Uploaded April 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Groucho meets Dr. Giovanni, the world's greatest pickpocket, who gives a brief demonstration of his talents-- shades of Harpo's playful pickpocketing of Groucho and Oscar Shaw in "The Cocoanuts". I kept waiting for Dr. Giovanni to steal Groucho's necktie (why else wasn't he wearing his standard issue bow tie?), but it never happens.
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Groucho meets Dr. Giovanni, the world's greatest pickpocket, who gives a brief demonstration of his talents-- shades of Harpo's playful pickpocketing of Groucho and Oscar Shaw in "The Cocoanuts". I kept waiting for Dr. Giovanni to steal Groucho's necktie (why else wasn't he wearing his standard issue bow tie?), but it never happens.
Complete show: youtube.com/watch?v=WGIDBjOuVmc
More great clips: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHaioNpr_GDbDCk-9VD2aTm_j4Qxm01eb
Click here to subscribe to the YBYL channel, where you'll find well over a hundred complete episodes you can't find anywhere else:
youtube.com/channel/UCUIbTdEI7D1AMyLATIdKq5w?sub_confirmation=1



![Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #7 - Gracie thinks Von Zell is flirting [clip]
George has agreed to take care of neighbor Chester Vanderlips talking parakeet, which Gracie mistakes for an anniversary present. This whole episode is a classic. Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #7 - Gracie thinks Von Zell is flirting [clip]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i7sl4l-ij0g/mqdefault.jpg)




![Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #9 - Say Goodnight, Gracie: 8 Years in 8 Minutes
Here is a collection of many, many brief snippets from the closings of the Burns and Allen TV show. This is where George supposedly said Say Goodnight, Gracie, and Gracie would answer Goodnight, Gracie. Well, that never happened, and George is on record multiple times saying it never happened.
But now we dont have to rely on just his memory, because Ive personally gone through the closing of (virtually) every show and can confirm that it never happened. Full disclosure: I dont have *all* the closings of *all* the episodes Im still missing a few shows, and some shows that i do have a copy of are missing the closings, but out of 291 total episodes, Ive easily checked at least 250 closings.
But theres another myth Im out to debunk with this video, and Ill hand out a free Perfecto Royale cigar to the first person in the comments to figure out why. Hint: it has to do with Georges part of the misquote exchange above.
If you cant figure it out, check out the sequel video (its short):
http://youtu.be/2hNqmuTvbik
[NOTE: If youre wondering why this is appearing on the You Bet Your Life channel, its due to account problems Ive been having on the channel this really belongs on. Sorry for any confusion.] Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #9 - Say Goodnight, Gracie: 8 Years in 8 Minutes](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k877AgQR0Ws/mqdefault.jpg)

