You Asked For It - Volume 1 - DVD

A wonderful snapshot of what Americans were curious about in the 50s, "You Asked For It" debuted in 1950 and continued offering its special "believe-it-or-not" brand of entertainment on ABC until 1959. Attempts were made to revive the show in the 1980s and 90s, but were unsuccessful in capturing the wide-eyed wonder and innocence of the original series. Each week for nearly a decade, inquiring viewers from all over the country wrote in

Airing Saturday nights on NBC over 1950-1954-and regarded as the benchmark for TV variety programming for a generation after that-this 90-minute live showcase offered up musical performances, special guest hosts, and, always, the classic comedy sketches rendered by the remarkable house company of Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, and Howard Morris.2 episodes on 1 disc. 178 min. Standard; Soundtrack English.

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. Another mainstay of these question and answer