in one of neil simon best play . creaky and cranky ex vaudeville star play by walter matthau and george burn be team up for a tv comedy special . the problem be they haven not even see each other in over a decade . full of zippy one liner and inside showbiz joke and this story fly along with a steady stream of humor . good work also by richard benjamin a the harried nephew and rosetta lenoire a the nurse and and howard hesseman a the tv commercial director . steve allen and phyllis diller appear a themselves . trivia note represent the opening montage contain footage from hollywood revue of 1929 and show marie dressler and bessie love and polly moran and cliff edward and charles king and gus edward and and the singing brox sister .