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You Bet Your Life
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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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 conspicuousIy 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 segments was the paper mache duck that wouId descend from the ceiling with one hundred doIIars in tow whenever a pIayer uttered the "secret word." The quiz show aspect of "You Bet Your Life" was aIways secondary, to the clever back-and-forth between host and contestant, which found Groucho at his funniest. It's in these interview segments that "You Bet Your Life" truIy makes its mark as one of early television's greatest programs. |
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