You Bet Your Life #59-24 Ellis Arnall, former governor of Georgia ('Water', Mar 3, 1960)

[@Blassieboy]

Gov. Arnall was an excellent governor and a fine human being. He was a liberal Democrat who had lowered the voting agein Georgia to 18 during his term in office 1942-46, He felt if you were old enough to fight for this country you should be old enough to vote. He was for Civil Rights as he fought to abolish the racist poll tax in Georgia.

[@henryarnall3490]

I’m proud to be related to him

[@E.Carrillo]

I bet the liberal Democrat of his day is more like the moderate Republican of today.

[@marions.120]

Groucho was definitely awesome! 🥸 Governor Arnall was very impressive.

[@giorgikvatchadze4928]

"I hope you admire me more now that I have shown my good heart and good disposition, towards you, sir" (13:37) - the way governor cast a glance at Groucho as he brought this statement to an end, gave me a big smile.

[@robertewing3114]

Groucho was confronted by this Mayor to understand him a nice guy or invite ruin, and Groucho takes him up as a movie character and offers to light his cigar etc. To Hague with that, very much his motto. Edit The Hague with that. Who now can ask what the Hague Groucho talks about?

[@timothycarley2174]

My opinion on groucho has changed a great deal after watching these "Shorts." He Impressed me as Being a Kind,Decent Man with a Bit of a fun-Loving Kid Thrown in.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

We Americans today can learn a thing or two about manners from watching these guests.

[@daveqr]

The Reverend was right about Tennessee.

[@bigdlovesoldies]

Even the older women on this show were hot - and without the fake look that women have today.

[@tonyaltano7992]

Groucho: "Spoken like a true politician, & cowardly husband."🃏

[@MrJoeybabe25]

people sure looked older back then. Ellis Arnall was to be just 53 on March 20th, 1960. My, My! For a minute I thought he was going into a filibuster!

[@loissimmons109]

People did look older then. Seeing how long it had been since Ellis Arnall had been governor, I assumed he was much older and had gotten a late start in starting a family. I also thought that Peggy Brown looked on the older side to have been Miss North Carolina very recent to the time of this show, but she was the winner of that contest in 1959.She died in January 2009 at the age of 70, she would have been only 21 or 22 at the time of this show. I would have put her as easily over 25, maybe closer to 30. I have a picture of my paternal grandparents when they were around my age (early 60's). They look to be 15-20 years older than me. And they looked pretty much like people of their age did at the time (around 1950). Even though we hear all this talk about unhealthy food and Americans having bad habits, we do seem to be aging much slower than people one or two generations ago.

[@greglauer]

I would have said mid-30s for the lady and mid-60s for the gubnah. In addition to the other factors I have always assumed for people looking older back then (e.g., unfiltered cigarettes and LOTS of them from an early age), my mom recently reminded me that people often used lye soap, which tended to age their skin, too.

[@martinjones5965]

11m40s "do you have any little goverors running around the house" .. I was surprised this didn't get an audience laugh ... it did from this neighborino.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

That Carolina gal was drippin' with suthiness!

[@MrMenefrego1]

suthiness ? 👀

[@RonGreeneComedian]

Yes, I do ramble on, but my ramblings are always truthful and educational. As a lifelong Georgian, allow me to point out, Gov. Arnold has what we call a traditional Atlanta Southern accent. As he spoke the word "glamour" as glam-a. There's a distinct different between the Gov's and Peggy's. Her's is a little more "syrupy." It's interesting to note, GA was involved in the "motion picture" industry in those days. GA is big in the movie industry. I moved to metro-Atlanta from south GA when I was about 12, back in 1961. I fell in love with the Atlanta accent spoken by those classically educated, Southern politicians. I immediately began to practice and I have developed an accent that will pass for a traditional Atlanta accent. However, I can still do a, "How y'all doin' down thar? Y'all gonna have a good pee-can crop?" Atlanta is about 40 miles south of where we live; we frequently travel to or through Atlanta. My west TN wife tells me when she and I travel to or through Atlanta, "You automatically switch to your Atlanta accent." When I retired from the real world, I got a job with a company that rented buses and drivers to the carpet industry in North Georgia. I cannot count the number of people from every continent in the world, whom I have picked up at the Atlanta international airport and brought to their hotel in north GA. Consistently, the largest group of customers by frequent trips were from Canada. In other words, the bus held 40 passengers; I probably picked up 4-5 groups of 40 over the 7 years with the company. I always intentionally and in a very over the top way slipped into my traditional Atlanta Southern accent. Not only was I responsible to get them safely from the Atlanta Int'l airport the 60 to 70 miles north, occasionally, I was responsible to give them a short tour of Atlanta. Imagine me speaking with the accent of Governor Arnold. I will alter the spelling of some of the words in an attempt to copy the speaking. As we passed the GA State Capitol with it's gold dome, "If y'all will look to yo leff-t, that's whey-a our-wa e-lected crooks fig-a out waze to stick they-a hey-and in our-wa pock-its. No doubt, ya'll have the same crooks up yon-da whey-a y'all live." This included a quick tour of the famous Peachtree St, the sight of many historical events and places. When Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With The Wind she was living on a little street just off of Peachtree Street. How good was I with my Atlanta Southern accent? One Canadian lady commented to another, "I could listen to him all day long." This was back in the day when Mr. Obama was our president. Some wanted to ask questions to a typical American, but really did not know how to open the subject up. I handled it thusly, "Is there any subject or any question you folks from Canada would like to ask an average American?" Just as certain as a cockroach cracks when you step on it, the questions would always be, "Ron, what do you think about Obama care and gun control?" Obviously, I was an employee of the company spending millions of dollars to host their customers from around the world. Therefore, I would not about to get into an argument. I stated, "I'll explain to you both views on each subject." That's what I did. They learned a lot a great deal about each subject from me; I learned a great deal about Canada's laws also. One particular trip, I took them to The Varsity, the worlds largest drive in restaurant. It's an Atlanta landmark and has been visited by many presidents, well-known people from all walks of life from around the world. However, like much of Atlanta, a person needs to be aware of their surroundings at all times. As I was wrapping up the opposing views regarding gun control, I was parking the bus in the huge parking lot of The Varsity. I pointed out our surroundings, how easy it would be for someone to rush to the door of the bus, force it open and be pointing a weapon, holding a baseball bat or a knife and robbing everyone on the bus. I pointed out it would take the person a few seconds to force open the doors. I then asked, "If that happened, would you rather Ron Greene to be sitting on his wallet or sitting on a Smith and Wesson .380?" It got so quiet on that bus, you could have heard a cockroach peeing on the carpet. I got rather amused when one of the ladies said, "Until I watched the movie Lincoln, I always thought he was a Democrat." That's when I gave her a quick lesson on the founding of the Democratic Party, the party leaders of the South after the end of Reconstruction, the dominating party for generations after the war. The same party that led all Southern state governments, the one who turned a blind eye to the lynchings of KKK, the party of the one who said "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow ,segregation forever." etc. I also pointed out the party of President Dwight D Eisenhower who in 1957 sent the federal troops integrate Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. This was over the objections of all the Democratic Southern governors. Once again, It got so quiet on that bus, you could have heard a cockroach peeing on the carpet. I can go on. In fact, I may make a video going into greater detail and call it, "Ron and the Ladies from Canada." Subscribe to my KZbin channel, Ron Greene Comedian, in order not to miss it. As an added bonus, you will hear how a bona fide Southerner talks. Who knows? You might take it up.

[@henryarnall3490]

Arnall* not Arnold

[@SkyKingofMaricopa]

Long winded nonsense.

[@ironhorse1962]

2 1/2 million in homes sales for the year is now about 3 houses

[@mehboobkm3728]

Ha, one of those rare times when Groucho had to be silent!!

[@E.Carrillo]

Sure enough, that minister was right, they are in TN.

[@519djw6]

In Round #1, there is one problem: Many states have a plethora of small towns with the same names. So, I'm betting that the first couple were right about there also being three towns in the state they named, in addition to the state that was the "right" answer.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

Amazing that for all of his self-taught knowledge Groucho continuously had trouble pronouncing the word Massachusetts.

[@solohoh]

His pronunciation "Massachunuts" was intentional

[@WalterJoergLangbein]

He did it on purpose.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

He did it because he was trying to be funny ... ... but he failed in the attempt!

[@therrienmichael08]

@@solohoh That's what I thought I heard.

[@wardka]

Funny, I always thought he had trouble pronouncing "woid."

[@martinjones5965]

20m18s someone put sand in the wheel bearing - i used to spin much freer - I suspect the musicians union complained they were having to play too long.

[@revnede]

Wow, who can imagine a modern American politician using the word "pulchritude"? These days, political rhetoric seems cynically dumbed-down.

[@stephane1316]

That Governor was sooooo long winde

[@Joe-ey7fg]

The governor upstaged Groucho. Not easy to do.

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Around 21:07 is one of Groucho's most heavily abused puns. His response to this cue was so automatic, it was practically the Marxian equivalent of Tourette's syndrome.

[@loissimmons109]

And I loved how Johnnie Ross changed her answer from Hawaii to Honolulu when Groucho asked her again. Being a very successful businesswoman, she was obviously nobody's fool.

[@Wisdom-Nuggets-Tid-Bits]

@@loissimmons109 point?????

[@keithnaylor1981]

I met a girl in Hawaii who had a tattoo Honolulu!

[@aprils376]

That Governor was too much of a "politician".... he put it on thick. It's better to be natural.

[@troygrudintfgrudin1630]

I guess they didn't know that Mt. Saint Hellens which erupted in Washington in the 19080s was active.

[@wardka]

I've wondered about this too, but then wondered if maybe Mt. Saint Helens was dormant at the time. I don't quite remember off the top of my head the difference between active, dormant and extinct.

[@caroler01]

14 year old kid? More like her grandfather.

[@MB-pe1dw]

Nonsense. A man can have children at any age

[@mehboobkm3728]

@@MB-pe1dw Gov. had the kid when he was 38, what is wrong with that? Gov was only 52 at the time of Groucho meeting!

[@mehboobkm3728]

Gov. had the kid when he was 38, what is wrong with that? Gov was only 52 at the time of Groucho meeting!

[@Umustbekidn]

Grouchy was the funniest comic ever... but this governor was a quack...

[@coronapapi]

10:56. Holy cow what an insult

[@42CAINE]

Gov BS should have felt a slap within half a second

[@solohoh]

Jonesborough and Murfreesboro are in Tennessee, Woodstock is in NY, and Rockville is in Indiana, none are in Illinois

[@maryperez1235]

solohoh wrong

[@MrMenefrego1]

I lived in Rockford, Illinois you moron!

[@E.Carrillo]

Rockford not Rockville

[@caroler01]

I wonder what he would think of Georgia going back to Jim Crow. He probably would be cheering.

[@AnimeMovement]

Georgia hasn’t gone back to Jim Crow, Carole.

[@kevinmadden1645]

No state practices Jim Crow . Quit lapping up Liberal bullshit .

[@strom.mccallum]

I'm a Marxist (no pun intended), and thus not a fan of any 20th or 21st Century capitalist politician. But I'll be fair- Ellis Arnall had an attitude on "race" more advanced than those of over ninety five percent of White Southerners of his time. Look up what segregationist monsters like Lester Maddox had to say about him.

[@hogfarmersforjustice4804]

By southern political standards, Arnall wasn’t so bad. ss8h11.wordpress.com/ss8h11-section-a/ellis-arnall/

[@frzstat]

I believe you are right

[@dannapier2560]

That racist, benevolent, Governor has the blood of a lot of African Americans on his hands!

[@empirestate8791]

Arnall was pro civil rights. I think you're talking about Talmadge.

[@RonGreeneComedian]

I’m from GA; one should always do their research before making a statement as ridiculous as the one made about Governor Ellet Arnall. He ended white primaries, making it possible for black people to vote in primaries for any candidate whom they chose. It is common for ignorant people do you automatically assume that anyone who has a southern accent to be a member of the KKK. When in actuality, the late US Senator, to Robert Byrd, a Democrat, was a lifelong member of the KKK.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

People who shoot their mouths off about Mr. Arnall having been a racist and so forth would do well to at least look him up on Wikipedia. He was responsible for major reforms. And don’t forget he was governor in the 1940s.

[@finnjosh9444]

Dan Napier - You certainly are a racist from your ignorant and unfounded comments. You are probably a fully paid up member of the racist and bigoted Democrat party.

[@vannieloumarshall7505]

@@RonGreeneComedian ...Thank you so much! Finally, glimpse of reality! God bless you, sir!

[@moonlanding-69]

Groucho.....now women are trans men! Men can menstruate.....lmao