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.......this first show aired october 5 1949, a few hours before i was born .......

i'm 6 ft 4 and cars can be a problem , i'm almost looking out my back window when i drive, also shower heads, gotta bend down

even up till the early 70,s the back of football cards would say something like, " Bob's a fast runner and in the offseason he's a carpenter" they actually worked in the offseason.

Simple things can bring instant delight!

these guys were amazing. i grew up with them in colorado. i was there, it was awesome.

I was friends with these dudes in high school and was always so blown away with their music at that age. The garage band I was in at the time could only hope to aspire to that level of badassery. At 38 I still play guitar and am inspired by this album.

This is supposed to be the pilot...but Groucho thanks the sponsor for their 3 years at the end of the show. I guess the company had been sponsoring radio version of You Bet Your Life...since the total US TV sets in 1946 was, believe it...6,000

Times sure have changed: That $228 won by "the car-hop & the married man" sounds like such a pittance for a game show prize...but, in looking it up, I see that the dollar has lost 92% of its value since 1949. Hence, today's value of those winnings is just under $3,000. And the $1,000 question would be worth about $12,500 today. Not too shabby when the median family (not individual) wage was $3,100. Can you believe that?! And, based on today's figures, 4 times the median family wage would be over $350,000...so, I guess the 1949 prize money was "nothing to sneeze at" after all.

Rad to find your own band randomly on YT 😅

Being a 5'9 women I was just🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

My Father had a Wit just like Groucho!! Ironically this pilot was done the year my Brother was born. There was So Many Hysterical Shows of You Bet Your Life!! Can you imagine 300,000 plus views of a show that done 74 years ago?? Shows the Greatness of this Show!! I Love It!!

Well, I'm going to comment... against my better judgement. I'm a big Groucho fan. I read his book, _Groucho and Me_ , a good read for any Groucho fan. I have seen a number of these Bet Your Life episodes and I'm always a little disappointed. To be honest, I think many of them are a bit lame, comedicly speaking. I think of Pat Sajek of Wheel Of Fortune. I think his ad-libs would give Groucho's more than a run for the money. Same is true with Steve Harvey on Family Feud. On the other hand, neither Sajek, nor Harvey, could hold a candle to Groucho's Captain Spaulding.

When George told Groucho he was born in China and grouch asked what part, George should have answered, all of me.

Pico & Sepulveda, was a song featured on the Dr. Demento show in the 70's. th-cam.com/video/1oVeoB7XorM/w-d-xo.html

And it's still on tv all these years later.

If I had the money to do so I would buy a complete set and Johnny Carson But right now., I'm working too trying to get fast the effects of covid-19 Including but not limited to walk talk feed myself. And a whole list of other necessary items that one must be able to do to basically function in this world. I am not complaining just listing the things that I am currently struggling to get past... And I will!

Just like Groucho Marx. Just like Groucho Marx was one-of-a-kind.. Irreplaceable... So too was Johnny Carson They tried to replace Johnny which is BS As with Groucho Marx, Johnny Carson is irreplaceable!

I love this show I'm glad they did not try to replace with someone else.

I wanted to find the episode in which word shows said to someone who said they had a lot of kids because they like kids... I like my cigar too but I take it out sometimes

Thanks for uploading this, it's one of my favorite Battery songs. I especially like that bassline during the intro and during the breakdown.

Groucho sans toupee

Why Groucho never hosted a talk show is a mystery beyond me. Groucho is basically a male Anne Robinson. Watching a lousy game show just for the host.

They missed it, at first but the first guy said, “It’s a German name” Name was the secret word. That’s why they must have asked him again.

Howard and Arlene seemed like very nice people. I hope they had a good life.

I enjoy roast beef sandwiches 🥪 don't ask me why ...I couldn't tell yah ...salads are fine ...but roast beef 😊😊😊

Yes Groucho was a great ad-libber but contrary to what everyone here seems to think, the contestants were pre interviewed and there were gag writers who gave Groucho suggested questions and jokes.

they had to think about custer??!also custer was a col at the time of his scalping- he had been a general in the civil war.

Jimmy Kimmel does interviews with his cousin on the streets of New York that have the You Bet Your LIfe format questions and answers.

Excellent

enough of groycho’s tiring jokes

overstrching

groucho at times is over iverstreching his corny jokes‘!

Е6yчий двач, все время какую-то xyйню из-за него слушать начинаю

Early television was sort of like a radio show that happened to be telecast. The fact that a camera was present was just happenstance. Things kind of went downhill when concerns of the visual took precedence over everything else.

Poor GEORGE.

Groucho really gave George the business!

I wonder what happened to all those contestants and the lives they went on to live. Amazing TV, so lucky to be able to watch and enjoy this 74 years later!!

A cigg case, too an athlete

Poor Larry. 😂

Groucho was that good on the pilot, huh. Everything was going nuts around him, sweaty producers everywhere, and he was never rattled. Amazing performance, amazing format, they really got it right.

They had a shortage of chairs in the old days.

A cigarette case. Lol. That would never happen today

Love is war Feel this broken heart. Left me nearly dead Left to scorch in the aftermath In my search for better ways. I'll stand my ground On the trodden path, the earth is burning Feel the pain Creeping up so vile. I will be just fine Bleeding hearts must test the times The earth is burning

May I put this on my Facebook?...Groucno was a lot like my father...looks and persona like my father!

Very early age of television. Like a history lesson.

Microphone Man had only one job.

I'd love to see a wide shot of this studio with the audience.

I love this show. Imagine giving a cigarette case to a pro athlete. That's great!

This is comedy gold. nothing comes close to this today!

Groucho: "Nobody wants to show Hollywood movies anymore."