Frank Gorshin Gorshin portrayed comedian George Burns on Broadway in the one-man show "Say Goodnight, Gracie" (2002), which was nominated for a 2003 Tony Award for best play and was reunited with several of his "Batman" colleagues in the television movie "", in which he appeared as himself. Gorshin died on the day of the telefilm's DVD release. He played the strict legendary Harvard Law School Professor, John H. Keynes, in the Korean drama "Love Story in Harvard" (2004), and voiced villain Hugo Strange in three 2005 episodes of "The Batman" animated series. He also voiced the characters Marius and Lysander in
Variety show of new variety shows with rural appeal: "The Johnny Cash Show" (1969-1971), "The Jim Nabors Hour" (1969-1971), "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" (1969-1972) and "Hee Haw" (1969-1992). Entertainers with less successful variety shows in the 1960s include Judy Garland and Sammy Davis Jr. In 1970 and 1971, the American TV networks, CBS especially, conducted the so-called "rural purge", in which shows that appealed to more rural and older audiences were cancelled as part of a greater focus on appealing to wealthier demographics. Many variety shows, including long-running ones, were cancelled as part of this "purge," with a few shows (such