Uploaded April 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This rare clip is both a real treat for Groucho fans, and totally baffling at the same time. As many Groucho fans are aware, he took his guitar playing very seriously, despite never making it much a part of his act. Oh, there are snippets here and there in his films, but not a lot. Here, though, he accompanies himself through a straight rendition of an entire song, Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano".
Only Groucho would have Liberace as a guest on his program and, rather than have him actually play, just make him stand there smiling his Liberace smile while Groucho serenades him with a song about pianos played on a guitar. Liberace is his typical very gracious self about the whole thing, but you've got to wonder if he knew this was coming!
Complete show: youtube.com/watch?v=DAnrzg2aI3U
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This rare clip is both a real treat for Groucho fans, and totally baffling at the same time. As many Groucho fans are aware, he took his guitar playing very seriously, despite never making it much a part of his act. Oh, there are snippets here and there in his films, but not a lot. Here, though, he accompanies himself through a straight rendition of an entire song, Irving Berlin's "I Love a Piano".
Only Groucho would have Liberace as a guest on his program and, rather than have him actually play, just make him stand there smiling his Liberace smile while Groucho serenades him with a song about pianos played on a guitar. Liberace is his typical very gracious self about the whole thing, but you've got to wonder if he knew this was coming!
Complete show: youtube.com/watch?v=DAnrzg2aI3U
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:
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![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.")
