TV Series

Series Name:	You Bet Your Life (The Best Of Groucho)
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	1950 - 1961
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Genre:	Comedy, Game Show, Talk Show
Rating:	10.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	5 Have Seen
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Selected Cast	Groucho Marx as Host
	George Fenneman as Announcer/Co-host

Notes

Originally produced for radio, with a TV version launched in 1950. Although ostensibly a game show with a "secret word" bonus prize, the primary focus of the series was Marx's comedic interactions with contestants who occasionally included celebrities, with some interviews adding a talk-show element to the proceedings. As a result, it was the first game show to see its reruns marketed (under the title The Best of Groucho).

You Bet Your Life was the first US game show to run for 10 consecutive years.

Several revivals have been attempted: a 1980-81 version with Buddy Hackett, an unsold 1988 pilot hosted by Richard Dawson, and a 1992-93 version hosted by Bil Cosby.

On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD Box Set

Groucho Marx: You Bet Your Life The Lost Episodes - Shout! Factory - USA (2003)

DVD Box Set

Groucho Marx: You Bet Your Life The Best Episodes - Shout! Factory - USA (2004)

DVD

Groucho Marx Collection: You Bet Your Life - Pop Flix, Allegro - USA (2009)

Comments and Reviews


GimmeVinyl 8th Jan 2020		Brought to you by your DeSoto dealers.. Not only did Groucho make a pretty good living by this time, doing You Bet Your Life on both TV and radio.. Chrysler Corporation gave him 2 new DeSotos every year.. Contestant: "I work for the Thor Corporation, Groucho.." Groucho: "Oh? Who are they Thor at?"



23skidoo 28th Jul 2015		A number of episodes of this show are in the public domain. Thankfully this episode is one of them. It starts with an adorably awkward couple which is fun enough, but go ahead to 16:00 to view what I consider to be the funniest segment ever of a game show. Basically you get to see what happens when two really cold old guys square off - Groucho and one Mr. Albert Hall who gives Groucho the royal treatment (see what I did there). Seriously, this is apparently one of the only times Marx was actually thrown for a loop by one of his guests - wait till you hear what the guy does for a living! - and it's a great piece of television. The screen grab used by the uploader shows Albert. (And pay attention to the details involving the woman in the segment: she's 21 but looks 30 and has been married for 6 years already! It was a different world back then...)

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