@PerryMcK- George Burns seemed to me to be the real deal in the short time I knew him. I was a principle extra(back when I was young and handsome,okay, back when I was young) in the old film version of "Sargeant Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club". Mr. Burns was easily approachable, freely gave his autograph to fans, and would stop and talk to the extras in between shots. He never gave off the air-"I'm a show-business legend, stand-back!", the Bee-Gees on the other hand...They didn't need bodyguards, they had an impenetrable force-barrier.