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You Bet Your Life - Starring Groucho Marx

You Bet Your Life is a simple game show. The show starts with Groucho Marx picking apart his guests comedically - they say a secret word, they win a cash prize. The contestants then go on to the main quiz: various formats were tried in this collection from simple general knowledge questions, to Name That Tune quizzes.

Show 1: In part one Groucho meets a mathematics specialist from a university who has worked out a way of beating the odds on a roulette wheel in a casino using mathematics.

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Show 2: Part two includes a former strongman who blows up a tire while he answers questions - hilarious.

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Show 3: In part two a newly married couple talk about their Greek wedding.

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Show 4: In part one Groucho meets John Wayne's son.

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Show 5: In part two we have a classic attempt by Groucho to pair up a confirmed bachelor with a returning contestant from last week.

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Show 6: "Eat what you can, and what you can't can." No good will come of giving Groucho that catchphrase - from a woman who likes canning food... In part 2 a slightly awkward interchange between a lovely polite turban wearing man of Pakistan origin and an inquisitive Groucho Marx.

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Show 7: The first two contestants includes a woman with a trained chimpanzee...

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Show 8: Groucho cross examines a woman sales expert in private jets - Groucho: "Why do you need to get there so fast? "Well, Groucho, you can fly from New York in the morning and be in LA in time for 18 rounds of golf." Groucho: "Do you have to play golf when you get there? What if it's raining, do you have to play golf then...?"

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Show 9: Three couples compete in this show. In the first part Groucho takes up the rights for trees when a lumberjack comes on the show...

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Show 10: Three couples compete in this Show. In part 2 a movie star from the silent age is a contestant with an 18 year old who hasn't seen any of her films because he's too young...

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Show 11: Three couples compete in this Show. In part 2 Groucho asks what a yoga instructor is wearing, she say's it's a sari. Groucho says you don't have to be sorry...

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Show 12: In part 1 a professional wrestling couple are contestants... Groucho uses it to warn young men to choose their wife carefully...

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Show 13: In part 1 Groucho says it's the lowest point in his career as a contestant has to explain to another contestant his joke...

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Show 14: In part 2 Groucho picks on a Los Angeles City council man.

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Show 15: In part 2 Groucho meets a Reverend and his wife who have adopted a number of foreign children. This allows Groucho to say: All people are born equal, apart from Republicans and Democrats.

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Show 16: In part 1 Groucho meets a new attorney - she tells Groucho that she had been sworn in by Chief Justice Gibson - Groucho says the last time he saw the Chief Justice he cussed him out. Another contestant is a pest control expert - Groucho asks if that includes door-to-door salesmen...

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Show 17: In part one Groucho meets a glamorous airplane pilot who he tells looks like a stewardess, oops. In part 2 Groucho meets a business manager and is interested in whether he has ever swindled a client. The answer comes back that, of course, he hasn't, but Groucho keeps up the questioning for a couple of minutes - asking for hypothetical's as to how you could swindle a client - when he ends Groucho says well it's obvious to me that you have never swindled a client, but it's clear you have given it serious thought.

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Show 18: A name that tune type quiz for one couple, and then Groucho meets a guy who finds water for a living...

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Show 19: In part one Groucho meets a good looking 19 year old librarian and decides he might take up reading again - he says he once belonged to Crook Of The Month. Then when a newly married woman comes on - she got married 4 months ago - Groucho asks if it's her first night out.

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Show 20: In part one Groucho meets Tony Curtis's mother. In part two a guy who has just done some basic acting lessons and shows everyone how to sit down properly...

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Show 21: In part one Groucho asks a 25 year old female contestant if he can ask her some questions - she says OK as long as the questions aren't embarrassing - Groucho says I've been asking thousands of questions over the years and I've never been embarrassed once. In part two Groucho gets put through a lie detector, and then turns it back on the guy to hilarious effect...

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Show 22: In part one Groucho meets a woman who once worked for Lloyds of London... Groucho says he knows them very well. He has a policy with them. "If I'm torpedoed by a submarine in Hollywood and Vine I get $8 a week for the rest of my life."

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Show 23: In part two Groucho meets a woman who has trained a bird to talk and whistle...

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Show 24: In part one a contestant mentions that his beard tickles, Groucho says his tickles but he doesn't complain about it. In part two Groucho asks an American navy officer if he has a woman in every port, the officer says he's been married for 4 years, Groucho says that isn't what I asked you...

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Show 25: In part one a contestant, a country girl, does a very good comedy dance...

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Show 26: In part one Groucho meets famous rodeo rider of the time Monty Montana with his horse - Groucho, of course, has to ask him where he comes from, it's Montana if you were wondering. In part two a very old looking man who insists he is 64 because he needs to get a loan....

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Show 27: In part one Groucho meets a young national motorcycle race champion, in part two a woman from Paris who actually says "Oooo lala"...

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Show 28: In part one Groucho meets a young pro baseball player and notes that he saw the World Series on television once and it seemed like the players spent all their time shaving. In part two Groucho meets a young married woman of 23 who wrote to Groucho using words taken from magazines - Groucho says why does she spend her time writing to strange men, she says she doesn't write to many strange men, Groucho says well how many strange men do you write to?

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Show 29: In part one Groucho meets a watch salesman who seems to have watches everywhere on his body. In part two Groucho meets the coach of a football team who is clearly having a bad season. Groucho ends the talk with the comments I've been kidding you, you are a great coach someone has to lose, but tell me this, why does it always have to be Stanford?

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Show 30: In part one Groucho meets an Italian with averagely poor English... Groucho asks him which part of Japan he comes from. In part two the language difficulties continue with a young woman who seems to say a male friend put a pizza on his head - Groucho says he probably wanted an Italian haircut.

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Show 31: In part one Groucho meets a guy who investigates credit worthiness for loans - Groucho asks him if he would give him a loan, the guy asks are you gainfully employed, Groucho says I won't know 'til this show comes out. In part two a lady of advanced age is introduced as a Mrs, she says please call me Miss, Groucho says I'm terribly sorry, the lady says well you may be sorry but I'm not...

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Show 32: In part one Groucho meets a woman who's husband has sold her a life assurance policy - Groucho tells her to put a colt under the pillow when she goes to bed and don't switch the light out. In part two Groucho meets a school teacher who says that children today learn more than they ever have before, Groucho says that's including in the classroom?

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Show 33: In part two Groucho meets a woman who lists swimming as one of her interests. She says her favorite stroke is the back stroke. Groucho asks her to give a demonstration and then gives her a bottle of water... she says I don't think there's enough water there... Groucho asks the audience if they have any water...

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Show 34: In part one Groucho asks a contestant why he wears a mustache - the contestant says he wears it because people say he looks better with one, Groucho says people say I look better with my head in a bucket but you don't see me wearing one. In part two a female contestant says: A woman is as old as she looks, and a man is old if he doesn't look...

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Show 35: I found this gem on archive.org. It looks like it is a filmed for television version of the hour long radio show. Back in 1949 radio was king and television was the upstart new media of the day - everything in this show is for the radio, all be it the television angles etc are all set up for the few people watching it on television.

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Groucho Marx's Dr Hackenbush sketch is here.

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