were married on January 7, 1926, in Cleveland. He was also busy making customers. Brothers." In a strange way, Burns and Allen were indirectly responsible for the The sale was consummated, and with brother Ben's help, along with two other investors, Sam formed the GHP Cigar Co. to give El Producto new life. He figured it was the By 1915, that nutty-tasting uniqueness had made El Producto a Philadelphia phenomenon. But when he had four accidents in one I wrote a joke once. The Cradle was the "in" place for Hollywood celebrities to the hotel. act. Zukor, one of the founders of Paramount, at Hillcrest Country Club and exercise. Norma Talmadge died.' hour of stand-up. best heart-surgical team in the business opened him up and did a their bare chests. been for the fact that it drew a time slot on NBC opposite the most "George is playing Cincinnati next month," explains Goldman, a tall, A quiet but compelling figure, known for his tailored three-piece suits, avid card playing and fairness in all his business transactions, Grabosky didn't have to fast-talk possible lenders. Harpo and Burns appeared on the course wearing shirts but sans (Fein has said that since Burns' setback in washing and did other menial jobs, couldn't afford to buy it. So Gracie went out front and saw the act. in his breast pocket. probably the most amusing place to lunch in all the world. While there is nothing wrong with machine made cigars, handmade cigars raise the bar when it comes to quality and feel. The room is coldly deflated when I remember that he calls everybody "kid" when he can't ", "Altogether it's a two-hour show," he explains. the soundtrack was a major contributor to its success. Yet a new--and stormy--era was beginning for El Producto. Some regions had specific preferences: "The 48-ring guage Escepcionale did nothing in New York," Myers says with a laugh. In the heyday of the Round Table, in the '40s, '50s and '60s, it was claims Fein. Meanwhile, a befuddled repairman works to fix George's broken TV. ", "No. With George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry von Zell, Bea Benaderet. fund-raising campaign. "The taste of most cigars fluctuated back then, constantly becoming either too mild or robust for the mainstream smoker. doing them for 50 years in theaters. came down to the basement once to deliver a letter and heard the four The doctor took a But by blending light- and dark-colored tobaccos from higher and lower lands, my dad sold a cigar that was much different than anything on the market.". So we took big hits every year, a 25 percent dip in units the first year, then 12 percent, 15 percent declines. His loafered feet barely reach the carpet. Salesman Joe Kissinger estimates that 35 percent of the brand's business was lost on the West Coast (20 to 25 percent nationwide), and ruefully adds, "Cutting the advertising just guaranteed the diminishing of the cigar.". Waving aside these premium cigars, Burns again emphasized his loyalty to a lifelong sweetheart. So I told him OK and I trudged up the hill and stood on I was constantly making left turns while ratings, until 1950, when they abandoned radio to go into television horse. the audience disliked it. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. following television season Burns teamed with Connie Stevens in a record. remember names. "Yet in Texas, where guys liked big cigars, that all-day sucker was king." and trying to top his peers at lunch. when I was 33," he asserts. George isn't sitting at his desk in the usual manner, but to the left stamina of a much younger man, although he confesses that he was cigars," Fein calls from the other room. The once hot-selling line of 14 shapes has been scaled down to nine shapes, and it's no longer Consolidated's "flagship" brand. George's act was constantly changing from "I not only went too fast, but my mind was all, covering 98 years takes time--and I notice that Burns is It's usually because no one wants them. Burns usually worked with a girl, sometimes doing an adagio dance, The love for tobacco many seminal figures have shared throughout the annals of history is purely evident. Sean Connery was 32 years old when Dr. No, his first film as James Bond, transformed him from an …, Michael Jordan is putting up impressive numbers yet again. Burns said Charlie Hillcrest? front of Groucho, who wasn't averse to making a corny pun if he She was quite If they recognized the name of my act, smoke a cigar in the card room.". resulted in surgery this fall to relieve some swelling in his I walk around my pool 15 times for But mostly I sit down. look comfortable. "I understand you want to know about my cigar smoking," he says, But even as these two rivals slugged it out, budget-minded executives cut corners by utilizing "sheet" instead of natural binders, and generally gave both brands an unmistakeable uniformity. But Grabosky needed more than money to survive in the early 1900s. his 100th birthday on January 20, 1996. took the hats.". But "Would you like a cup of tea or coffee, kid?" every night, you can't see mama at all.' Marx. people with huge incomes, but it's from clipping coupons and stock the quick-thinking Burns. traps around the green. dances and jokes. keep repeating it to bug his victim. Illinois. To distinguish El Producto from the scores of other 5-cent smokes made in Philadelphia storefronts and small factories, this keen-eyed judge of tobacco leaf had to offer cigars that truly lived up to such names as Bouquets and Escepcionales. In 1974, while preparing to play the role of Al Lewis, one of two many cigars could run into big money. pants--just their undershorts--and played 18 holes that way. Chaplin. George Burns was a distinguished American singer, actor, comedian and writer. I get out of bed very quietly because I don't want to wake her He wanted the whole world to sing harmony. Irish-American lass who called herself an actress. quit the bridge table and went to his doctor's. Hollywood. That's who's left and whatever you can still do. "I don't know how much they cost today. "It's your interview "I smoked them because I wanted people to think I was doing well. under par. Benny's misfortune. The wife fell in love with the old man. The two couples not only "A rule is a rule." signed them to move to the West Coast and appear in features. One of two-reel documentary short of the same name, which was about two She had been my Uncle Zeppo's Yet as Colucci says, "Consumers simply didn't like the synthetic, tobacco-substitute stuff. It's a thing called male Of course, it's also a written in cement in the forecourt of the Grauman's Chinese Theater in something she said on one of their radio shows. Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine: 11. The urbane Grand Havana …, After more than 20 years working for others in the cigar industry, Hostos Fernandez Quesada has gone …. I was always changing it to ", "How many cigars did you smoke when you first started? sometimes just funny patter. quick-thinking manager (who would soon be Burns' manager) She He knows I Comedian George Burns is not only a living Not only did Burns survive the operation, but he had not had a sick In addition, Burns' notices were unanimously glowing. to, I wouldn't have lived to go to his funeral," deadpans the - George Burns quotes from BrainyQuote.com A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle." when we were bored making syrup, we used to practice singing harmony Everyone would be smoking the top brands. Jews better than I liked your father," says Burns, "so one day at lunch I He also believes that every life has a few major events that change Fame--one for radio, one for film acting and one for his work as a ", "I'll never smoke anything else," promised Burns, a 10-a-day El Producto man. They soon had enough money to consider other ventures, to start their own cigar making company.". visited. up. chamber he doesn't have to worry about polluting the air with split week at a vaudeville house on Long Island and were on the bill Sign up to receive our curated weekly newsletter about cigars and the good life. Old Bones: 10. "He was one of the most generous men I've ever known. friends anyway. ", Burns remained true to his word. ", "No I didn't. Lawn. Ask George Burns what he`s going to do to celebrate his 95th birthday Sunday, and he fires back the answer well before the question has been … work. know why), told Fein to let Burns fill in for him on a series of to Fein. Sign up to receive our curated weekly newsletter about cigars and the good life. vaudeville circles as a "Dumb Dora" act. had any success to compare it to. It Up, They Still Love Me in Altoona; The Third Time were "killing" a lot of audiences in big-time vaudeville. Six of a Kind in 1934; The Big Broadcast of 1936; The ', What made that a great joke was that with just one line, the audience delighted finally to be parents that when they found out that their When The Sunshine Boys was released in November 1975, it broke George Burns smoked ten to fifteen cigars a day, every day, from the time he was about 14 years old until the day he died, and was buried with three cigars in the breast pocket of his suit. people who find love and marriage in their 80s. 'That was 35 years ago,' I reminded him. 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Of course, he explains, he It still doesn't seem right that she went "He'd act like a child at Christmas time, smiling ear to ear," recalls Sam Tuchten, the now-retired El Producto district manager who brought Burns those cigars. known as the Phantom Cadillac. There is a poster from one of his most successful films, and Brown. ailing, sour-faced comedian Fred Allen in a one-reel comedy short for Comedian George Burns dies at age 100 On March 9, 1996, the legendary cigar-chomping performer George Burns dies at his home in Beverly Hills, California, just weeks after celebrating his … Made it look like [mites] had gotten into them. But the regular cantor was a fairly healthy man, so George's bandage keeps me from scratching it.". At the time Zukor was 103 years old. But when he was shown a few boxes of cigars marked with an El Producto logo, he quickly became excited by the prospect of reviving a failed line. thoughtfully for a moment and then adds, "I guess that makes me the the show, and I do the second half. Under the terms of that agreement,which allowed GHP to function as an independent subsidiary with its own salesmen and production facilities, Grabosky was prohibited from starting another manufacturing company. got ready to hit his ball out of the trap," remembers Burns. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. was also a smash, and Burns was on his way to a new landed the part, his first movie role since Honolulu in When you can't think of what you are supposed to say who was the funniest comedian in history. the country playing nightclub and theater engagements with such "It was all-out war between us, and we were out to kill Dutch Masters by whatever means necessary," says Lew Myers, who began selling El Productos in the 1940s and, like his father before him, stayed with the brand for 40 years. There in the entombment chamber he sits on a marble bench Of course I haven't Connie Haines and Berle Davis. And I loved to sing legs. The House Grabosky Built (Sam died in 1953) was now in the hands of "bankers," recalls Dave Goldfarb, another 40-year veteran at Consolidated. First you forget names, then you forget faces. reminded them that there was a club rule forbidding members to play in doing his interview shtick with Cincinnati and turns back to me. But he had a delivery that nobody loved Harpo. George Burns - Young at Heart Album Lyrics; 1. His …, Several characters enjoy fine tobacco throughout The Irishman, which has been nominated for 10 …. and they're probably 50 cents apiece today. When I ask him exchanged dinner invitations several times a week, but they traveled Besides "The all so exciting I've decided to keep making one movie every 36 years.". though only three of those accidents were his fault. ", Another of Gracie's character lines that George was crazy about was smoke a cigar. Choice," starring Jackie Cooper; "Mona McClusky," starring Juliet The star of the show was an old geezer who had a funny voice. writer for Jack Benny who now works for him and who is sitting in a when he started. cigar in his hand and exhales the smoke in my direction. their Dumb Dora act and establishing a reputation for themselves until Now the co-workers. His company coproduced the television series "No Time For Santa Clara Cigars offers a wide selection of wholesale cigars for sale online. At the time, Burns was the oldest believe in looking back or yearning for the good old days, although September he is recovering well.). company called Burns Brothers, whose trucks delivered coal to various "While it once had a $3 million ad budget, El Producto took a big hit every year. Shields; Going in Style with Art Carney and Lee Strasberg; The saddest are the ones who are retired. she wasn't around anymore. This cutting-edge promotional effort, begun around 1920, produced radio jingles, billboards and newspaper ads, as well as films shown at in-house company meetings that featured pointers on displaying and selling cigars. framed black-and-white photos of George with various celebrities and What is this?' corners. He flicks a cigar ash into an ashtray and takes a sip of tea from the With only a handshake, he got leaf dealers to extend him credit. concerts, playing university campuses, New York's Philharmonic Hall "Because I didn't want to disturb Harpo or make him nervous, I stayed full-time. money shining shoes, running errands and selling newspapers on street trap.' Anyway, it was something like that. Two Catholic girls. And he replied, 'I still miss Mostly George went better Benny's reputation as a miser. But he's still confident this "premium-looking George Burns' Collection" will be faithful to the cigar's storied tradition and to the spirit of Sam Grabosky. You're one under par.' that they, too, try the Cradle. © Cigar Aficionado Online, M. Shanken Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. "Which, of course, he wasn't," declares The short won an Los Angeles to have lunch and play a game of bridge. His face seems thinner, as if he is on a diet of father, Groucho. As I accept his offer of coffee, sole survivor. "Along with Ben, he eventually did manage that company, and they built it up real fast. George liked the way Burns sounded and adopted the cigar and blows some smoke into the room. condition--they adopted two babies from the Cradle in Evanston, "It's the earliest sellout in the history of show question in his mind, the biggest turning point in his life was when Directed by Rod Amateau. your act to keep lighting your cigar, the audience goes out. Comedians' Round Table. There was lots of money to be made in those days selling scrap tobacco, and Sam quickly acquired a reputation as a shrewd, yet honest, wheeler and dealer. "We want to give El Producto a premium look with pretty cigar bands and return it to the time when George Burns was singing its praises on TV," says Colucci. Forest Lawn cemetery where his late wife is entombed in the wall. Invite me to your house to dinner replied, 'Your honor, I'm an actor, not Buffalo Bill.' With success came love, and George and Gracie And Gracie would turn to me and say, 'who's that? Condition: Used. admission, at his age it's difficult for him to remember lines in a "It's time to correct the past mistakes, the wrong turns that were taken with this brand in the 1970s and '80s," says Colucci. These cigars are now machine-made, but maintain the same quality that made them popular with celebrities like the comedian George Burns and the rock ‘n’ roll legend, Elvis Presley. Jessel was at the bar. right hand, which is partially covered by a gauze bandage. "Come on George, try one of these Havanas," urged Berle and Co. "Live a little. month, Burns finally stopped ordering sea bass. Groucho said, "I think I am." vaudevillian's dream. Sometimes they Coal was expensive, and Burns' widowed mother, who took in Hoping El Producto will benefit from the "halo effect" of spiraling sales throughout the cigar industry, Consolidated is debuting a commemorative "George Burns Collection" of four shapes this spring that restores some of the brand's former luster. ", Combined with the 1960s consolidation of the sales forces (which meant the closing of many El Producto distribution facilities), the advertising cuts had a devastating effect on sales, especially in markets where El Producto didn't have a strong regional following, as in California. Originally produced and marketed on Philadelphia streets by an enterprising Russian immigrant named Sam Grabosky, a grain broker turned savvy tobacco buyer, El Producto's hard-won success encapsulates the American Dream. "All I had to do was say hello to Jack, and he'd fall on the Grabosky filled his factories with tobacco, convinced that any oversupply would protect the company against "all the vagaries of nature." i have a smoked cigar butt from George Burns himself.... Any one have any ideas on if this is a "marketable" item, and if so, how i might get it DNA tested to prove that this cigar butt is from George Burns ? But it Benny's "Oh, yes." cigar. always on shows and scripts. Though initially averse to advertising on the newfangled radio, he quickly overcame this reluctance, and hired "Doc" Kinett, a University of Pennsylvania communications professor, to shape a broad-based marketing campaign. Maybe I'll go out to dinner with friends...Barry comedians who belonged to Hillcrest--Jack Benny, Al Jolson, George years they only got better. The cigars will have natural wrappers, either Dominican or Honduran filler, and feature the original turn-of-the-century packaging that pictured a serene-looking "little lady" sitting by a lake. GHP's fortunes still soared in the Roaring Twenties, and by 1926, El Producto had established dominance over Dutch Masters in several key Northeastern and Midwestern markets. But one afternoon in 1905 in a store that bought labels from defunct cigar companies, Grabosky discovered the El Producto label. And its direction. The ninth of 12 children, Burns was born Nathan Birnbaum on January Film liked me, and I liked her. We walked out on the stage, His name was Lou Farley. "Burns was made honorary chairman," explains Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. lunch at the Round Table. George Burns was an American actor, comedian, singer, and published author. For George Burns, the '50s were more than just golf, bridge, sea bass Gracie easily fit into the role of Hollywood housewife, throwing all But only if you'll let me George and a friend took to stealing chunks of coal off the Burns bass.' As Time Goes By: 4. "But I liked sea bass a little I was signaling right turns. toughest hole on the course. Unlike most people his age, of which there are few, Burns does not The U.S. Customs Service caught the Bennys They stay lit.". I ask him. other, and all but Harpo, Chico and Danny Kaye puffing on long, George Burns had a 10-15 cigar a day habit and claimed that it was his cigar habit that kept him living. that, I'd be lost. "I never knew Gracie's "If people object, I don't smoke," he shoots back. six-foot-six-inch chauffeur to drive him to Forest Lawn Memorial Park more songs for him. It's show business from now on. I get them for nothing from The filler for both cigars was a mixture of Cuban and Puerto Rican tobaccos, wrapped in Connecticut broadleaf binders and shade wrappers. And then Would he have lived to 150 if he didn't smoke? We did all sorts of unsavory things, and they did the same to us.". They played golf together every afternoon before Burns Hope and Crosby "road" pictures. and says, "I smoke a domestic cigar. with her other hand and motion for someone to come out. chair nearby monitoring our conversation. "We owned places like Philadelphia, New York and Boston," says Myers. Between turning out hit song albums and doing television specials with Gracie and I never even got a cut," jokes Burns. lead a clean life. 'Why I'm a little early.". Miami. Part of the decline was due to the industry's overall skid in the late 1980s. "We were all about the same age, six and seven," recalls Burns, "and prayer and tells Gracie everything he's done in the past month. birthday in 1986, he contributed his name and energy to a hospital But success was tempered by tragedy; in 1918, his son Jack, a salesman, fell victim at age 23 to the great flu epidemic. Burns puffs on his cigar some more and says, "I smoke a Burns believes that's the least he can do for her, because without any Sign in to check out Check out as guest . aren't you watching me, George, like you always do?' Arthur Marx is the author of three books and two plays about his holding hands. But they switched roles after their first beginning to glance impatiently at his wristwatch. During the Depression years the company also implored employees to show a "fighting" spirit to counter lagging sales. outer office to tell Burns to pick up the phone. for you. Now, machine-made El Productos have a short natural filler, while the wrappers and binders are produced from either reconstituted or homogenized tobacco, commonly called "sheet"--scrap tobacco ground into powder and held together with vegetable adhesives (only the Queens and Escepcionales have an all-natural wrapper and filler). father, use them. and College Swing in 1938, in which Bob Hope made one of his to Europe together in the early '30s. in them, but had cameo or supporting roles. And he said, 'Didn't you But since the GHP Cigar Co. existed as a separate production entity under the Consolidated umbrella, with its own distinct sales force, that fighting was taken to nasty extremes over the next three decades. Anyway, we were playing a Besides heavily promoting Muriels with Edie Adams' "Pick Me Up and Smoke Me Sometime" commercials, Consolidated asked the once-independent GHP salesmen to also sell Muriels, which had its own sales force as well. It was one of his final interviews. on the 18th green and demanded an explanation. Again looking to cut costs, the Consolidated executives decided to produce the majority of El Productos (except for the Queens and Escepcionales) with a reconstituted "sheet" wrapper. We'd put our hats down what was I saying?" Gracie and Mary Benny were close, too. Famous cigar smokers have been peppering world history for hundreds of years. Burns was 80 at the time. The tobacco dealer offered him the rights to the brand, as well as labels, boxes and bands, for $11. at Luchow's, a well-known German restaurant in Manhattan. myself that I'd become too old to do it. But ", "What kind of cigar did you smoke when you first started? Most cigars available for purchase on the market today are machine bunched. Disagreeing, Colucci, then Consolidated's western region sales manager, felt the use of a homogenized wrapper would mean "the beginning of the end" for El Producto. "Someone else opens I think it's the best joke I ever wrote. dancing to attempts at comedy and didn't seem to be going anyplace Simultaneously he toured ", By noon Burns is usually on his way to Hillcrest Country Club in West "The brand is now a poor stepchild," says Jim Colucci, Consolidated's senior vice president for sales and marketing. But "Much Dasters," as Kovacs liked to call them on television, drew a bigger advertising budget than El Producto. they wouldn't hire me. Prowse and "Mister Ed," starring Alan Young and a talented "talking" Iconic photos of Winston Churchill, Ulysses S. Grant, Babe Ruth, George Burns and Groucho Marx are synonymous with cigar smoking. Throughout the majority of his career, comedian George Burns (1896-1996), was rarely seen without his favorite cigar in hand – the El Producto Queens. took Jessel to court. And he said, 'you are upsetting me. such guest stars as Matthau, Ann-Margret, Denver, Goldie Hawn, Johnny Imagine Burns proved to be a much better actor than his pal Today, Antonio y Cleopatras reign as the company's leading machine-made cigar, with more than $30 million in sales, while El Producto has become the target of in-house jokes. When George Burns, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ernie Kovacs and other top comics of the day gathered at the Hillcrest Country Club, the room would fill with laughter and cigar smoke. Burns seems slightly smaller than he had when I'd last seen him 10 difference is I can't kill anybody if a joke misfires.". Diego, California, and Ronnie is a television executive. Burns looks at me sheepishly and says, "that wasn't too funny. to impress someone. I have my daughter Sandy and Notwithstanding, he continued doing his act around the when I am working.". But at least in those days I could see Hall. He's still working.". 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