Zale Parry (still kicking as of August 2020) has had quite the life as a diver, underwater photographer, actress, stunt dive double and writer. Look her up, her life is pretty well documented. It's one of the few times that a contestant's appearance on YBYL often goes unmentioned simply because of the scale of everything else she did.
She looks very modern here! Her face I mean, like she travelled back in time from our own day...all the other contestant look very, well, old-fashioned, even the young people.
After appearing on "You Bet Your Life" my great uncles were given some West Bend fishing gear which they gave to my brother Bob and I. This is the first time I've seen the show. After the "twins" careers in Vaudeville, my uncles became veterinarians At the time of the program they were living in Modesto and later retired in Colorado Springs. They never had children because they "didn't want to break up the set" and they all live together until their deaths. They had two brothers. My grandfather Harry (the oldest) was a chiropractor in Midland, Texas and the youngest, William (Bill) was also a chiropractor in the Silver Lake/Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Uncle Bill loved to tell us stories about the actors and actresses he treated. P.S. I have a cousin, Martha, that will have identical twin boys this May 2015 :-)
Home Showcase Wow!!! Herman and Harmon were your uncles? I'm so glad you finally had a chance to see this. How great to get a comment from a relative-- thanks for the info on your family. All four of them came off as truly delightful, charming people in this program.
Home Showcase - That's a really cool story. There are some good RU-vid video downloaders online. You should download this episode for your family archives.
Something Groucho said at the end made me think that perhaps he did sing. Maybe his talent was such that they felt they should cut it out rather than embarrass him. But he was such a nice man
3 years later, Zale Parry appeared in at least 8 episodes of "Sea Hunt". She also did stunts for "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", as well as for "Sea Hunt". Her husband, Parry Bivens, was technical advisor for "Sea Hunt". He died in 1963, but I believe Zale is still alive. They were both known to experiment with the then-unknown drug LSD.
Thanks again for all the great info on the guests, Jimmie. I don't know how you dig this stuff up. Your googling skills impress me. The only comment you've made yet where I'd already been aware of the info was on the Olympic swimmer Sammy Lee, but only because I had to look him up when I was writing up the show description!
I've seen all 155 episodes of Sea Hunt, so I was very excited to see that Zale was a guest on You Bet Your Life. She behaved a little goofy, I thought. Maybe she dropped some acid for the show. Who knows?
The Los Angeles Times had Patrick Cunningham's January 2012 obit describing him as "colorful" and said he "...gained acclaim fighting bulls in the 1950s."
When the diver Zale Parry talks of using an Aqualung*, I'd have loved to have heard Groucho ask, "When you use the Aqualung, are you sitting on a park bench, or playing the flute while standing on one leg and wearing a long coat? *See discography for Jethro Tull (band).
Why do the men and, especially the women, all look older than their age on these shows? The first guy said he was 28. I would have guessed he was at least 45.
The very conservative Fifties. Round about high school, everything becomes preppy. Guys dress like their fathers (suits, ties, sweaters, brill cream) and girls their mothers. Notice how every contestant is asked if they're married and most are asked if they have children? That's what was expected, a spouse, a job, a home, children, a car, in a neighbourhood with trees and parks and good schools and friendly neighbours who looked like you. All those modern stereotypes about women homemakers and men breadwinners come from this time period. It's why there's nervous, self-conscious laughter from the audience at unusual occupations. A great many people wanted suburban normalcy after the war, easily defined gender roles and "traditional" values. And that's what their children and the disenchanted outcasts would rebel against less than a generation later when the late Sixties rolled in. And this is just before Rock And Roll took root. It was in its infancy at the end of 1954.
@@mz2083 50% of all men smoked at this time. There were smokers, and people who lived with smokers. Plus smoke filled nearly all public places. Shortened everyone's lives. But I see so many comments that those were "the good old days'
"I'll bet the judge had a double Scotch right afterwards." I saw this on reruns in the 1970s - a favorite line. Along with, "It's a good thing there's a vaccination scar."
You listed the wrong occupation for Pat Cunningham of couple #2, he owns a sporting goods store and does some bull fighting, and you didn’t list his partner’s name at all, Gwen Anderson, crane operator.
The first contestant who won was a nice guy and a complete gentleman. I can't stand it when someone answers a question without even conferring with their partner. Hate to say it but it is usually the men.
When I worked in television in the 80’s and 90’s, audiences had to be over 18, whether for game shows, talk shows or sitcoms. Kids easily get bored and antsy and could become disruptive. It usually takes at least an hour or more to tape each episode. Boring for kids.
Something Groucho said at the end When he said he wanted to get an agent made me think that perhaps he did sing and it was not very talented so They may have cut out the singing
A guy who was on the show that I would like to know if he is still alive is H G Morton, the domination of women guy. I would like to ask him his opinion of the world from 1959 to the present. Anyone have any information on him besides his 2 appearances on You Bet Your Life? I have not been able to find out anything about his life or if he is still alive.
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