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 viewer tastes have affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States. Despite this, their influence has still had a major effect on late night television whose late night talk shows and NBC's variety series "Saturday Night Live" (which originally premiered in 1975) have remained popular fixtures of North American television. The live entertainment style known as music hall in the United Kingdom and vaudeville in the United States can be considered a direct predecessor of the "variety show" format. Variety in the UK evolved in theatres and music halls, and later in Working Men's Clubs. British performers who