Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
An interesting moment during the interview with couple #3: the rare contestant who is shown purposely trying to guess the secret word, by reciting a bunch of ones that had been commonly used. It doesn't work.
Strangely, Groucho is wearing a Windsor knot neck tie, not the bow tie he usually wore. Perhaps this was related to the bit with the pickpocket?
COUPLE #1: Dr. Giovanni, world's greatest pickpocket / Mentor Klein, who works in a book store
COUPLE #2: Clarence A. Shoop, a highly decorated air force general married to actress Julie Bishop / Edythe Marsh
COUPLE #3: Arne & Agi Waldenstrom, a Swedish diplomat and his wife (the woman who tries to guess the secret word).
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.
An interesting moment during the interview with couple #3: the rare contestant who is shown purposely trying to guess the secret word, by reciting a bunch of ones that had been commonly used. It doesn't work.
Strangely, Groucho is wearing a Windsor knot neck tie, not the bow tie he usually wore. Perhaps this was related to the bit with the pickpocket?
COUPLE #1: Dr. Giovanni, world's greatest pickpocket / Mentor Klein, who works in a book store
COUPLE #2: Clarence A. Shoop, a highly decorated air force general married to actress Julie Bishop / Edythe Marsh
COUPLE #3: Arne & Agi Waldenstrom, a Swedish diplomat and his wife (the woman who tries to guess the secret word).
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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 #6 - Gracie applies for a drivers license [clip].mpg](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XP-OO6YEHkM/mqdefault.jpg "Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #6 - Gracie applies for a drivers license [clip].mpg
An absolutely classic scene: Gracie applies for a new drivers license and encounters a nasty DMV clerk. Wonderful for many reasons, among them, displaying how impossible it was for anyone to ever make Gracie feel insulted. The bit with card over the eye always cracks me up.")
![Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #4 - Gracie becomes a magicians assistant [clip]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3f4nExKMcc/mqdefault.jpg "Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #4 - Gracie becomes a magicians assistant [clip]
One of the funniest scenes Gracie ever did is when she destroys the act of Mendoza the Great, the magician shes been hired to assist. The lead up makes it all the funnier, so Ive included it as well.
Note that the video quality changes drastically at 2:03 for about 30 seconds. This is due to my having spliced in material from an old recording to cover a bit thats been deleted from current reruns.")
![Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #1 - Gracie gets serious (rare dramatic moment) [clip]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_aRMWtwfeV8/mqdefault.jpg "Burns and Allen - Classic Scenes #1 - Gracie gets serious (rare dramatic moment) [clip]
Heres a great scene from season 6, episode 28 of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (April 9, 1956). In this episode, George is staging a vaudeville show to raise funds for son Ronnies dramatic school, when one of the young performers, Dianne, decides that comedy is beneath her and refuses to appear. Its up to Gracie to convince her the show must go on.
This is an exceptional scene, as theres scarcely another moment in Gracies entire career where she plays anything outside of her usual dizzy character, let alone delivers a full blown dramatic speech.")
