Thanks so much for showing these episodes of You Bet Your Life! I'm addicted to Groucho and this show. Groucho just kills me...no other funny man compares to that wit. the way he interacts with his contestants is priceless. I watch episode after episode and am fascinated by the variety on contestants and the priceless, and by the "standards"of today, innocent, clean and entertaining banter between Groucho and guests. I never tire of it! Like I said, I'm addicted to it! It's my daily trip in a time machine to my favorite decade, the 50's.
I stumbled across this by accident...thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be back to watch the rest. Thank you to whomever is responsible for sharing these classics
You're very welcome! The episodes generally circulating are repeated over and over again, and rarely have any info on them to identify what shows they are.
I love everything about this and other 50's tv shows , from the clothing and life styles to the current events mentioned , to the ads I was a 50's child ( 1951)
I remember my parents watching You Bet Your Life when I was a kid. I’m the 70’s I became a fan of the show. This show was done in 1949. The year my brother was born. I came along in 1952. When I was 18 in 1970, I became a big fan right to this day!! He had the quickest Witt I’ve ever seen 7. My Father had a Witt light Groucho!
1:40 Howard says the secret word, NAME ("It's a German name.") but they didn't notice. Only 1 guy in the audience caught it and started clapping. The contestant, however, had no way of knowing why the guy was applauding, and neither Groucho nor anybody with the show caught it. It wasn't until 2:59 that they realized and corrected the oversight.
Thank you for uploading these treasures!!! I can't thank you enough for the difference your making in the lives of people like me!! May your tribe increase is all I can say!!!!!
Thank you so much. I love everything about this. Seeing all of the behind the scene work. The great jokes that never made it and seeing handsome George with his thick specs (making Mr. Handsome look like Mr. Nerd) was a nice plus.
Groucho mentions his 6'5" friend Robert Sherwood @ 2:35 . Wiki, however, lists him at 6'8". Sherwood was a member/founder of the famous "Algonquin Round Table" group of writers that included Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George Kaufman etc.
I have been seeing Groucho's shows and reading his books, A great man, full of wit and fun. It's nice to see the early show with the breaks in it where he acts so "normal" and takes great joy in his work. He could also take time to be thoughtful and caring about important issues of the day. Like the time he talked about the Boy Scouts and encouraged youngsters to join and stay of of gangs and learn the Boy Scout wholesome life. Too bad no one will fill his shoes! The money they won could buy a nice house lot or put money down on a home, house lots in the 1950s could be had for 100$ for a house lot. now worth 100 grand +.
My mom was a Green Bay Packers fan. I am as well since I was a kid. Truly sad that after the season was over. The players had to work until the season started again. The football league should be doing that now. A lot of the players are not worth nothing. They don't play well at all. The football Commission should not have to pay the players in off season
It's a real treat to see the unedited version of the show to see how the show was taped and to read all the background info that you and other people have posted.
Big fan of Groucho, as well as all of the Marx Brothers! Great to see this film test. Not only entertaining but a capsule of history captured. Thanks for what you are doing on your channel! Keep the videos coming!
Dr. Marelia is my mom's uncle. I can't believe I found this here. I would have never "seen" him if it wasn't for this video. What a gentleman and quick to answer and funny too. Thank you for this.
I didn't remember that Ralph Levy directed this. Thanks as always for your comments. It's interesting how short YBYL's run on CBS was. The show moved from ABC to CBS in Jan 1950, only to end up on NBC radio/TV that fall. There were only ~25 shows on CBS from the whole run. Considering how many comedy stars had been "raided" from NBC by CBS's campaign in 1948, seems like this is one time NBC was determined not to lose!
He is a genius of comedy, mimic and word play. The production was an upfront, open, high-precision piece of early showbiz teamwork and as we see, timeless entertainment. No wonder we didn't get the jokes while we were kids, as our parents were roaring with laughter.
I really enjoyed this, thanks for posting. The first and third couple that won the Projector worth $129 in 1949, adjusted for inflation would be $1,601 in 2023.
At 23:59, we get the subtle nothing from Groucho. He doesn't move or speak for 6 seconds to let the audience react. This is an example of professional comedic timing. Can today's comics compete with 4 letter words and extremely graphic sexual references?
Groucho ad libbed a line in another episode..."I belonged to a street gang...we never lost a fight...then some boys moved in"...I know I'm probably not quoting it right, but it just wiped me out upon hearing it. He was so droll and deadly a wit...a real "counter puncher" as Johnny Carson once said. He utterly KILLS me.
I didn't finish that post...Johnny Carson referred to Groucho as a "counter puncher" because so many of his lines came as a response to what someone else said, He was brilliant at that.
NBC made a "better deal" than CBS. According to Arthur Marx, Groucho's brother Gummo {Milton} was his agent for those negotiations, and all parties met at Gummo's house- with Bill Paley and his CBS "boys" in one room, and NBC's reps in another. Groucho was in the "center" room, with Gummo constantly negotiating with each party from room to room, keeping Groucho informed on which network was willing to give him a better deal.....
Thank you so much for putting these up! I had a DVD of a small handful of episodes, but during my move, we had a break-in & as a result, much of my belongings were lost; this is a blessing to me ^-^ Groucho was such a funny man & this show was always amusing. The fact that you have almost all the episodes on a playlist is great, I can leave the playlist on overnight while I sleep - I have a constant ringing in my ears that makes it so I can't sleep in a silent room, the ringing will get so loud that I end up with a migraine. I have a number of playlists I bounce between, it'll be lovely to have another. Edit: LOL Groucho was actually right - leche (leh-chey) is milk in Spanish, the way she was pronouncing it did sound like lychee (lee-chee), which is an asian fruit or nut.
Kitty Bucher , so sorry to hear about your tinnitus. If you haven’t seen them, there are many videos on here ( like Dr. Alan Mandell’s) dealing with that topic, including sound/frequency therapy and other alternative treatments. Do you have your neck adjusted by a DC? That may help. Also, you may benefit from a beautiful, calming, peaceful, spiritual word, the HU (“hue”) that can be sung both out loud and silently. There are many extended recordings of it here on the incredible TH-cam. Best of luck with everything! (PS: I’ve been sleeping with a “white noise” machine or a fan on at night for many reasons, including the calming relaxation, so I empathize. Sweet dreams!) 😴
This is one of my favorite episodes. Though there are so many that were right up there. Groucho carried this show! I particularly like the shows they’ve aired since that never made TV due to the content. Sensors I’m sure wouldn’t allow it. Comedians from the 50’s and 60’s were clever enough to get the underlying joke out of a situation without swearing or using just deplorable language. It was an Art form. Was much tougher to be a preferred comedian back then. Life just seemed nicer!! I miss that.
Elgin-American also owned the Excel Toy & Projector Co. of Chicago. This company made mainly hand-cranked toy movie projectors for 16mm and 8mm film. The "Apollo" was their bid to enter the 'legit' projector field, a low-priced 16mm sound projector without an amplifier or speaker; it "played" its sound through a nearby radio! It used an infra-red sound cell that could read the sound in black and white prints only, not color; and it was built to handle a maximum 400-foot reel (the length of a a cartoon or newsreel.) It could be adapted to handle longer reels only by purchasing an accessory set of extension arms and drive belts.
Announcing. . . You Bet Your Life reruns! To facilitate more interesting discussions and such, we're going to be doing a rewatch of the entire series from the beginning (such as is available), one episode on Saturday and one on Sundays (We've been "rerunning" What's My Line episodes on the WML channel during the week, and it's worked out well). I'll post a message on the episodes as they come up, but you can also follow along by either: (a) Joining our YBYL Facebook group, where I'll be posting links to the episodes, or (b) Looking at the main YBYL channel page, where the current rerun episode will be featured prominently at the top. Every video on the YBYL channel, too, will show a link at the end of the video for the currently featured rerun episode. I hope you follow along with us, and better yet, join the Facebook group if you haven't already! Today we start with the test film made in 1949 by CBS, an unedited hour-long film that was never broadcast. -------------------------------------- YBYL Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/1643223392577688/ Main YBYL channel page: th-cam.com/channels/UIbTdEI7D1AMyLATIdKq5w.html Click here to subscribe: th-cam.com/channels/UIbTdEI7D1AMyLATIdKq5w.html?sub_confirmation=1
Did some searching. Howard Stanley Scalla (19 Oct 1927 to 17 Oct 1999) married Enid Arlene Lepper (29 Dec 1928 to 21 Apr 1983) on 28th November 1949 in LA, California. They had three children, all of whom tragically died young. Both Arlene and two of her daughters all died aged 54, the third child died aged 21.
I was in stitches. Deadpan delivery, great comedic timing, the mannerisms. You'd almost think he was a pro being planted there. @Anabelle Hatami: I hope he was at least half as fun as it seems he was here.
19:20 It was Evelyn Fredricksen in the carhop from Shannon's Drive-In who explains carhop slang, which is opposed to Arlene Scala that was indicated in the description
This couple was interesting to me because I am a 6' tall woman and a member of my local Tall Club. She mentioned their difficulty in finding king-size mattresses (thank goodness the mattress industry got with the program!), finding clothes that fit, sinks not high enough in houses, and I can identify with all of this. Tall folks still have problems after all these years!
You can learn to be funny, timing is important. Try writing a joke everyday, and when you get a good bit of them, start telling them to people to gauge reeactions, see what you do best and continue with that kind of humor. There's many different kinds of humor and many different kinds of comedians. Not everyone can be as witty as Groucho but you can defienitly find something. Thee three big kinds of humor are physical, verbal, and anti-humor. Stand up, crowd work, and what I would call vaudeville but would now be classified as "skits" I suppose, are the main kinds of comedians.
@@Tre404 Give me a break! It's because cigarette smoking was very very common, so they were used to it AND no one knew at the time that the smoke was injurious to one's health. So it has nothing to do with being easily offended or people's supposed toughness. I know your type, buddy. If you had continued, you'd have brought up "snowflake" and other fascist right-wing insults aimed at people who are now emboldened to speak up against injustice. BTW, Groucho Marx was a flaming liberal (thank God).
This is one of my Favorites! Evelyn is as cute as a button.and Larry Sterns is such a crack up!! To top it all off, Groucho’s quips we’re the Best!! To top it all off they win the big money. You can tell they could use it!!!-- Good for Them!!! 🙏🏻🌹👼😎😎👼🌹🙏🏻
The young lady, Evelyn, was star-struck with Groucho. An innocent soul, she had to tread carefully with some of the jokes, and Groucho politely gave her plenty of leeway. At 29:38, Groucho reads off the cue card his next question, and Evelyn gives the answer she had been told beforehand would be a good response. To her surprise, Groucho seemed to snap back his repartee (also written on the cue card). Evelyn thought she had somehow insulted Groucho, but in reality Groucho was promptly ending the discussion segment before proceeding with the questions. Aware of this, Groucho had a remedy in the making. When she returned to try for the major prize, Groucho used the situation to soothe a young heart at 51:04. Groucho then blows a kiss (probably to his wife in the audience) to give the message not to take the flirt as anything other than stagecraft.
Watching this it makes me wonder where the Wonder Years went... (Being Dutch, never saw this kind of television in Holland, but seeing this feels very natural to me...)
Wow, poor guy was a Greenbay Packer and had to work in the summer to support himself! Nowadays they make so much money they don't even think about working. At least he got a sterling silver cigarette case to tide him over... (What's with the guy running around behind Groucho?)
For all of you that have looked and not been able to find Howard , they spelled the name wrong it is Scalla he was a rookie out of Compton college he was one of two added to the roaster on april 10 to make a total of 12 that NFL season .
Howie Scalla, was added to the roster April 10th 1949, but as he said to Groucho, he was inured and was hoping to play the following season. Unfortunately back than you were just a piece of meat. Howie was released Dec. that year. I don't even know if he played anywhere after that?
'YOU BET YOUR LIFE" originally aired on ABC radio from 1947 through '49. CBS [through Bill Paley] convinced Groucho, producer John Guedel, and Elgin-American to move the program to their network, beginning in October 1949. They stayed one full season before NBC "bought" the show for the following season....
Thank You! I'm not sure if this really happened or someone just made a joke, butt Groucho once asked a woman "Do you have any children?" The woman answered "Yes Groucho, I have 12 children." Groucho looked at her and said "Look lady, I smoke 14 cigars a day, but I do try ta take it outa my mouth every once in awhile."
It's most likely that it never happened, but you'll see comments from people who swear they remember seeing it on TV. Impossible on two counts: the line, if it ever happened, would have been edited out before broadcast, no question about that. Second, the guest that this line would have been said to was on the show before it ever debuted on TV (it was on radio for three years before TV).
jessie james Um. . . no there isn't a clip. The show it would have happened on was on radio before the TV series began. This much is known fact. We still have a copy of that radio show to listen to today, and SURPRISE! The line isn't in it. If the remark had been made-- which it almost definitely was NOT-- it would have been edited out prior to broadcast. You're just one of the endless series of people whose memories are playing tricks on them. There is no clip, and it almost certainly never happened in the first place. Find me a clip of this and I'll eat a bug.
I can't explain that, any more than I can explain all the other quotes misattributed to Groucho (or anyone else for that matter). I'm not claiming definitively that it never happened, I'm only saying that IF it happened, it happened on a radio show recording session before the TV series started, and that it would absolutely, without any question, have been edited out before broadcast. Groucho himself denied ever saying it, as did George Fenneman and Robert Dwan (the show's director). The whole story is a bit more complicated than that, but this is the gist of it: Definitely not in a TV episode, and definitely never would have aired on radio. *Possibly* was said, but very unlikely. Certainly no proof.
This is actually a slightly edited version of the original recording (available on the Internet Archive), which is about two minutes longer. The most noticeable difference is that the original recording has some banter between Groucho and Fenneman before the intro.
Yes, it's unfortunate my copy is missing the opening! I believe there's another copy posted to TH-cam with the full opening (or at least there used to be one).
Thanks so much for showing these episodes of You Bet Your Life! I'm addicted to Groucho and this show. Groucho just kills me...no other funny man compares to that wit. the way he interacts with his contestants is priceless. I watch episode after episode and am fascinated by the variety on contestants and the priceless, and by the "standards"of today, innocent, clean and entertaining banter between Groucho and guests. I never tire of it! Like I said, I'm addicted to it! It's my daily trip in a time machine to my favorite decade, the 50's.
You said it all. Thanks
I agree, tv was soo much better in those years, today it's tv for dummies
You need to watch "The Marx Brothers"
I stumbled across this by accident...thoroughly enjoyed it. I will be back to watch the rest. Thank you to whomever is responsible for sharing these classics
You're very welcome! The episodes generally circulating are repeated over and over again, and rarely have any info on them to identify what shows they are.
I am watching for hours and hours..... Great Entertainment,! Thank you!
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No you didn't, this is advertising for the new, much worse version.
I love everything about this and other 50's tv shows , from the clothing and life styles to the current events mentioned , to the ads I was a 50's child ( 1951)
How I envy you! I LOVE the 1950's, by FAR the FINEST decade in American history!
I remember my parents watching You Bet Your Life when I was a kid. I’m the 70’s I became a fan of the show. This show was done in 1949. The year my brother was born. I came along in 1952. When I was 18 in 1970, I became a big fan right to this day!! He had the quickest Witt I’ve ever seen 7. My Father had a Witt light Groucho!
1:40 Howard says the secret word, NAME ("It's a German name.") but they didn't notice. Only 1 guy in the audience caught it and started clapping. The contestant, however, had no way of knowing why the guy was applauding, and neither Groucho nor anybody with the show caught it. It wasn't until 2:59 that they realized and corrected the oversight.
GREAT catch!👏👏👍
You're right JAJSJAJSJA that's so funny
I don't think the bride ever knew what happened.
I miss comedians like him. He was one of the best and his personality was fantastic! You just had to understand him.
The guy in the second couple seemed like a comedian himself!
@@PawnSacrific3 and you honey
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There was NO other comedian like Groucho my little chickadee!
@@buradley1733 I know.
I’ve been watching Groucho since 60’s-- best ever to watch during 2020 pandemic. Love him dearly !!💜
Thank you for uploading these treasures!!! I can't thank you enough for the difference your making in the lives of people like me!! May your tribe increase is all I can say!!!!!
⛤ Groucho's way of thinking is out
of the ordinary. His smooth character, curious nature, & timing
makes him uniquely funny.
✡️Groucho's thinking is pure
And his witty comebacks were so quick
Growing up in a Jewish family causes you to have to compete, comedically speaking.
Thanks so much for posting! It's an absolute joy! It made me laugh out loud!! And I adore George Fenneman he's is just so cute!
Thank you so much. I love everything about this. Seeing all of the behind the scene work. The great jokes that never made it and seeing handsome George with his thick specs (making Mr. Handsome look like Mr. Nerd) was a nice plus.
Thanks for uploading these videos. I've watched many of these and they are marvelous. What an absolute genius Groucho was.
Groucho mentions his 6'5" friend Robert Sherwood @ 2:35 . Wiki, however, lists him at 6'8". Sherwood was a member/founder of the famous "Algonquin Round Table" group of writers that included Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, George Kaufman etc.
I have been seeing Groucho's shows and reading his books, A great man, full of wit and fun. It's nice to see the early show with the breaks in it where he acts so "normal" and takes great joy in his work. He could also take time to be thoughtful and caring about important issues of the day. Like the time he talked about the Boy Scouts and encouraged youngsters to join and stay of of gangs and learn the Boy Scout wholesome life. Too bad no one will fill his shoes! The money they won could buy a nice house lot or put money down on a home, house lots in the 1950s could be had for 100$ for a house lot. now worth 100 grand +.
I have not laughed so hard in ages! Gotta love Groucho!
500 channels on my 📡 and this by far tops anything on dish ..thanks 4 sharing these ... priceless 🤙
My mom was a Green Bay Packers fan. I am as well since I was a kid. Truly sad that after the season was over. The players had to work until the season started again. The football league should be doing that now. A lot of the players are not worth nothing. They don't play well at all. The football Commission should not have to pay the players in off season
It is not just football. We are not good at anything anymore. We were better people.
Poor never never got to play for the Packers
This is gold! I didn't find these until after the Facebook group was started and hadn't worked my way back to this one. Hilarious!
Wonderful! The best 52 minutes I've had in a long time! Interesting to see what we don't normally see!
It's a real treat to see the unedited version of the show to see how the show was taped and to read all the background info that you and other people have posted.
Thanks again, Ron Cote. :)
This show brings back memories my mother and I use to watch this together good times
To the creator of this content, thank you for your devotion to detail in the description.
Thank you for posting this amazing piece of television history!
Big fan of Groucho, as well as all of the Marx Brothers! Great to see this film test. Not only entertaining but a capsule of history captured. Thanks for what you are doing on your channel! Keep the videos coming!
Dr. Marelia is my mom's uncle. I can't believe I found this here. I would have never "seen" him if it wasn't for this video. What a gentleman and quick to answer and funny too. Thank you for this.
How did you find this video. They say, The past isn't dead, it's not even past.
I thought you said in a previous comment that the 2nd guy was your uncle.?????
Dr morelia is also my mom's uncle
@jimbo7092 how?
I didn't remember that Ralph Levy directed this. Thanks as always for your comments.
It's interesting how short YBYL's run on CBS was. The show moved from ABC to CBS in Jan 1950, only to end up on NBC radio/TV that fall. There were only ~25 shows on CBS from the whole run. Considering how many comedy stars had been "raided" from NBC by CBS's campaign in 1948, seems like this is one time NBC was determined not to lose!
I sure enjoyed this show ! it made me happy .
He is a genius of comedy, mimic and word play. The production was an upfront, open, high-precision piece of early showbiz teamwork and as we see, timeless entertainment. No wonder we didn't get the jokes while we were kids, as our parents were roaring with laughter.
The secret word(s) is You're My Hero For Making These Available For Watching!
I really enjoyed this, thanks for posting. The first and third couple that won the Projector worth $129 in 1949, adjusted for inflation would be $1,601 in 2023.
At 23:59, we get the subtle nothing from Groucho. He doesn't move or speak for 6 seconds to let the audience react. This is an example of professional comedic timing. Can today's comics compete with 4 letter words and extremely graphic sexual references?
He was the best...a comedic genius.
Absolutely pure humor.
No way! Groucho was the best! A brilliant comedian
@@centralmexicodogsanctuarya4590 Pure humor and a dirty mind
Groucho uses plenty of sexual references
Groucho ad libbed a line in another episode..."I belonged to a street gang...we never lost a fight...then some boys moved in"...I know I'm probably not quoting it right, but it just wiped me out upon hearing it. He was so droll and deadly a wit...a real "counter puncher" as Johnny Carson once said. He utterly KILLS me.
I didn't finish that post...Johnny Carson referred to Groucho as a "counter puncher" because so many of his lines came as a response to what someone else said, He was brilliant at that.
Groucho, a great comedian.
Love that George Fenneman!!!!
NBC made a "better deal" than CBS. According to Arthur Marx, Groucho's brother Gummo {Milton} was his agent for those negotiations, and all parties met at Gummo's house- with Bill Paley and his CBS "boys" in one room, and NBC's reps in another. Groucho was in the "center" room, with Gummo constantly negotiating with each party from room to room, keeping Groucho informed on which network was willing to give him a better deal.....
Thanks for posting this
You're watching a radio show in progress here, a test program captured on a 16mm kinescope film to see if Groucho's show would work on television.
Thank you so much for putting these up! I had a DVD of a small handful of episodes, but during my move, we had a break-in & as a result, much of my belongings were lost; this is a blessing to me ^-^ Groucho was such a funny man & this show was always amusing. The fact that you have almost all the episodes on a playlist is great, I can leave the playlist on overnight while I sleep - I have a constant ringing in my ears that makes it so I can't sleep in a silent room, the ringing will get so loud that I end up with a migraine. I have a number of playlists I bounce between, it'll be lovely to have another.
Edit: LOL Groucho was actually right - leche (leh-chey) is milk in Spanish, the way she was pronouncing it did sound like lychee (lee-chee), which is an asian fruit or nut.
Kitty Bucher , so sorry to hear about your tinnitus. If you haven’t seen them, there are many videos on here ( like Dr. Alan Mandell’s) dealing with that topic, including sound/frequency therapy and other alternative treatments. Do you have your neck adjusted by a DC? That may help. Also, you may benefit from a beautiful, calming, peaceful, spiritual word, the HU (“hue”) that can be sung both out loud and silently. There are many extended recordings of it here on the incredible TH-cam. Best of luck with everything! (PS: I’ve been sleeping with a “white noise” machine or a fan on at night for many reasons, including the calming relaxation, so I empathize. Sweet dreams!) 😴
This is one of my favorite episodes. Though there are so many that were right up there. Groucho carried this show! I particularly like the shows they’ve aired since that never made TV due to the content. Sensors I’m sure wouldn’t allow it.
Comedians from the 50’s and 60’s were clever enough to get the underlying joke out of a situation without swearing or using just deplorable language. It was an Art form. Was much tougher to be a preferred comedian back then. Life just seemed nicer!! I miss that.
Groucho looks so cute at this time ...he was 60 here.
It was lots of fun to watch. Thank you
This is great! I love seeing what a radio show would have looked like.
Elgin-American also owned the Excel Toy & Projector Co. of Chicago. This company made mainly hand-cranked toy movie projectors for 16mm and 8mm film. The "Apollo" was their bid to enter the 'legit' projector field, a low-priced 16mm sound projector without an amplifier or speaker; it "played" its sound through a nearby radio! It used an infra-red sound cell that could read the sound in black and white prints only, not color; and it was built to handle a maximum 400-foot reel (the length of a a cartoon or newsreel.) It could be adapted to handle longer reels only by purchasing an accessory set of extension arms and drive belts.
Announcing. . . You Bet Your Life reruns!
To facilitate more interesting discussions and such, we're going to be doing a rewatch of the entire series from the beginning (such as is available), one episode on Saturday and one on Sundays (We've been "rerunning" What's My Line episodes on the WML channel during the week, and it's worked out well).
I'll post a message on the episodes as they come up, but you can also follow along by either: (a) Joining our YBYL Facebook group, where I'll be posting links to the episodes, or (b) Looking at the main YBYL channel page, where the current rerun episode will be featured prominently at the top.
Every video on the YBYL channel, too, will show a link at the end of the video for the currently featured rerun episode.
I hope you follow along with us, and better yet, join the Facebook group if you haven't already! Today we start with the test film made in 1949 by CBS, an unedited hour-long film that was never broadcast.
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No more dangerous than going into a house without a vacuum cleaner! LOL! Love Groucho and appreciate this being available.
What happened to the people on the escalator are they still there?🤣🤣🤣 Groucho was so droll
This Groucho fella is funny. He should have been a comedian. Gosh, if he had brothers, no telling how funny they would be.
😂❤
I LOVE anything "old" Hollywood. I wish I could have been able to have lived in that time. I think the second couple the guy is hilarious.
Carhop and the married man. People had class, respect, and you dont run off offended.
Did some searching. Howard Stanley Scalla (19 Oct 1927 to 17 Oct 1999) married Enid Arlene Lepper (29 Dec 1928 to 21 Apr 1983) on 28th November 1949 in LA, California. They had three children, all of whom tragically died young. Both Arlene and two of her daughters all died aged 54, the third child died aged 21.
Adrian "Jess" Swope of Elmira died Dec. 24 2001 of complications of diabetes. He was 74.
Dr. Pera Mar-Elia died aged 55 in 1961 after an explosion/fire at a house in Davenport which left him with 1st/2nd degree burns.
Thanks...always wondered about this particular couple.
Google search turns up Packers pages spelling the man from couple #1 Howard Scalla, with Groucho pages misspelling him Howard Scala.
That second guy is a crack up. He could be in movies.
That' my mom's uncle!!!!!
@@funpermit He was funnier than Groucho in that segment. Deadpan delivery. I loved his shtick!
I was in stitches. Deadpan delivery, great comedic timing, the mannerisms. You'd almost think he was a pro being planted there.
@Anabelle Hatami: I hope he was at least half as fun as it seems he was here.
The music orchestration was great fun!
Groucho had such a quick wit. I used to watch these in reruns with my late father. He loved Groucho also. George Fennemen was a great second banana.
"I was four and a half feet at the time, too." 12:50
Grouchy kept the audience glued to the seats and he has the empty tube to prove it!
The ones d only NEVER ANOTHER I COULD WATCH ENDLESSLY CANNOT GET ENOUGH EVER 🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻
19:20 It was Evelyn Fredricksen in the carhop from Shannon's Drive-In who explains carhop slang, which is opposed to Arlene Scala that was indicated in the description
I feel so sorry for George having to wear contact lenses during the TV run. Contacts at the time were very large, very hard, and very uncomfortable!
Wow, they must have been.
i love this show
This couple was interesting to me because I am a 6' tall woman and a member of my local Tall Club. She mentioned their difficulty in finding king-size mattresses (thank goodness the mattress industry got with the program!), finding clothes that fit, sinks not high enough in houses, and I can identify with all of this. Tall folks still have problems after all these years!
Maybe the funniest episode ever and it was never aired on tv. That' sad!
WHY CANT GROUCHO KEEP HIS CIGAR LIT ,!!!!!
Im here because i saw Bugs Bunnys parody of "You Beat Your Wife" 😂😂😂
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These are great
So, so good!
That car hop is lovely. She'd be about 90 now. She had all her life ahead of her at that point. I wonder what all she did.
Groucho is a simply brilliant wit!
I watch Groucho to learn how to be funny, only to discover it's not something that can be learned.
sure it is. he learned it...
You can learn to be funny, timing is important. Try writing a joke everyday, and when you get a good bit of them, start telling them to people to gauge reeactions, see what you do best and continue with that kind of humor. There's many different kinds of humor and many different kinds of comedians. Not everyone can be as witty as Groucho but you can defienitly find something.
Thee three big kinds of humor are physical, verbal, and anti-humor. Stand up, crowd work, and what I would call vaudeville but would now be classified as "skits" I suppose, are the main kinds of comedians.
shame it did not aired. of all the shows recently viewed this is the one I laughed the most.
A hundred years ago for Groucho to admit “Nobody wants to see Hollywood movies anymore” was prophetic!
I'm not a car guy but those DeSpots are absolute classics
Interesting that in the late 1940s to 1970s, people would blow cigar or cigarette smoke your way, and you simply accept it.
It wasn't a big deal. People were far tougher, and not so delicate and easily offended back then.
@@Tre404 Give me a break! It's because cigarette smoking was very very common, so they were used to it AND no one knew at the time that the smoke was injurious to one's health. So it has nothing to do with being easily offended or people's supposed toughness.
I know your type, buddy. If you had continued, you'd have brought up "snowflake" and other fascist right-wing insults aimed at people who are now emboldened to speak up against injustice.
BTW, Groucho Marx was a flaming liberal (thank God).
@@adkforever6997 ..OK, Snowflake! 😊😛😫
It was basically the equivalent to incense
@@adkforever6997 Groucho Marx would be considered a centrist or conservative today.
This is one of my Favorites! Evelyn is as cute as a button.and Larry Sterns is such a crack up!! To top it all off, Groucho’s quips we’re the Best!! To top it all off they win the big money. You can tell they could use it!!!-- Good for Them!!! 🙏🏻🌹👼😎😎👼🌹🙏🏻
Thank you!
The young lady, Evelyn, was star-struck with Groucho. An innocent soul, she had to tread carefully with some of the jokes, and Groucho politely gave her plenty of leeway.
At 29:38, Groucho reads off the cue card his next question, and Evelyn gives the answer she had been told beforehand would be a good response. To her surprise, Groucho seemed to snap back his repartee (also written on the cue card). Evelyn thought she had somehow insulted Groucho, but in reality Groucho was promptly ending the discussion segment before proceeding with the questions.
Aware of this, Groucho had a remedy in the making. When she returned to try for the major prize, Groucho used the situation to soothe a young heart at 51:04. Groucho then blows a kiss (probably to his wife in the audience) to give the message not to take the flirt as anything other than stagecraft.
"And physically i'll never be the same."
LMAO
This was probably filmed at Columbia Square, which used to be the CBS Radio studios at Sunset and Gower in Hollywood. Today it’s a mixed use space.
The whole Linkletter bit was awesome...
18:20 gives the football player a cigarette case! So 1950s. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Groucho is really overdoing it with his trademark wisecracks! A great show. I believe still active until the early ‘sixties.
Groucho's last episode was in 1961.
Somewhat obvious why never aired,thoroughly entertaining.
Watching this it makes me wonder where the Wonder Years went... (Being Dutch, never saw this kind of television in Holland, but seeing this feels very natural to me...)
Groucho is a brilliant comedian
Wow, poor guy was a Greenbay Packer and had to work in the summer to support himself! Nowadays they make so much money they don't even think about working. At least he got a sterling silver cigarette case to tide him over... (What's with the guy running around behind Groucho?)
They hadnyet adapted to TV yet so this was radio on TV.
@@garyfrancis6193 Thanks for the info, Gary. And the new word, "hadnyet". lol 😬
After watching some of these episodes , I did not know he was such a smartass to the people on the show .
that's two weeks between you...classic
watching old time tv and how it was
Ooooh we got a Packers left tackle on the first show i watch!!! ❤❤❤
2:35 The Boxcar made a great quip.
So much out there so much out there
For all of you that have looked and not been able to find Howard , they spelled the name wrong it is Scalla he was a rookie out of Compton college he was one of two added to the roaster on april 10 to make a total of 12 that NFL season .
Howie Scalla, was added to the roster April 10th 1949, but as he said to Groucho, he was inured and was hoping to play the following season. Unfortunately back than you were just a piece of meat. Howie was released Dec. that year. I don't even know if he played anywhere after that?
'YOU BET YOUR LIFE" originally aired on ABC radio from 1947 through '49. CBS [through Bill Paley] convinced Groucho, producer John Guedel, and Elgin-American to move the program to their network, beginning in October 1949. They stayed one full season before NBC "bought" the show for the following season....
Thank You! I'm not sure if this really happened or someone just made a joke, butt Groucho once asked a woman "Do you have any children?" The woman answered "Yes Groucho, I have 12 children." Groucho looked at her and said "Look lady, I smoke 14 cigars a day, but I do try ta take it outa my mouth every once in awhile."
It's most likely that it never happened, but you'll see comments from people who swear they remember seeing it on TV. Impossible on two counts: the line, if it ever happened, would have been edited out before broadcast, no question about that. Second, the guest that this line would have been said to was on the show before it ever debuted on TV (it was on radio for three years before TV).
there is a clip of him saying that. I love watching this show. its somewhere on here..it IS true!
jessie james Um. . . no there isn't a clip. The show it would have happened on was on radio before the TV series began. This much is known fact. We still have a copy of that radio show to listen to today, and SURPRISE! The line isn't in it. If the remark had been made-- which it almost definitely was NOT-- it would have been edited out prior to broadcast. You're just one of the endless series of people whose memories are playing tricks on them. There is no clip, and it almost certainly never happened in the first place.
Find me a clip of this and I'll eat a bug.
how did what ''he supposedly said'' get started ?
I can't explain that, any more than I can explain all the other quotes misattributed to Groucho (or anyone else for that matter). I'm not claiming definitively that it never happened, I'm only saying that IF it happened, it happened on a radio show recording session before the TV series started, and that it would absolutely, without any question, have been edited out before broadcast. Groucho himself denied ever saying it, as did George Fenneman and Robert Dwan (the show's director). The whole story is a bit more complicated than that, but this is the gist of it: Definitely not in a TV episode, and definitely never would have aired on radio. *Possibly* was said, but very unlikely. Certainly no proof.
Red Grange halfback for Chicago
I Googled Howard Scala and Arlene Scala. Not *one* mention, other than this show!
Yeah, I tried to look up Howard at Pro Football Reference -- No mention of him. Maybe his injury prevented him from making the roster?
In later shows fenneman got glare proof glasses...🕶
I was not even born when this aired.
The description is mixed up. Fredricksen is the carhop.
13:19 to 1357
19:47 to 2105
29:40 to 3000
38:04 to 3831
40:18 to 4059
41:41 to 4240
46:55 to 4736
This is actually a slightly edited version of the original recording (available on the Internet Archive), which is about two minutes longer. The most noticeable difference is that the original recording has some banter between Groucho and Fenneman before the intro.
Yes, it's unfortunate my copy is missing the opening! I believe there's another copy posted to TH-cam with the full opening (or at least there used to be one).
This show aired when I was 6 months old.