Groucho Marx: You Bet Your Life Podcast

February 1, 1950 – The Secret Word is “Air”.  Contestants include a young engaged couple, a house mover, and parents of 20 kids.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947...

January 25, 1950 – The Secret Word is “Sky”.  Contestants include a librarian, police officer, and television repair man.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuri...

January 18, 1950 – The Secret Word is “Spoon”.  Contestants include a bouncer, chiropodist, and an Irish war bride.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featurin...

January 11, 1950 – The Secret Word is “Milk”.  Contestants include a young engaged couple, house mover, and parent of 20 kids. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.  The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordina...

January 4, 1950 – The Secret Word is “Tree”.  Contestants include a a spinster, a sailor, and a congressman. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.  The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from dif...

December 28, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Name”.  Contestants include a car hop, a college football player, and a chiropractor. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.  The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinar...

December 21, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Chair”.  Contestants include a special effects man, a group of foreign college students, and a messenger boy. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.  The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27...

December 14, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Hair”.  Contestants include newlyweds, a group of brownie troop leaders, and a public school official. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27...

December 7, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Dust”.  Contestants include a bacteriologist, a bird hospital lady, and an engaged couple. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.  The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different walks of lif...

November 30, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Window”.  Contestants include an investment broker, explorer, housewife, and lighthouse keeper. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different walk...

November 23, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Chair”.  Contestants include a father of a bride, mother of a groom, butcher, and a bail bond man,   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different...

November 16, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Grass”.  Contestants include a weatherman, airport girl, and circus worker. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different walks of life as the con...

November 9, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Chair”.  Contestants include an optometrist, a health department worker, bus driver, and a roller coaster operator.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary peopl...

November 2, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Shoe”.  Contestants include an expecting father, a nurse, a fix-it-man, and a hotel detective. “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different walks...

October 26, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Radio”.  Contestants include a bachelor, a spinster, and magic shop clerks.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different walks of life as the co...

October 19, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Cluck”.  Contestants include a mindreader and a sleep walker.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different walks of life as the contestants.   G...

October 12, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Smile”.  Contestants include a pair youngsters.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people from different walks of life as the contestants.   Grouch put them...

October 5, 1949 – The Secret Word is “Chair”.  Contestants include a pair of Newlyweds, a Librarian and a Wrestler, and a Druggist and a Grave Digger.   “You Bet Your Life” was a top rated American radio and television game show that aired from 1947 until 1961. The show's host was the legendary comedian Groucho Marx.    The show debuted on ABC radio on October 27, 1947 featuring ordinary people fr...