Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 220 pages; Description: 220 p. : ill. , ports. ; 22 cm. Subjects: American wit and humor. Burns, George (1896-1996) --Wit. 1 Kg.

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Title: Dear George : Advice & Answers from America's Leading Expert on Everything from a to B
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0399131051
ISBN 13: 9780399131059
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Weight: 1 kilogram

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The movie star and comedian answers a variety of questions and offers comic personal advice and practical solutions, as well as a generous selection of anecdotes from his show business career

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The public's enthusiasm for Burns continues unflagged, and this book should be as successful as his How to Live to Be 100or More and Dr. Burns' Prescription for Happiness. But relatively few of the jokes are funny. Using the device of letters ostensibly sent by readers requesting his wisdom, the comedian comments on sex, old age, sex in old age, sex with young people in old age. There are stories about great vaudevilleans, some amusing, some merely sentimental tributes. Burns has an appealingly informal style: if he can't fit an anecdote into his response he simply appends an aside to the reader, which lends the book some of the rhythm of a stand-up act. But one misses his wonderful vocal delivery, which during his long career has undoubtedly saved many jokes no better than most of these. Photos. 200,000 first printing; BOMC alternate. October
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