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Special guest Lou Nova was a championship boxer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Nova
COUPLE #1: Gertrude Bagwell / John Smith
COUPLE #2: Lou "The Cosmic Punch" Nova, boxing champ and Yoga proponent, who recites Shakespeare while standing on his head / Jeanne Snyder, contestant in the ongoing (and bizarre) "Mrs. Housing Development USA" contest
NOTE: The opening and closing are missing from this recording.
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.
Special guest Lou Nova was a championship boxer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Nova
COUPLE #1: Gertrude Bagwell / John Smith
COUPLE #2: Lou "The Cosmic Punch" Nova, boxing champ and Yoga proponent, who recites Shakespeare while standing on his head / Jeanne Snyder, contestant in the ongoing (and bizarre) "Mrs. Housing Development USA" contest
NOTE: The opening and closing are missing from this recording.
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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.")
