Isn't it wonderful to be able to laugh with people from 70 years ago ! I love the 50s, it seemed like such an elegant time. I hope I can watch this again in 2051 if I'm still around ! ^^
George Fenneman was they guy who said: *"The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent."* every week on *'Dragnet'!*
Lol, 'Gary Grant and Cary Cooper'. Groucho was a genius and super-quick wit. Never been another like him and never will again. You could tell he genuinely loved people and even 'regular' people fascinated him. That was so funny when he was trying to pay to kiss the guy's gf.
Every show I have watched Groucho , he’s always playing matchmaker with the male and female contestants even if they are already married or not even looking for marriage! Groucho was relentless!
So right now the government has requested we “self-quarantine” because of COVID-19 and I’m listening to Dennis Prager on the radio. He suggests people stop listening to the news and watch true comedy genius, e.g. YBYL. I’d forgotten how great 1950’s comedy really was.
"My Aunt Minnie did the same thing -- she was really Minnieopolis" -- I'm sure he figured that out in advance. They did pre-show interviews with the guests so they could know ahead of time what they were going to say so Groucho could figure out a good come-back. Actually, Minnie was Groucho's mother's name, but he changed it to aunt for the joke.
Sheila Crystal Is such a beautiful woman, Thank you sir for posting these I've been watching since you first began uploading them. I own all Groucho's books and even "Harpo Speaks" He truly was the greatest wit and to me the greatest comedian. Reading "Groucho and me" is good but if you really want it get into his head the buy "The Groucho letters" it's wonderful, and the people he corresponds with are incredible.
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Groucho did the day after Elvis Presley......Aug. 17, 1977. His death got very little publicity because of all the hype over Elvis death. It's a shame more tribute wasn't given to this comic genius!!
This is where they got the idea for Indecent Proposal. I can't believe Groucho offered money to kiss girlfriends/wives. And Hamburger trying to get more money for his girl.
I wonder who Pete and Jackie's lives turned out? They'd be 87 and 85 respectively today. Hope they are still around and had many children and grandchildren.
You Bet Your Life reruns: Day 3! 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 on RU-vid as they come up, but you can also follow along by either: (a) Joining the YBYL group on Facebook and looking for the pinned posts in this 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! -------------------------------------- Main YBYL channel page: ru-vid.com/show-UCUIbTdEI7D1AMyLATIdKq5w Click here to subscribe: ru-vid.com/show-UCUIbTdEI7D1AMyLATIdKq5w?sub_confirmation=1
A '52 De Soto. They must be worth a lot nowadays. Chrome everything for bumpers, grill and trim, huge lights and round shapes were big back then and the front of a car looked like a face, with the front grill being the teeth. A parking lot in the 50's was something cool and fun to observe, behind a steel link fence. All the car faces seemed different from each other.
Sometimes, it makes me kind of melancholy to think of all the "lost lives" of the contestants who appeared on this show--especially the "Helen of Troys" of the 1950s and early '6os. In any case, I hope they all had/have had a happy time on this Earth!
Mrs. George(opolis) had 7 grandchildren? Wonder how old she was when married. She looked more than one having children in their early teens, than being a grandmother. My compliments! :)
The Thousand Dollar question at the end (Camelot) was hard in 1951, but it became easy in the 1960's, because 1) JFK's administration was called "Camelot" and 2) There was a popular Broadway musical by that name (I believe Robert Goulet sang the title song).
Also called the African Lion Hound, the Rhodesian Ridgeback was crossbred to become a superb hunter, known to skillfully keep at bay, never kill, their prey. AKC accepted in 1955. Cost today about $700-$2000, or about $60-$200 in 1951.
My grandfather was from Greece and his last name was Georgeopoulos and he dropped the “George & O” to leave Poulos but he or an Ellis Island employee misspelled it Poulas.
I notice there is no applause when the contestants are introduced. A huge round of applause, for contestants who have yet done nothing, is now standard practice on TV game shows.
This is about four years before the big-money shows. In 1951 "Break the Bank" probably offered the biggest prizes, sometimes going over $10,000, but most did not give away more than a few hundred.
"Perfidia" was played in the film "Casablanca". Played when Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lund are dancing at the Paris nightclub . Rick is played by Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey Bogart is her favorite actor. Too bad...
19:19 Funny how Groucho sometimes seems to just zone out and miss/forget things. Fenneman told him at the intro that they were about to be married, selected from several engaged couples. He looked to me to be genuinely clueless, not just carrying on with them. But Groucho was still the man, as demonstrated with this response to the contestant 21:05 Nobody could ad-lib one liners like Groucho 8-)
Daniel 4774 - The Marx’s were German-Jewish immigrants, Schneider is German for Tailor ( schneiderin for a seamstress). French = couture. Italian = sarto.
This show displays Groucho's humanity. He looked very concerned for the young couple who walked away with $2.50. They certainly had a hard start in life when their careers were with Lowe's Theaters. The pay and benefits were likely low. I wonder if Groucho made sure they were given money off-stage. 🥸
