You Bet Your Life #59-23 Tiger Woman loves Poopsie Pie ('Paper', Feb 25, 1960) 

Love the New York brawler! Great guy!

There’s never been anyone else to match Groucho’s level of instant classic wit. Had to watch the Zoo interview twice the Zookeeper had a wonderful dry humour.

“I know this show is on late, but I think this is important enough for the mothers of America to go wake up their children.” Groucho is still hilarious and his guests are fascinating. Thank you posting YBYL. Watching 58 year old television is far better than watching today’s fare of banal and cynical tripe.

What a wonderful pleasure to watch these shows.

Massive thank you from Liverpool, England. I’ve got a few pals also watching. Lovely stuff 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Amazing gift of humor Groucho! He is leading the way for a big bundle of laughs

I LOVE THESE SHOWS THEY'RE FUNNY ENTERTAINING THERE ARE NO MORE SHOWS LIKE THIS IN THIS DAY AND AGE

Groucho by far the funniest entertainer and show man to ever live and put him together with his brothers,priceless

people were feisty back in the day, they were polite but didn't take no guff, even from a big star like groucho. groucho was a brilliant conversationalist.

love gettin' online and watching all these great shows, movies and clips from yesteryear ----------- neverending entertainment ---------- can't possibly get bored!

EVERYTHING Groucho Marx says is more than just witty -- it's some kind of genius.

I have watched every YBYL that you have posted...thanked you a while back and want to express my appreciation again. When you post these previously unseen episodes I am always anxious to watch them having never been disappointed hearing and seeing the great Groucho.Just read your comment re:posting twice weekly!Thank you very much in advance.

Thank you for YBYL episodes! Brings back great memories. Love Groucho!

These shows are terrific. Thanks for posting!

What a character Joe was. I enjoyed him and Tiger !!

Thanks for posting. Lots of laughs.

What a great quip: "Welcome to Your Bet Your Wife."

The shows are really good..Groucho is the best!!

I'm from northern California, so I loved that question about what state are Ukiah, Oroville, Crescent City, and Yuba City in.

"Well Joe, it looks like you are not going to get the other fifty"

i like the announcer....what a great voice

Mr. Joe McTurk led an interesting life, to say the least. He was nicely spoken and very polite to Adeline. She was a lively woman!

I love Groucho Marx...he s so funny..I never missed his show as a teenager..♥️

I felt so sorry for tiger woman - she knew the answer and that arrogant shorty got it wrong. You could tell she was very disappointed. As usual Groucho was terrific.

From a column titled TV Scout Previews in the February 25, 1960 edition of the St. Petersburg Times newspaper: Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life continue to round up wonderful characters to play his game. Tonight, you'll meet Joe McTurk, a pint-sized ex-fighter with a thick New York accent; Adeline Rodriguez, a hefty lady whose husband calls her "tiger woman;" Carey Baldwin, who looks like Harry Truman and runs San Francisco's Zoo; and Betty O'Hare, a girl who's been to schools around the world. Besides comedy, this show continues to include educational nuggets from time to time; tonight, you'll learn from Baldwin how to take care of a hippo's toothache. 10 p.m. Ch. 8.

Thanks for upload. Unlike some relatives I know by accident, these are still very enjoyable.

Betty was a catch. Smart, sophisticated, intelligent.

He sure had some very interesting people on this show.

I would have preferred hearing more from Betty. Classy lady.

The Marx Bros, what a funny group that will never be topped or matched for sheer wit, and craziness.

Thank you for sharing Groucho.

Joe McTurk is a classic.

Mr. Joe McTurk bet he had a lot of life stories to tell.He was a real old time New Yorker back in them hustle and bustle times.

Enjoy watching These. Thanks for posting

5:30 Johnny Dundee was Angelo Dundees older brother. Chris Dundee another brother was also a Boxing promoter. Angelo Dundee became a household name as he was Muhammed Ali's trainer.

Tiger was a sweetheart...............And Betty O`Hare was just total class

Betty was not only a smart woman but was quite elegantly dressed. 9:55

Groucho's wit is unmatched... STILL.

Its year 2023 n groucho is still the funniest !

Groucho: “So, you live in the zoo? Well, who do you live with; the monkeys…… the elephants”? Zoo Keeper: “No, I live with my wife.” Groucho: “YOU STILL HAVEN’T ANSWERED MY QUESTION”! LOL

Ukiah, Oroville, Crescent City, and Yuba City... my neck of the woods! (I went to high school in Crescent City.)

Thanks for this episode. Never saw this one before.

Joe McTurk mentions Scotty Monteith, who was a middle division boxer from 1929-1946, also a Boxing manager and promoter, known for his "Boxing Carnival" in the 1930s. It's almost definitely that Monteith because Joe also links him with Detroit. And Joe also refers to Johnny Dundee (a.k.a. Giuseppe Curreri), regarded by boxing historians as the first of the great Italian-American fighters. A world junior lightweight champion, Dundee had more than 330 fights in a 22-year career in the ring. You can get a lot of fact and history out of these old shows and characters.

They don’t do television like this anymore. Pity. This fresh like it was recorded last week...

Adeline looks like she's in drag!!! Very masculine looking - love the show, just recently started watching it, Groucho is something else!! LoL

Wow, the old man fought in WWI! Crazy how old these shows go back in time. The old guy is probably in his mid 60s which would have made him a teenager during WWI. Its neat to hear how people talk from so long ago, especially from different parts of the usa. I'd love to hear someone from San Francisco born around 1900 to 1920 as they actually had a Brooklyn accent. They have all died out but my Grandfather had it. The old "Pock the Cah" and Bobbed Wire comes to mind. I was in my 20s when I realized it was Barbed wire as my family learned BOBBED from my Grandfather......my friends I grew up with all said the same thing. Sad that accent is gone now.

McTurk died the next year,,,what a character.

Joe Mcturk the pride of Hell's Kitchen, and Jimmy Cagney's beefed up pugilistic stand in.

Hysterical momma stashes the doe right away in her treasure chest..lol

Well she put a smile on his face.

Tiger seems like a fun girl.....i bet her husband is a happy man!

1:00 I recognized that guys face the minute he came out. He's a character actor. I've seen him in movies before.

It's like Peter Falk must have watched Joe McTurk and picked up his quirks and accent

YBYL was such a risqué show for that time.

I don't understand why Groucho didn't talk more to Betty. She was beautiful and intelligent and also interesting. The Tiger lady was also a natural comedian as were the two men also in different ways. This show is fun! I never saw it on TV.

Joe McTurk - straight out of The Godfather

That zoo director was a hoot!

Joe was definitely a gentleman.

How can you lose with the name Tiger Woman !!

Joe McTurk is one cool guy

That second lady was very attractive

I've seen Joe in an old black and white classic boxing movie in which he portrayed a boxing manager but I can't recall the name of the movie.

Hard to imagine Joe McTurk died just a year and a half after this program.

I grew up on this show.

Gary, loving these YBYLs from around 1960. The whole series is great but it seems Groucho was even hitting higher peaks as he got older. I wonder if this series was shopped around to the other webs or syndicators when NBC cancelled it?

w0w that last lady was sharp

You gotta love Groucho

The money on this show was very good for the times, considering my parents bought their house in 1975 for around $15000, $2000 on the wheel in 1960 is quite a sum.

Who doesnt love Grouchos wit ?

I can definitely say this show was at the time concieved for a mature audience.

Clove the show is the greatest of thanks

20:23 Val Valiant? What are you laughing about! 😂

The couple at the end that lady was beautiful and so smart 10/10 (the one with the crazy zoo guy)

Dear Lord, Hilarious!

You don't see comedy like this anymore. All the millennial comics talk about bodily functions.

wow. It's interesting if I recall correctly. I think Joe McTurk passed away not long after this. 1961

Good one

Wonderful contestants

Don't think I'll ever play cards with a Joe Mcturk. He'll beat you all the time, legit or otherwise.

I am surprised the contestant Betty O' hare wasn't married

Tiger woman looks like tiny tim the singer sister

Best ellipses ever. "Tiger woman loves Poop..."

Did you ever notice how comics in this era could be funny without telling one political joke. That would never happen today.

Why is this so funny (from England)

Joe was the real deal, none of that was bs

Groucho was spot on while trying to get a contestant to say the secret word? That former boxer had a unique way of speaking too. He would have made a great stand up comedian if he wrote his own jokes like rodney...

Would have liked to hear George’s life story ,

Women had something about them back then that today’s women lack .

I found out some more about the reason that YBYL came to an end and the successor show, Tell it to Groucho, came to be. According to IMDB, the producers of YBYL wanted to take financial advantage of YBYL's long run and package it for syndication. At the time, it was unheard of to syndicate reruns of a show that were still airing new episodes. Why settle for leftovers when you can have a fresh meal. So they changed the name, changed the contest format and generally took things from great to mediocre. Also IMDB's notes on the successor show indicated that George Fenneman was no longer available when the new show was being worked out. He took the opportunity to host another short-lived CBS clunker game show, "Your Surprise Package". It was a misstep for a number of people who went on to bigger and better things. Besides Fenneman, the show had Bern Bennett as announcer, Carol Merrill as model and Allan Sherman was the producer. Joy Harmon and Jack Wheeler were young contestants during the last season of YBYL. With Fenneman presumed unavailable (his new show didn't make it into 1962), they were hired to serve as Groucho's assistants, but it would appear that Wheeler only handled that chore during the first episode that aired and Harmon did the rest. To be fair to her, she had almost no experience at the time (not that there's much indication she would have done much better years later). Apparently she is more capable as a baker in her business as the owner of Aunt Joy's cakes. She is 76 years old now and according to the website of the business, she is still active in it along with her children.

Guests were so well dressed in those days.

Joe McTurk looks an awful lot like Hank Hill's dad. I wonder...

Tiger Woman looks a bit like Tiny Tim. :)

Those town questions are so easy.

People were better educated back then.

She looks like Tiny Tim.

You Bet Your Life On Groucho Marxs

Maybe that’s why hippos kill so many people in the wild , a simple toothache!

WOW ! thats the tiger woman alright !

this dude could voice-over for Colombo. Had to look for the glass eye. Peter Faulk has a twin.???

Back in the day, at the fleishhacker zoo in San Francisco (1970's) you were allowed to feed Zoo Animals as guests, my GF and I would to to SF Grocery stores and get dated produce for free to feed Zoo animals, Other Zoo guests would follow us around as we fed Melons to the Hippo's tossed grapes and bananas into the monkey compound, Sadly, my last visit to SF, to pier 39 featured Deuce droppings on the sidewalk, and We will never return.