an old vaudeville team of willy clark ( walter matthau ) and al lewis ( george burn ) be one of the best know but they break up hat each other . over 20 year later they agree to get together for a tv special . but find out they still hate each other . willy nephew or agent ( richard benjamin ) try to get them to work together . a big hit in it day and it win george burn an oscar for best support actor . i ( somewhat ) like it . it be write by neil simon so it non stop one liner . some of it be funny but make joke of willy and al senility be not . also i never like matthau . i never think he be a good actor and something about him just rub me the wrong way . also his character here be so caustic you get sick of him quickly . all that aside this be fun . burn be just great toss off one liner with ease and even matthau be good matching him . their verbal battle be the best sequence in the movie . also benjamin be very good a willy nephew try to get the two of them to work with each other . for me it worth see for burn alone . this jump start his career in a big way and two year later he have another hit with oh god . so and this be good . just good not great . matthau character really make this hard to love . i give it a 7 .