I remember watching this show as a kid. I dont think it ran very long as a variety show however it was very clever and funny. One of the skits my father and I would laugh over was of Schreiber as "Mr. Balloony". He played a human balloon being interviewed by Burns. Looking back I would describe the show as being a cross between Laugh-in and the classic Bob & Ray show.

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I remember a regular bit on their show was Jack Burns driving a taxi and Avery Schrieber as his passenger. Burns would start yakkin' about something like, "On the way to Yankee Stadium, I ran into a lotta traffic, yuh know?" Avery would then respond with "Yeah. " Burns again would repeat the "Huh?" Avery, "Yeah, " Burns again with "Huh?", and finally Avery would finally say, "Yeah, lotta traffic. " And Burns would end it with "Yeah, " and continue in the same vein. I thought it was one of the funniest comedy routines of all-time along with Abbot and Costello's "Who's On First. " My son is autistic and doesn't speak much, but he can respond to me when I play Burns' role in the taxi and it just cracks him up. It's one of the ways we connect - so thank you Jack and Avery.

--Bob

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The taxi routine was one of the funniest things I ever saw on television. Burns' "Huh. . . Huh. . . " was sooo funny. It was a standing joke and routine at our house for years.

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