You Bet Your Life - Volume 1 - DVD

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

Here he is the one, the only GROUCHO! Legendary comedian, Groucho Marx, hosts this laugh-a-minute quiz show, where three couples face off, answering questions of varying difficulty. This game show is sure to make you laugh as contestants struggle to keep up with Marxs lightning-quick wit and goofy antics.

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.