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6 unusual facts about You Bet Your Life


Anna Mahler

While married to Fistoulari, but separated, she appeared on the 2 January 1952 radio quiz show (and the 3rd January 1952 TV edition) "You Bet Your Life."

Dudley J. LeBlanc

LeBlanc humorously recounted his French-language campaigning, as a contestant on Groucho Marx's NBC television quiz show, You Bet Your Life.

Earlene Brown

She can be seen as a contestant on the 16th April 1959 edition of You Bet Your Life.

John Guedel

John Guedel, (Oct. 9, 1913, Portland, Indiana – Dec. 14, 2001, Los Angeles, California) was a radio and television producer who co-created and produced Art Linkletter's and Groucho Marx's most important and successful broadcast properties, including You Bet Your Life and People Are Funny.

Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne

After nine years of marriage, she and her husband divorced, and Kyra moved to Los Angeles, where she became a contestant on Groucho Marx’s show You Bet Your Life.

Roll the Bones

For anyone who hasn't seen Groucho Marx's game show You Bet Your Life, I mean that no one but Groucho knows the secret word, and one guess is as good as another...


Chuck Dressen

Dressen himself appeared on the Groucho Marx quiz program, You Bet Your Life, and predicted that the Senators would finish in the first division (fourth place or higher).

Faith TV

And among the family programs that have aired are Nanna's Cottage, You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, Dusty's Trail with Bob Denver (Gilligan's Island) and the Adam and Eve Factor Christian marriage series.

Jim Ferrier

In June 1954, Ferrier appeared on the television game show You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx, of Marx Brothers fame.


see also

Double X Posse

"Not Gonna Be Able to Do It" appeared in the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in the season 3 episode titled "You Bet Your Life."

The Incredible Jewel Robbery

CBS explained the show as follows: "If you watch the show you'll see a familiar face equipped with mustache and leer. Because of his contract terms (Groucho was still doing You Bet Your Life on NBC), his name can't be mentioned, but he is not Jerry Colonna."