he had no comeback, she earned that right to put the cigar away…plus he respected her like he respected his mother and grandmother so it’s the good son in him on display and she did it twice!
Hey, I want a DeSoto Firedome automatic, with full-time power steering, to drive around in the desert. I’m going to my Plymouth dealer first thing in the morning.
My grandparents and my mom and aunts and uncles were born in Idaho. And then when my mom was a little girl they moved to California where I was born and raised
Groucho may have been before my time but I never get enough of him. I'm in my mid 40's and I would rather watch this than what is airing nowadays. Thanks for the laughter, Groucho. RIP
I often wonder if today's programmers know that there are millions of us watching 60 year old programs rather than hold back streams of vomit when attempting to view today's television offerings? Man, Groucho has been dead since 1977 and You Bet Your Life is a sample of what was once great TV. Funny, intelligent and brilliant it was and after six decades, it's as fresh as ever. Today, when it comes to prime time fare, all one can do is wonder what spoiled bitch the "Bachelor" will be hosing for a month or two after the competing HOs have been shuttled back to Neverland.
I must disagree. Many people think this is a golden age of television. There are MANY good shows, but unfortunately most of the best are on cable (like HBO or Showtime) or subscription TV (like Netflix or Hulu). Yes, there is dreck, but there was dreck in the 50's, too (remember Space Cadet?) Groucho was a special guy and that's why I'm watching this; there was never anyone like him before or since. But that doesn't mean other people have no value. I watch lots of TV and have never seen The Bachelor (or The Bachelorette, for that matter). There's enough good stuff that I can safely ignore the crap.
robert glenn Hm, maybe network tv, but across cable, Netflix, Amazon, and RU-vid there are an unbelievable number of series' that will go down as classics. Far outnumbering what the 50s produced. But agreed, probably not on basic tv.
Who can possibly dislike this? Thank you to whomever one thanks for these wonderful episodes of this amazing witty genius. I can watch them over and over and just wish all of them were available. Go our team who loves these these! Who's with me??
Groucho had two writers who interviewed the contestants. They wrote some one-liners for Groucho if he wanted to use them. To be sure, he ad libbed lots of jokes, but he wanted some material ready in the interest of professionalism.
The fact that she objected to him opening another cigar even though he wasn't going to light it makes me think maybe the old spinster just didn't like anything that's cigar shaped.
Back in 1986 I bought a 1954 Chrysler Imperial for $600. It had factory air that was so cold that actual frost would accumulate on the blower. It had a 331 cubic inch hemi engine. At that time it was the most powerful production engine on earth. I drove it while I served in the USAF and through college and it never let me down. Those were great cars.
Groucho on his death bed said his final words, "This is no way to live" A true talent all the great ones make it look so easy because of a fabulous Personality!
@Lilibeth Doherty. When George Fenneman visited Groucho when Groucho was in very poor health in his remaining months, Fenneman helped Groucho over to his bed and Groucho said to him, "You always were a lousy dancer Fenneman"! Lol!
There are several different versions of Groucho's last words. Another one is that a nurse came into his room in the hospital and said, "Mr. Marx, we just want to see if you have a temperature." He was so weak he could barely speak by this time, but he managed to whisper, "Don't be silly, Everyone has a temperature." According to his biographer Stefan Kanfer, that was Groucho's last joke.
@@jazzmanchgo . An even better response by Groucho to the nurse's statement that they just wanted to see if Groucho had a temperature would have been, "Are you planning to elevate it?".
@@johngreen3543 Depends on where you are, of course. My 50% share of renting a newly built duplex in town within 2 miles of the college with a friend (2 bed/2ba) was $325. That was 15 yrs ago, though...
We don't have one like him in 2021, he was funny, but I think some of the things he did or said are seen well or welcome to in 2021. Sorry for your lost. I have 2 dogs, and I don't want to think how I will feel the day they finally leave me. Hope you feel better now
Reminds us how great Groucho was as a straight man -- that's the role he played opposite Chico and Harpo in the movies, and he fell into it elegantly here.
The guy from Salvador might at least have glanced at his partner before answering. But that's how it was... I think George Fenniman got that award for being the most long-suffering, patient announcer in television.
@@Mr.Obongo it actually didn't age poorly at all. Just because we don't use dial telephones anymore doesn't mean it's a metaphor that is somehow inscrutable. Even most young people would instantly recognize what it is try to communicate. If it aged poorly, no one would understand what it means.
@@007gunlogo The fact that she objected to him opening another cigar even though he wasn't going to light it makes me think maybe the old spinster just didn't like anything that's cigar shaped ;)
The whole family used to sit down and watch this every time he came on some fond memories. It's hard to believe I'm living in the same world these days
She was delightful & the most entertaining & got the only correct answer for them... and the breather exercises were impressive - don’t know many 78 yr olds who can do that with so much spunk
@@christineforbing5302 It kind of means "one-upped" or "was bested by." It's been a phrase mostly with online video game playing since maybe 1999 - 2005, and I don't understand how it got started.
Encomiums: a piece or writing that highly praises someone or something. I'll remember that next time I talk to my kids: They're slacking on their encomiums for their daddy.
Respect for pioneers and elders was very high back then. Groucho used his 'silence' to involve the audience, while thinking to himself how to proceed with the comedy, making sure never to accidentally give offense.
I started 2nd grade. The Weekly Reader lied to us. They said the near future would be made easier for everyone by scientific advances work less hours, get paid more because of increased productivity and have lots of leisure time for traveling and hobbies. We didn't count on predatory capitalism to completely obliterate that dream.
I miss those days, too. I came in the world in 1947 and grew up on shows like this. As they say, they don't make 'em like that anymore. Yes, I too, miss those days.
The show started on radio in 1947 and aired on both radio and television from 1950-60. The radio and television versions were on different nights, and although the same contestants appeared on both, some sight gags were eliminated from the radio show.
@Ray Carroll There were a number of TV programs that were "simulcast", back in the late 1940s until sometime in the mid-1950s. (So, they were produced with the radio listener in mind, too.) The Burns & Allen radio spot was actually more entertaining, to me, than its simultaneous TV broadcast. 'The Lone Ranger' was also simulcast on both radio & TV (1949-1954). >>> The TV series ended in 1957. 'The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet had a long run, on radio, and was simulcast on TV when its television run began in 1952. Production was different for simulcast programs because radio listeners had to be able to "visualize" what was going on...
What a lovely show. Groucho in response to money being insured in the bank: "Have you heard that the Federal Government is about 280 billion dollars in the hole?"
It's one thing to be a comic but respect should be shown to women of various age and he over-step her boundaries by touching her cheek as if she was some child? If it were me, I would have bitten his finger.LOL
People from the 19th and early 20th centuries have a very different aura about them than post-war generations. We are fortunate to be able to see and hear them through video. The clarity of their speech is remarkable and the lack of fillers is delightful.
"He simply exuded cool" Your entire comment is wonderful with the above quote by you describing him to a T. 😎 Like you I was hoping good things for him. That is *after* my brain collected itself from his casually spoken remark about his father.
@@aidennewell4034 Huh? What? Is this some kind of RU-vid flirtation method? I'm flattered but at the same time concerned. Could I be so forward as to suggest you get a Real Life and save your flirtation for people you really know and meet? Good luck.
I am SO gratified to find your channel. Thank you. I think Groucho is timeless and as funny or funnier than anyone in the comedy business today! New subscriber right NOW!
Thanks, Greg! Good timing-- I have one more "new" episode to post, very soon. It's been close to impossible finding any more of the shows I know still exist that I don't have copies of. This one comes directly from another viewer. I will probably be posting it this weekend!
Look at 1920s videos (creepily, including Hitler Youth). These are the kinds of exercises they used to recommend in schools, especially for young ladies.
Actually got interested in finding about the desoto cars as to what happened to them. According to wikipedia desoto was actually one the most sold cars in usa around the 1950´s. But then a financial depression happened in 1958 and the sales plummeted. In 1961 chrysler stopped making desoto cars.
@@sdgakatbk My first car. $1400. VW wouldn't offer any interesting colors just the tepid blue and tan. Nothing saturated. They could have sold billions because color matters.
The magnificent and very successful 1954 Desoto Plymouth will certainly get you out of the desert sand of a soft shoulder, but you're on your own when you step out of its luxuriously appointed door onto a Mojave rattlesnake. Unless that highly neurotoxically venomous reptile was blinded by the sun reflecting from that 16 feet of chrome in the front grille. Of the, uh, magnificent and very successful 1954 Desoto Plymouth.
I've always found the official government figures on inflation to be absurdly low, usually by a factor of about four. $3230 in 1953 money is more in the range $100-130K in 2021 money. That was a well-sponsored and popular show!
I would too. Now it seems like we are going back to the Inquisition times, no respect, people treating each other like savages. No respect for human life now days
The second contestant, Shirley J. Lestelle (1928 - 1999), is my all time favorite. She moved near me -- to Grass Valley, CA -- I would have gone to see her if I knew. Groucho was at his best in this show.
Ahh..the age of innocence--great deals from your honest used car dealer! Groucho was hilarious. too bad he was before my time. He could play off anyone and use them for a straight man (or woman)--a true comic genius.
+michael greene Makes me think of the Henny Youngman routine. Answering a fake advice letter he reads as "I've got 2 friends, one deals and sells narcotics and another is a used car dealer. Should I tell my mother about the used car dealer?
I like this one cause the Hispanic guy kicked ass! I don't think that couple got one wrong. I also like that the comedy was actually quality. I recently saw a stupid SNL skit that wasn't funny at all. Take notes people on the classics in American comedy
Ah yes, the good old days, when you could guzzle leaded gas and pollute to your heart's content with no government interference. How wonderful it was to live 5 years less, have a 70% illiteracy rate, and you could be openly racist and bigoted. If only life were so good today.
Well, if it's comfy as a huge bed, I guess it has to be built like a tank for when the driver falls asleep. Best of the best built in the USA. Not the best of the best overall, which is why most US brands are long gone - DeSoto died while You Bet Your Life was still on the air - and overseas brands dominate the US car market. Chrysler Corp, which owned DeSoto, is now part of an Italian-Dutch company. Those "best of the best" crapmobiles and shitboxes needed frequent maintenance and lots of it, and people didn't keep them very long before they got junked. RIP: DeSoto, Plymouth, Mercury, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Studebaker, Packard, Nash, Hudson, Rambler, Kaiser.... all in production when this episode first aired.
I don't understand why so many comments here appear about "New Zealand, not Australia". The contester said Groucho very clear "have you ever heard of New Zealand?", after have named Auckland, when Groucho was making the joke about Okland, although the contester spelt A-U-C-K-L-A-N-D clearly. And then, Groucho says "I don't care how you spell it, it still is in S. Franc. bay", but it really does matter, because the spelling spoiled the joke.
I have always known that pens are tested by "Johnson " because I saw this actual show in the 50s. It popped just now after I was looking at a RU-vid hockey video. Magic.
what a CLASSIC!!!!! GREAT COUPLES!!!!! i like the 2nd couple,she's tooooo cute- ....i can't believe that 2nd guy's dad was the President of Salvador!!!!!!!!! .... wow!(ANDDDDD, his son knew all the answers.Shows the value of a good education hahahahahaa!)
Mary Sacket was born on 8 July 1875 in Connecticut and died on 31 Jan 1969 in Rosemead, California. And you're right about life being harder on bodies back then. Whew.
alexander dela cruz actually it was a poor attempt, dictionary.reference.com/browse/encomium you can't hear him well but he clearly spells it and says it wrong. he is making a joke because the man is upstaging him and bungled the attempt to talk smooth from lines when groucho thinks himself wiser and better skilled. "it's not the voice, it's the man" when really "i'd really like that voice" is more apt. groucho has said some funny stuff but a lot of it is dumb and insulting to be honest. this is emblematic of him.
Mr100duke you don't sound sure and i don't think so, shopping at S-mart is smart for today, most people are poor and that would be a stupid question to ask how come only rich people ended up on TV when it was new. marx was as close to trash as they could get and the world was only 2.2 billion in '55. in america 165.9 million (1955) people lived compared to 318 million registered it has now.
The old lady, Mary (17:12) likely had a hard life. There were very few (if any) government 'safety nets' in the era, and she learnt to fend and think for herself. Expectations were also demanding, both moral and social. (Not many of us today could survive the physical and psychological ordeal.) When Mary said she was a "spinster from choice" (19:19) she immediately had a grim and tight-lipped expression, meaning there is a lingering sadness involved. The nose wipe (20:04) shows the cigar smoke was irritating. I think she says to Groucho, "You look to be enjoying it!" (20:15) She also has a very upright posture, usually a sign of not lounging about on sofas and so forth. Mary never takes her eyes off Groucho, having to concentrate as her hearing was okay, but not great. For instance, when Groucho quickly rambles through the rules of the game, Mary's expression was that she could hear it but not decipher it (17:34).
At the beginning, the ad says that Desoto dealers are "in every state of the union"; the map shows only the contiguous 48 states because neither Alaska nor Hawai'i had been admitted as states yet. That wouldn't happen until 1959, 5 years after this show was aired.
@@mr.blackhawk142 His record in the War of the Revolution reads: Sacket, David, Westfield, Ensign, in Capt. Malcomb Henry's Co., Col. David Brewer's (9th) Regt. Company return dated Oct. 7, 1775. Also recommended in Committee of Safety at Cambridge June 17, 1775, that said officer be commissioned by Congress. Also Ensign Capt. Malcomb Henry's Co., David Brewer's Regt., muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1771 (sic); engaged Aug. 9, 1775; service 2 mos. 3 weeks, 6 days. David Sacket (8/31/1743-6/6/1838) from Westfield. Served as ensign in Captain Malcom Henry's company, Colonel David Brewers 9th regiment; muster roll dated I August 1775; enlisted 9 May 1775; service 2 months 3 weeks 6 days; recommended in Committee of Safety at Cambridge, 17 June 1775, that said officers be commissioned by Congress. He was commissioned by Congress as an Ensign. His commission was signed by Joseph Warren, President Pro-temp dates 19 May 1775 and served till January 1776. when he was again commissioned by Congress as a 2nd lieutenant. His commission was signed by John Hancock. He served in Captain Warham Parks'company, in Colonel Ebenezer Learned's 3rd Continental Infantry Regiment from 1 January 1776 till 31 December 1776. He served in the following battles-Bunker Hill, Dorchester Heights, Rochester, Long Island, White Plains, Trenton and Princeton.
