Beautiful, adorable Gracie Allen! If only more people were as "crazy" as the characters she plays, the world would be a better place. It doesn't matter what's going on, she always sees the best in everything, and if it's not the best, she's got the best answer for everything. She's just the best! And gosh, but I love her voice!
Yes, she can be a little much to handle, but by the end, you just got to love her. Even George, who was forced to marry her in this movie, summed it up when he said "Gracie, you'll be the death of me! I don't know what to do with you! Then again, I don't know what I do without you!" And that's the beauty of Gracie and her screen persona, she's just so lovable, no matter how annoying, she's just so gosh darn adorable!
And let's face it, being too smart is really what is the death of us all. If we would all just live in a little more blissful ignorance, like Gracie Allen does on the screen, we would all be so much happier! Ignorance truly is bliss, but not only that, I think that it would make us better people, not just happier, but nicer. The more we know, the angrier we get, the more we act to lash out at people, etc. Ignorance is the answer to world peace. The smartest people can be some of the meanest. But the opposite is also true. Think about it. Or, better yet, think a little less, and be a little more like Gracie!
I love you, Gracie Allen! And George Burns, you weren't so bad yourself! My favorite showbiz Couple ever! They just make me feel good! The energy that they have together - not sexy, but rather sweet, innocent, and wholesome - but never drab, never boring, and not unromantic either. They have this wonderful oneness to them - a oneness that exudes family and unconditional love, and they exude this all while being so briskly funny and light. This is the kind of relationship I dream of! They just make me pleased and rather proud to be part of humanity, because they are two of my favorite humans! Gosh, I love them! How many more ways can I say it? I can never say it enough to express just how much I adore them!
Oh, and I just realized tonight that Gracie Allen was born in 1895, which is basically my girl Joan Jett's birth year scrambled, as she was born in 1958. Moreover, this film was sold to Universal for television distribution in 1958 too, so little Joanie in her bassinet might have seen this on the TV! Plus Gracie's sister in this movie is played by a Joan, i.e. Joan Marsh. And everything comes full circle!
