Editing Lambchops (film) (section)

==Production==
The night that they arrived in [[New York City|New York]] after their first tour of [[England]] with their vaudeville routines, [[George Burns]] and [[Gracie Allen]] attended a party where they were approached by their agent Arthur Lyons, who asked if they would be interested in filming a short for [[Warner Brothers]] the following morning.<ref name="burns">{{cite book|last=Burns|first=George |title=I Love Her, That's Why!|publisher=Simon and Schuster.|year=1955|pages=143}}</ref>  Comedian [[Fred Allen]] was slated to film one of his comedy routines but had come down with the flu, leaving the studio in the lurch. Burns was told that the job paid $1,700, so he said yes on the spot. "I'd never heard of $1,700 in my life, especially for nine minutes' work," Burns quipped.<ref name="burns"/>

When they arrived on the set of the Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn the next morning, Burns was shocked to see his childhood buddy [[Murray Roth]], who was directing. Burns did not believe Roth was in [[show business|showbiz]], let alone a film director, so Roth shouted "Lights!" and the set lights come on. "Off!" he shouted, and the stage went black.<ref name="burns" />  This glimpse of the living room set that they'd be shooting on perplexed Burns due to his familiarity with theatre and street performance. His [[toupée]] was still in his luggage, which he had not had time to pick up from the loading dock following their trip.<ref name="burns" />  To explain why he was wearing a hat, he quickly rewrote the comedy duo's "Lambchops" routine to begin with himself and Gracie coming into the room and looking for the audience.