Episodes of you bet your life radio program september 15, 1947 you bet your life, audition episode, secret word air october 5, 1949 you bet your life, secret word chair november 2, 1949 you bet your life, secret word shoe november 9, 1949 you bet your life, secret word ink november 16, 1949 you bet your life, secret word grass. A show so flagrantly perverse in form and content that it makes cop rock look formulabound by comparison, the peculiar hybrid is a panel show in which marx, a real. You bet your life 195061 episode guide compiled by the classic tv archive with contributions by. In its final season on television, the series title was changed from you bet your life to the groucho show. But when a subject chooses mein this case, it was actually groucho marx one of my grandfathers died laughing at you bet your lifethe process of writing itself usually leads the poem afield. You bet your life, the groucho show, the best of groucho. This threedisc you bet your life box set lovingly collects 18 halfhour episodes from the shows run, along with a fascinating assortment of extras, the most bizarre and hypnotic of which is a failed pilot called the plot thickens. Rent bet your life 2004 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. In actually, the show was strictly scripted and was heavily edited. You bet your life february 18, 2015 to be born, to take on a human life, takes on a lot of risks. Speakers there played supermaan, gunsmoke, and you bet your life as we took the long ride back from grandas house. Season 9, episode 9 november 11, 20 in flashbacks, the gang contemplates the future of the love triangle among ted, robin and barney, while lily and robin issue a series of challenges to barney. It was first heard on abc radio in 1947, then on cbs radio in 1949, before it made its way to the television in 1950.
Watching grouchos jokes that were too hot for 1950s tv. The popular sitcoms ninth and final series transpires almost entirely during the wedding weekend of barney neil patrick harris and robin cobie smulders. A female attorney and private eye, who owns and operates a private detective agency, and a misogynistic man, who founded an organization advocating for the domination of women, are among the guests. The lost episodes is a deluxe 3 dvd box that includes 18 episodes, 6 episodes per disc with each episode running 25 minutes, a 20 page booklet with an outstanding essay by groucho expert robert s. One of the largest misconceptions about the original version of you bet your life is was that it was adlib. You bet your life was to me from a young age really a treat. Opinions expressed by forbes contributors are their own. Watch you bet your life season 1, episode 2 episode 1. This story contains elements of extreme violence towards women, as well as torture and gratuitous snuff. When barneys love life is sabotaged by a mystery woman, he turns to tournament bracketology to narrow down who has the most cause to hate his guts. Seven months after you bet your life ended its 11season run at nbc, marx had another. The program was rerun into the 1970s and later in syndication as the best of groucho, making it the first game show to have repeat episodes enter the syndication market. The groucho show was indeed the last season of you bet your life. Watch you bet your life online full episodes of season 7.
You bet your life is an american comedy quiz series that aired on both radio and television. He became a star overnight and went on to a long career in movies and television. In addition to the 18 episodes in the set, many of them never included in the 1961 syndication package, there is a host of showrelated video and audio clips. More was recorded than was needed and then the recordings were edited down to the half hour episodes that were broadcast a few weeks later. It didnt take long for me to devour all the episodes available on netflix, and as i. With over 120 episodes available, new shows will be posted all the time and not the same ones you see over and over on youtube and public domain dvds. Through leaps of faith in life and in love, the three navigate the challenges of adulthood, relationships and diversity, and learn to lean on. Robins aversion to malls piques teds interest as to what secret she is hiding. You bet your life ran from october of 1950 to september of 1961. A location number of 111 indicates i have the show in my collection, but they havent yet been assigned a location number. The surprise success of the radio incarnation of you bet your life assured for groucho that there would be life after the marx brothers, whose film career came to a sad end with 1950s love happy. We dont know what the future will bring, and life doesnt come with a handbook explaining how to use it. Free classic radio shows you bet your life game show.
George watt fenneman november 10, 1919 may 29, 1997 was an american radio and television announcer. Despite not being involved with the quiz show scandals, the shows popularity waned and you bet your life fell out of the top 25. This episode of you bet your life actually an episode of the syndicated version of the series, the best of. Female airplane pilot and future astronaut, jan dietrich. The radio program was sponsored by allen gellman, president of elgin american, maker of watch cases and compacts, during its first two and a half seasons. You bet your life was a 1950s trivia game hosted by groucho marx of the marx brothers. Groucho marx you bet your life unedited these episodes are unedited. There were also 105 episodes that aired exclusively on radio.
The only other change was that the duck was not always used to bring down the secret word. Just another winner, pours his life down the drain just another island in a hurricane just another loser, like a cat in the rain just another day in the path of a speeding train. Wow, i thought i missed the oppertunity to download you bet your life. As a young child we laid on the shelf old cars had under the back windon. This collection of groucho marxs you bet your life quiz shows was obviously prepared with care and affection. The radio program was sponsored by allen gellman, president of elgin american, maker of watch cases and compacts, during its first two and a half. Nielsen also measured the radio version at tenth among radio shows in 1955. Sunday best bet season 9 full episodes bets sunday best. You could a made a straight, a straight flush, or a flush out of it. The program was renamed the groucho show during its last season and has been seen in. If i find they use funds i am definitely going to donate and share with as.
Watch all 24 you bet your life episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. The program staff was bombarded with letters to rerun a repeat broadcast of this episode. Comic book storyline writer and future cartoon voice actor jim macgeorge, and nightclub performer phyllis diller, in her firstever tv appearance, are among the guests. Then, in 1947, groucho was asked to host a new quiz program and you bet your life began a long and successful run, both on radio and television. You bet your life season 5 episode 35 food duration. Better half, vox pop, people are funny, the game show collection, guess who, twenty questions,it pays to.
Fenneman was born in peking now beijing, china, the only child of american parents in the importexport business. Bader, plus loads of rare you bet your life memorabilia and photos. Watch how i met your mother episodes online season 9. Reply marx, groucho julius born in new york city 1021895. A collection of public domain episodes of you bet your life. Two people, not necessarily related to each other, were invited to come on stage. Groucho marxyou bet your lifefunniest contestant youtube.
You bet definition of you bet by the free dictionary. A hydrologist, the 1954 rose queen of pasadena, and the brother of actor aldo ray are among the guests. On television, however, the series continued for another year, debuting in its final season on. This group is devoted to the quiz shows of groucho marx. If youve seen or heard you bet your life first of all, you have no excuse since theyre in the public domain and you can download them for free at the game itself was pretty. You bet your life was a comedy quiz show that aired from 1947 to 1956, with groucho marx as the host and george fenneman as his assistant. You bet your life on dvd legendary comedian groucho marxs tv game show you bet your life is celebrated in a new dvd. Marx would start by interviewing them about their lives and some biographical info. A channel featuring complete episodes of the groucho marxs classic comedy game show you bet your life. You bet your life 189 shows old time radio mp3 format. First on radio and then on tv, groucho marx was the ringleader and chief.
You can find these elsewhere, this was downloaded from arch. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. If i find they use funds i am definitely going to donate and share with as many young people as i can. Gameplay on each episode of you bet your life was generally secondary to grouchos comedic interplay with contestants and often with fenneman. This threedisc set collects a priceless archive of 18 complete and uncut episodes filmed between 1950 and 1960. You bet your life outtakes, with groucho marx video. How i survived jim crow racism, hurricane chasing, and gambling is a thoughtful account of mr.
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The best episodes you bet your life was a quiz show that was more about the host than the quiz. The time god appeared on you bet your life the following is a transcript of you bet your life as it was originally telecast on may 6, 1954 at 8pm, by the national broadcasting company. The host of you bet your life was none other than my grandfather, the one and only groucho marx. On the 150th episode of how i met your mother, lilys overbearing father. You bet your life season 3 episode 22 groucho marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation. Grouchos first guests on the show are christine carson and dan metzer who are two young people who would like to get ma. They would film for an hour and trim it down to a half hour, keeping only the better bits. The odds get even you name the game the odds get even the stakes are the same you bet your life anarchist reactionary runningdog. Listen to 32 episodes of you bet your life for free. Rent bet your life 2004 starring billy zane and sean carrigan on dvd and bluray. This is part one of a reel taken from shows filmed in 19601961. This story is a fantasy, and if you are incapable of distinguishing fantasy from reality, seek professional help, and quit reading stories like this. Gonzalez was working as a handyman at a san antonio, texas television station when he appeared on you bet your life. He was nine months old when his parents moved to san francisco, california.
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