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textDisplay: I still love George and Gracie after all these years

authorDisplayName: RickLeeAbrams


textDisplay: This is such a funny skit....Gracie and Bea are two of my favorite actresses.


textDisplay: Although a nonsensical made up card game Gracie understood it! Gracie was indeed greatest sitcom comedienne ever, a true comedic genius! ☺


textDisplay: This was from the very first live episode of the series on October 12, 1950. The routine was based on a real-life card game George's friend and fellow vaudevillian Benny Rubin invented, called "Panocchi", which George and his friends often played during their vaudeville tours...

authorDisplayName: Barry I. Grauman


textDisplay: Hahah, so funny! Thanks for posting!

textOriginal: Hahah, so funny! Thanks for posting!

authorDisplayName: Karin Pluss


textDisplay: I love this show. They don't make shows, like this, anymore.

authorDisplayName: Daniella Pawl


textDisplay:
George: "Gracie, do you know how to play Kleebob?"
Gracie: "Yes. It's just like Mogul."
George: "Mogul? What is Mogul?"
Gracie: "Well, don't you remember last week, when you wanted to go to the ball game? You taught me how to play Mogul. Where do you want to go tonight, dear?"

authorDisplayName: Vintage Doll 1926


textDisplay: Gracie A Love Story--one of the funniest books ever written

authorDisplayName: theeasybeats


textDisplay: This is freaking great

textOriginal: This is freaking great

authorDisplayName: boitahaki


textDisplay: Hal appeared as "Harry Morton" in the first seven episodes of the series [October 1950- January 1951]. He decided to leave the show after production moved from New York to Hollywood [John Brown replaced him for six months, then Fred Clark (through 1953), and Larry Keating became the final "Harry" in the fall of '53]. However, Hal sometimes appeared in the occcasional role of "Casey", Harry's real estate partner, during the remainder of the live series, and a filmed appearance in season three...


textDisplay: And nobody will ever be able to put the unique spin on a song that George Burns did. Bad in a most hilarious way.


textDisplay: This was so cornball even in its day that it was over-the-top funny. And there's no way it could ever be repeated, because there's never been, nor will be, another Gracie.

authorDisplayName: moproducer


textDisplay: Incidentally, this "Kleebob" card game routine was repeated- on film- in the January 25, 1954 episode "Gracie Discovers George's Secret Weakness", with Harry Von Zell sitting in for Hal March.


textDisplay: Saw this for the 1st time today---too much!.........Once on the TV show "Taxi," the gang played some nonsense card game that I think they learned from Latka, and certain nonsense words were used as card terms (ISTR Alex saying, "I got a full flerm.") I wonder if the Taxi skit is homage to this.


textDisplay: At 2:42 you can see the shadow of the boom microphone  on the wall. It's interesting to see Hal March as Harry Morton. I always thought he was a pretty good comedian, but he's more famous for his one gig as a game show host ($64,0000 Question).

authorDisplayName: RRaquello


textDisplay: And one of the most romantic ever written.

authorDisplayName: Ted Hobgood


textDisplay: I wonder if a real game ever got made out of this.  Actually, i don't want to know.

authorDisplayName: Gordon Chin


textDisplay: Hey! I'm still tryoing to find out if "I'll Be Waiting For You, Bill, When You Come Back From San Juan Hill" was ever a real song. So far the answer is prob'ly not!


textDisplay: I heard that John Brown was dropped from the series when he was one of many people in the entertainment industry who was blacklisted by Joe McCarthy.


textDisplay: kleebob also showed up in a later episode with a different Harry,...von zell, not morton.  anybody know what episode that was?


textDisplay: Brown wasn't blacklisted until the fall of 1952, 'WytZox'. Until then, he continued to appear on radio, TV, and movies {i.e. "I LOVE LUCY", "The Moustache", March 17, 1952}.


textDisplay: The Spinning Jack!

textOriginal: The Spinning Jack!

authorDisplayName: Peter Gado

textDisplay: Revolving Queen ... 3,600 points.

textOriginal: Revolving Queen ... 3,600 points.

authorDisplayName: Joshua Sophy


textDisplay: Reminds me of mornington crescent.

textOriginal: Reminds me of mornington crescent.

authorDisplayName: Paul Schultes


textDisplay: Isn't this from the first episode of the series ?

authorDisplayName: DJ Dee


textDisplay: Did George B ever sing the song....I'll be waiting for you Bill?   If so then it is a real song.  Maybe you are asking if it was a recording released by a record company?

authorDisplayName: stevations

textDisplay: Although frequently mentioned in his monologues I find no lyrics or any youtube performance of I'll Be Waiting For You, Bill, When You Come Back From San Juan Hill via googling. I suspect it was merely a made up song title George invented to use in his monologues! ☺


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