The opening-night crowd has stood in line for hours for these $30 seats and now, half way into the 10 o`clock show, they`re happily, noisily knocking back their two-drink minimum. The opening act ...

When Burns was well into his 90s, he would ask Jacobs to get him a drink during their stage act, then assist the younger Jacobs back to his seat. Burns died in 1996 at age 100.