I don’t know – there were animal acts in vaudeville? There was a fairly well known one called “Swain’s Rats and Cats.” I assume there were some dog acts, too.
But that dog must be older than George Burns would be.
When you look at the careers of many of the popular comedians who were big in the early days of TV or the early days of movies, it becomes clear than a common pattern is “He was a big TV star, and before that, he was a star on radio, and before that, he was a star in vaudeville.” I have no idea if a riff on this was the intention here, but it made me laugh.
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Not only don’t I know what this means, I also don’t know why he
capitalized “vaudeville”.
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How old is that dog? Vaudeville was dead by the 1930s.
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This is a Miserable dog if there ever was !
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I’m a rescuer, and *I* don’t get it . . . neither do my dogs. Altho they ARE entertaining and funny . . .
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I don’t know – there were animal acts in vaudeville? There was a fairly well known one called “Swain’s Rats and Cats.” I assume there were some dog acts, too.
But that dog must be older than George Burns would be.
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But not older than Jack Benny.
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But he’s only 39.
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The guy is lying. He just trying to use the dog to meet women.
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When you look at the careers of many of the popular comedians who were big in the early days of TV or the early days of movies, it becomes clear than a common pattern is “He was a big TV star, and before that, he was a star on radio, and before that, he was a star in vaudeville.” I have no idea if a riff on this was the intention here, but it made me laugh.
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Swazoo – my thought exactly.
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Hit me after I posted – he used to be made to perform for people by the evil people who owned him but he has been saved?
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