![Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #3 - Gracie humiliates George at gin rummy [clip] @grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wuyZ0FlNnjw/sddefault.jpg)
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An absolutely classic bit from The Burns & Allen Show, Season 4 Episode 38 (Aug 9, 1954). Gracie thoroughly humbles George at gin rummy after he clobbers Harry Von Zell in a game. One of my all time favorite routines from the entire series, this is a great example of how the universe always seemed to bend in Gracie's favor, as if she were virtually a force of nature.
An absolutely classic bit from The Burns & Allen Show, Season 4 Episode 38 (Aug 9, 1954). Gracie thoroughly humbles George at gin rummy after he clobbers Harry Von Zell in a game. One of my all time favorite routines from the entire series, this is a great example of how the universe always seemed to bend in Gracie's favor, as if she were virtually a force of nature.
![Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #3 - Gracie humiliates George at gin rummy [clip]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wuyZ0FlNnjw/mqdefault.jpg "Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #3 - Gracie humiliates George at gin rummy [clip]
An absolutely classic bit from The Burns & Allen Show, Season 4 Episode 38 (Aug 9, 1954). Gracie thoroughly humbles George at gin rummy after he clobbers Harry Von Zell in a game. One of my all time favorite routines from the entire series, this is a great example of how the universe always seemed to bend in Gracies favor, as if she were virtually a force of nature.")
![You Bet Your Life #54-11 Groucho does modern dance (Secret word Table, Nov 25, 1954) [partial]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zBuhiDjJVFo/mqdefault.jpg "You Bet Your Life #54-11 Groucho does modern dance (Secret word Table, Nov 25, 1954) [partial]
Note: The first half of this program is missing, but the highlight here is too good to not post the fragment: Groucho hilariously joins in on a modern dance demonstration by one of the contestants, @ 8:00. Its like seeing Groucho briefly overtaken by the old spirit of Captain Spaulding himself.
COUPLE #1 [missing]: Howard Lindenmeyer / Ellen Waring
COUPLE #2: Game warden / Mrs. Howard Owens, house mother for college boys
COUPLE #3: Ivan Kirov, dance instructor, who does the above-mentioned dance demonstration / Barbara Tominson, adagio artist at Muscle Beach
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Episode identification and basic description based on Tell em Groucho Sent You, © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.")
