George's "last hurrah," as he might have offered us on his one-hundredth birthday, is a guided tour through an American century by a man who savored each day. It takes us from his impoverished youth on the Lower East Side of New York City to his career in vaudeville; his wooing of and unlikely marriage to Gracie Allen; their rise to success on stage, screen, radio and TV; her tragically youthful demise; and finally, George's "second time around" as a solo raconteur and Academy Award-winning actor.