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You Bet Your Life

168 episodes · 1948–1959 · Comedy

Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx

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You Bet Your Life was a comedy quiz show hosted by Groucho Marx, with George Fenneman as announcer and on-air sidekick. It premiered on ABC radio in October 1947, moved to CBS in 1949 and then to NBC in 1950, where the radio version continued until June 1960. The quiz itself mattered less than Groucho's improvised banter with contestant pairs, usually a man and a woman drawn from the studio audience. Anyone who said the evening's secret word won a $100 bonus, announced by a toy duck that dropped down looking like Groucho.

Sources: You Bet Your Life, Wikipedia

Episodes

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194812 episodes
  • Secret Word: Hat January 14, 1948 · 30 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Hat,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Sky January 28, 1948 · 30 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Sky,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Skin February 4, 1948 · 30 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Skin,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Floor (1948) February 18, 1948 · 29 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Floor,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Radio February 25, 1948 · 29 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Radio,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Snow March 3, 1948 · 29 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Snow,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Air (1948) March 10, 1948 · 30 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Air,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Walk March 24, 1948 · 30 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Walk,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Time March 31, 1948 · 29 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Time,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Wall April 7, 1948 · 30 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Wall,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Food April 14, 1948 · 30 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Food,” the title used here.
  • Secret Word: Door September 29, 1948 · 29 min
    The Archive copy's label gives no title; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Secret Word: Door,” the title used here.
194915 episodes
195039 episodes
195136 episodes
195237 episodes
195312 episodes
195414 episodes
19572 episodes
19591 episode
  • Shoe (1959) December 28, 1959 · 22 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.