You Bet Your Life #54-26 Dueling zoomerangs; MLB Pitcher Bob Lemon ('Floor', Mar 10, 1955)

The highlight of this show is @12:00: Groucho fighting a "zoomerang" duel with its inventor, Roger Hamilton (couple #2). There's a very interesting blog post about this appearance written by Roger's daughter here: www.susanhamilt...
(thanks to westy40 for the link!)
COUPLE #1: Alice C. Armstrong, editor for "Who's Who in Los Angeles" / Dr. Rex Waggoner, children's dentist
COUPLE #2: Roger Hamilton, inventor of the "Zoomerang" / Captain Grace Menzies, WAC
COUPLE #3: Bob Lemon, MLB pitcher / Sue Crawford, QANTAS airline hostess
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.

[@sebring1960]

Thank you for this video. Bob Lemon was my second cousin.

[@lorenanders702]

A hall of famer and world champ Yankees manager!

[@ManInTheBigHat]

"I'd pay a $1.39..." He never let one go by. Love the cowlick on Bob Lemon. These episodes have become the only thing I watch anymore. THANKS!

[@sclogse1]

Cowlicks are on the back of the head. Would you care to try for $40.?

[@sandrauhlein4317]

You and me both.

[@sclogse1]

Mr. Boomerang actually sounds a lot like Oscar Levant, and he kinda moves around like him too. And what a story at the ending. Too much!!

[@PimpLenin]

According to "Find A Grave", it looks like Captain Menzies reached the rank of Major. Born on January 2, 1909, and died on April 27,1980.

[@BudSchnelker]

I love how Groucho was an honest-to-goodness fan of baseball. He brought it up during so many episodes.

[@mattbnez]

mwoelfle Seen Don Drysdale segment. He was one hell of a pitcher and was used as a pitch hitter too. I was always glued to the TV on Saturdays in the fifties and sixties. Just not the same anymore. Just too many doping players cheating.

[@loissimmons6558]

Lemon and Drysdale had much in common. Both were from the LA area (Drysdale from Van Nuys), both were good hitting pitchers (Lemon had come through the minors as an infielder before the Indians converted him to mound duty), both are in the Hall of Fame, both won World Championships and notched victories as the starting pitcher in a World Series game (Lemon in 1948, Drysdale in 1959, 63 & 65) and both made their living in baseball after they retired as players (Drysdale as an announcer, Lemon as manager of the Yankees and White Sox among other things). Groucho took a little dig at Lemon when he said that Durocher sent his regards. Durocher's Giants swept the Indians in the World Series that took place in the fall before this show was taped and Lemon lost two of the four games. But Groucho was smart enough to avoid saying the name of Dusty Rhodes. Old Dusty hit one of the cheapest home runs in World Series history in the 10th inning to win Game 1. It was a pop fly that would have been an easy out in any other ballpark, but in the Polo Grounds, it barely grazed the facing of the upper deck about 260 feet away. Lemon, knowing he had made a great pitch, slammed his glove on the ground and stormed off the field.

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@mattbnez Ever seen Don Drysdale's wife? WOW!

[@MrMenefrego1]

@@loissimmons6558 Thank you for all of that awesome baseball info!

[@loissimmons6558]

+j.d. di giusto Which one? His first wife (Ginger) or his second wife (basketball star Ann Meyers)?

[@MrMenefrego1]

8:21, Groucho: *"What pinches the most, the halo or the girdle?"* Contestant: *"Well... The bra."* 👀

[@lorenanders702]

"Well...my husband!"😂

[@poetcomic1]

'You're an interesting couple...Alice..." That is amazingly not censored and clearly most of the audience got it.

[@sonicsabbath]

I don't get it..............

[@nicholasjanke3476]

Groucho found a whole new popular career as a tv comic. Harpo and Chico were reduced to performing at state fairs.

[@aloisemason3044]

Sensational people and sensational show

[@mrpuniverse2]

Great link to the daughter I love this show I look up the people on Google and surprised to find plenty on the contestants. I have a number of eps of the show on DVD great to see an Aussie sheliah on this episode cute too and willing to divulge her vital stats Great clean fun what good tv used to be

[@stephane1316]

The zoomerang pitch was full of innuendos!

[@MartinSage]

Bringing the Zoomerang Toy and showing it on Grotcho's TV show took guts. What an amazing free advertising plug. I bet he got 100,000 orders if not more!

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Make sure to check out the article written by the guy's daughter, linked in the video description!

[@lindaday6275]

Yes! That article was great. Thanks so much for posting the link!!

[@TnseWlms]

There was another episode where the secret word was "floor" and he interviewed a group of teenagers in the audience, so the duck came down backwards so only the host and the TV audience could see the secret word.

[@barryo9065]

Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life Thanks for posting the Susan Hamilton link. Very interesting read

[@nicholasjanke3476]

I've always loved the Marx Brothers! It's great to see Groucho pulling jokes on people in the real world instead of actors.

[@coronapapi]

Fennemen said "damn" on tv!

[@robertklose2140]

The Zoomerang® man looks a bit like JFK

[@Yowza78]

The Zoomerang guy's first pitch was pretty risque for TV back then: are you plagued by a sense of inadequacy? Then makes his pole go from short to long.

[@jimmiedee2315]

I loved the Zoomerang guy.

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

He's quite the salesman, the zoomerang guy.

[@bleacherz7503]

Intelligent guy

[@rickrick5041]

Jimmie Dee Me too

[@marymarysmarket3508]

Look in this video’s description for a link from his daughter...interesting follow up

[@loissimmons6558]

I was a bit puzzled as to why Dr. Rex didn't reveal his last name on the air. I know that at one time, it was considered unethical for a number of professionals, such as those in the fields of law and medicine, to advertise their services. It would seem as if there was a concern on someone's part, whether him or lawyers connected with the show/network, that his mere appearance on YBYL would be construed as advertising if he gave both his full name and profession. It seems to me that this wasn't a concern when other professionals appeared. And a minor addition to the info, Alice Armstrong's middle name was "Catt". Without seeing the spelling online, I thought maybe it was either a nickname or a diminutive for a name like Catherine and spelled like the feline animal.

[@justinmay3451]

As a baseball fan, I enjoyed seeing Bob Lemon! Really enjoyed the second couple as well. My Nana was in the WACs and I thought the zoomerang inventor resembled John F. Kennedy.

[@henrybrowne7248]

10:50 Seems as if this fellow created the first light sabre [see also Star Wars].

[@magovenor]

What a quick wit.

[@wearealldomed3565]

I had one of those zoomerang 45 years a go in england .

[@joeambrose3260]

Please post proof pronto, pics preferred

[@bornyesterday21]

In twenty three years Bob Lemon will manage the Yankees to the World Series Title.

[@mauriceupton1474]

Hope the Zoomerang guy made his fortune:) I wonder if he ever managed to pay his dentists bill? Watching from Auckland, New Zealand, South Pacific.

[@sadiatmani376]

Watching from Malta/Europe

[@pavankumar-ff9bo8zc5y]

Watching from Bangalore/India/South Asia

[@marymarysmarket3508]

In the description of this video is a link to a letter from this guy’s daughter about what happened to them after this show appearance.

[@jamessoltis5407]

...great ending.

[@henningandersen9027]

Don't tell me 2.05 is improvised.

[@kinkle_Z]

Amazing that a dentist in L.A. back then was so completely ignorant of history!

[@kinkle_Z]

Baseball was so great when many of the teams came from the state they played in and when every damn player wasn't popping with big necks on steroids and when a seat cost you $3 instead of $100. Pro sports are over like so many other things.

[@m42037]

Jay Leno is remaking this show in September, let's hope he pays respect to Groucho and not ruin the show

[@henningandersen9027]

They did let one couple leave with around 50 or 60 dollars.

[@robertstrugnell7842]

i can guarantee that no woman in Australia speaks like that hostess anymore...but back then..they would have recruited from London too

[@laurnaleto4622]

Zoomerang 39¢; about $4 today. Such a narrow age range to be a Qantas stewardess and required measurements. Miss America pageant ended revealing contestant measurements in 1986. The history of Qantas brags that up to 1992 their "flight hosteses" "...do not disappoint..." as the "...most visible glamorous marketing symbols....".

[@alexandermarquis6197]

Aah, he mentioned the pretty lady

[@MartinSage]

Roger A. Hamilton WAS in fact the inventor of the "Zoomerang" and had to sue a guy who tried to sell the same toy with the name "Zim Zoom". Roger got an injuntion to stop him.. I wonder how many Zoomerangs were sold? Is it sold today? Who sells them?

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Based only on a quick Google search, the name "zoomerang" seems to be used now by several unrelated companies and is the name of at least one completely unrelated toy now. I'm guessing it was never trademarked. www.amazon.com/Zing-Toys-Zoomarang-Colors-Outdoor/dp/B003B315ZM

[@rickrick5041]

Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life Or it wasn’t renewed

[@rickrick5041]

What ethics is a dentist breaking by giving his name? I suppose he isn’t in the phone book? Does he hide his address too?

[@rickrick5041]

Where’s Fenemen?

[@Page-Hendryx]

Asking to identify all the ribbons, as well as her actually doing it, is beyond embarrassing. I had to stop watching; didn't they stop after about the third one.

[@rickrick5041]

Page-Hendryx Why? They often do that. If you’ve earned them, why can’t you show them off if asked?

[@keithwilliams9847]

NC

[@kinkle_Z]

Like Capt. Grace, I would have liked to have joined the military back in the 70s but women were completely discriminated against. You had to be a nurse. That was it. Period. The end. No thanks.

[@rickrick5041]

Kinky There were openings in the Honduras military. It’s not too late

[@joeambrose3260]

Scripted and rehearsed

[@zacredman9137]

Why don't you go the f*** away you stupid troll...I notice you say this same thing on every episode!!! What a loser you are!!!🖕🤮💩😂🤣👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@joeambrose3260]

@@zacredman9137 Don't hate. I hate haters

[@marymarysmarket3508]

No...wrong again joe

[@brandonk8948]

just like your comments, redundant and recycled. Get a life