Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 31 minutes ago
Remarkable-- try to ignore the audience laughter when Chief Cochise enters. Some of Groucho's jokes are even more uncomfortable to watch, e.g., referring to Chief Cochise as a foreigner (ouch!) Clearly no malice is meant by Groucho, who was usually much more enlightened in other race matters. At least Chief Cochise gets a word in about trying to recover lands taken from his people.
Oh, and also, there's some more great dancing by Groucho at 18:00.
COUPLE #1: Frankie Macaulay / Chief Cochise
COUPLE #2: Jen Jackson / Larry Bohner
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.
Remarkable-- try to ignore the audience laughter when Chief Cochise enters. Some of Groucho's jokes are even more uncomfortable to watch, e.g., referring to Chief Cochise as a foreigner (ouch!) Clearly no malice is meant by Groucho, who was usually much more enlightened in other race matters. At least Chief Cochise gets a word in about trying to recover lands taken from his people.
Oh, and also, there's some more great dancing by Groucho at 18:00.
COUPLE #1: Frankie Macaulay / Chief Cochise
COUPLE #2: Jen Jackson / Larry Bohner
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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.









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