You Bet Your Life "Secret Word Is Water" (3-15-50) - Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod
Groucho Marx matches wits with the American public in four episodes of this classic game show. Starting on the radio in 1947, You Bet Your Life made its television debut in 1950 and aired for 11 years with Groucho as host and emcee. Sponsored rather conspicuously by the Dodge DeSoto car manufacturers, the show featured two contestants working as a team to answer questions for cash prizes.
Groucho Marx did 26 movies total, of these 15 were with his \nbrothers Chico and Harpo. Of those 15 movies only 14 were actually released. The \nfirst movie was a silent film, that Groucho is said to of cut up the movie into \nguitar picks, to prevent it's release. Needless to say, he didn't like it. \nAlthough students of the cinema still try to find a copy of the film, feeling it \nhas great historical value. They were one of the world's most famous comedy \nteams. They had their own zany brand of slapstick comedy. That was mixed with \nquick witted one-liners, usually delivered by Groucho. Some of Groucho's \none-liners were often imitated, even by some of todays biggest comedians. You \ncan also find them in some of the old Buggs Bunny cartoons. There were six \nbrothers, all born in New York City. Manfred Marx died in infancy.
