Uploaded October 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Highlight of this show is definitely Velma Zimmerman, amateur country singer, who sings "Mama Don't Allow. . . " with some nutty sound effects incorporated. This, typically, inspires Groucho to spontaneous dancing.
COUPLE #1: Marian Myron / Edward Rademacher, mayor of Calipatria, California (a city located 184 feet below sea level)
COUPLE #2: Bebe Blake, professional songwriter / Jim Moran, publicity man who "sold an ice box to an eskimo"
COUPLE #3: Velma Zimmerman, amateur country singer / Donald Douglas, Jr., vice president of Douglas Aircraft Company (son of company president/founder)
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.
Highlight of this show is definitely Velma Zimmerman, amateur country singer, who sings "Mama Don't Allow. . . " with some nutty sound effects incorporated. This, typically, inspires Groucho to spontaneous dancing.
COUPLE #1: Marian Myron / Edward Rademacher, mayor of Calipatria, California (a city located 184 feet below sea level)
COUPLE #2: Bebe Blake, professional songwriter / Jim Moran, publicity man who "sold an ice box to an eskimo"
COUPLE #3: Velma Zimmerman, amateur country singer / Donald Douglas, Jr., vice president of Douglas Aircraft Company (son of company president/founder)
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Click here to subscribe to the YBYL channel, where you'll find well over a hundred complete episodes you can't find anywhere else, as well as some rare Burns and Allen material that doesn't really belong there:
youtube.com/channel/UCUIbTdEI7D1AMyLATIdKq5w?sub_confirmation=1
New Facebook group for You Bet Your Life! If you've already been sucked into the Facebook vortex, you might as well check it out, right? facebook.com/groups/1643223392577688/?ref=bookmarks
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.
![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.")
