Broadcast date Novemfilmed September, 1958 secret word: money episode #58-07 guest: organ grinder and monkey.

Broadcast date Apfilmed March, 1957 secret word: roof episode #56-31 guest: gal who makes Fenneman blush.

Broadcast date Novemfilmed Septemsecret word: street episode #55-07 guest: Edouard Cournand.

Broadcast date Apfilmed Februsecret word: voice episode #54-30 guest: Boots Bootzin.

Broadcast date Mafilmed Janusecret word: money episode #54-25 guest: Joe Louis Bonus features: 'The plot thickens' pilot 'You bet your life' stag reel filmed 1956-1957 Marx Brothers commercial outtakes.

Broadcast date filmed March, 1961 secret word: house episode #60-31 guest: Harpo Marx.

Broadcast date Janufilmed March & August, 1960 secret word: walk episode #60-17 guest: Mark Harris.

Broadcast date Octofilmed August, 1958 secret word: grass episode #58-03 guests: Johnny Weissmuller, Richard Armour.

Broadcast date Jfilmed Apsecret word: room episode #55-38 guest: Harry Ruby.

Broadcast date Janufilmed Decemsecret word: food episode #55-17 guest: Hoot Gibson.

Broadcast date filmed April 1958 secret word: table episode #57-34 guests: Edgar & Candice Bergen, Melinda Marx But with a host as irrepressible as Groucho, there's also plenty of freestyling. Watching this collection's 18 episodes, you’d be hard-pressed not to note the occasional set-up to an obvious punch line. Though announcer George Fenneman and Groucho engage in some obviously scripted chatter, the show's writers were initially listed only as 'program staff' in the credits, and TV Guide occasionally ran 'exposes' about how contestants were screened, and how Groucho was prepped for them beforehand.Īll of this was standard for quiz shows - and still is - but the fact that everything sounds spontaneous made viewers wonder.

You Bet Your Life, which aired from 1950 to 1961 on television and for three years before that on radio, wasn't quite as ad-libbed as it sometimes claimed to be.

» Commentary by former contestant Phyllis Diller

» Pilots for three other Groucho Marx shows » 'Stag reels' of racier exchanges edited out of broadcast Publisher: Shout Factory/NBC Home Entertainmentįormat: Region 1 DVD (U.S. Title: You Bet Your Life: The Best Episodes

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