end of George Burns' shows with his wife Gracie Allen in 1958.
Burns ended the shows with '\"Say goodnight, Gracie' and Allen replied 'Goodnight'. The popular legend that she replied with 'Goodnight, Gracie' isn't correct. This imagined reply may be influenced by the fact that it is a rather obvious comic reply which could well have been used and by the similar ending to Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, which ende...
Corbett has since explained that Barker chose that reply as he didn't like to speak directly to the audience and preferred at all times to speak only in character, never as himself.
Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen. They worked together as a successful comedy team that entertained vaudeville, film, radio, and television audiences for over forty years. The duo met in 1922 and married in 1926.
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Will & Grace: Say Goodnight Gracie (TV Movie 2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
