Walking the Baby

"Walking the Baby" is a typical Paramount short by George Burns and Gracie Allen. For some, this is a good thing. For me, it's not as I have found most of these shorts to be so similar that you cannot even remember which ones you've seen!

In this case, George plays a trash collector and Gracie a nurse taking care of a baby (heaven forbid!). He tries to pick her up and she ends up doing her usual idiot spiel. Nothing new or innovative here.

George Burns is a street sweeper in this short. Gracie Allen is a nurse walking a baby. It takes about half of the movie in various bits and gags before Gracie begins one of her monologues about her brother, so tht means that's about four minutes of top notch material in this short comedy, derived from their stage routine "Dizzy.'

Burns once remarked that he had theeasiest jb in the world: all he did was say "What's the latest from your brother?" and smoke a cigar. He was also kept busy as a straght man helping his partner keep the pacing right, working on productions, and so forth, but once they get past the irrelevant absurdities with George Clute, it's Gracie talking about her brother. It's an act that was successful on stage, radio, and television for. 38 years. She's still funny.