You Bet Your Life #54-17 Jim Ferrier, golf pro (Secret word: 'Water', Jan 6, 1955)

COUPLE #1: Marine Sergeant Sylvester Nelson / Colette Nelson, his French wife
COUPLE #2: Jim Ferrier, golf pro / Marilyn Pierce, dog trainer, former model
COUPLE #2: Evelyn Sarrows (sp?), Home Economics teacher / Floyd Humiston, lion trainer
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.

[@barrysmith646]

All these old shows are so great, wholesome, reminiscent of yesterday. It's great to see how so many enjoyed such simple pleasures. Thanks Groucho !!

[@user-nn7us2jp3p]

You Bet Your Life was always so interesting with different contestants and Groucho’s wit. He was a master with people and bringing out the best in everybody.

[@clieding]

The lion tamer was hilarious; he should have been on TV. He would have fit right in with the inhabitants of Hooterville or Mayberry. He is a bit reminiscent of James Stewart with his modest slow manor of speaking and tall lean figure.

[@joker_3517]

They made a movie about him "fearless fagan"

[@EdMendence]

Groucho is absolutely the wittiest & funniest improvisational comedian I’ve ever witnessed! 👏🏼👏🏼 I & millions more like me are supremely grateful that someone shared all of these recorded treasures for so many future generations to enjoy! 😂♥️

[@LarsBosteen]

The bit with the lion trainer is hilarious - his answers, the delivery, Groucho's reactions.

[@breezycovergirl]

The best show ever. His sense of humor reminds me of my dad.

[@sandrauhlein4317]

Victoria Juergens-Renfro I just said that to my husband.

[@jakenorris6189]

Reminds me of my Grandad

[@chinaexpertdennis6371]

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[@ealswytheangelicrealms]

My father had no sense of humor so I especially appreciate Groucho. When I watched the show as a kid Groucho would tell a joke and my father always said, "That's supposed to be funny?"

[@jessgarc-sd6oh]

I love the innocence of the people of this era. So naturally funny. I'm glad I'm from this era😅😅😅 24:52

[@1949LA-ARCH]

Huge Groucho fan, the one the only 😂 hilarious show😊

[@louisep5178]

The audience always look so happy 😁

[@marymarysmarket3508]

They were...life in America was great...then!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

The lion tamer conversing with Groucho Marx was hilarious because of Groucho's quick and sharp wit! 🤣

[@gilloera8912]

So funny been watching groucho for years. 2/15/23 749 pm

[@emmay3830]

Thanks so much for uploading all thèse ! I discovered this show because of the quote in the chapter one of The Long Walk and lucky me, since then I couldn't stop watching, for I love it so much!! Even it I don't get everything, just like this french girl in this épisode. 😅 It can be so really frustrating, but well, I believe it's getting better ! Anyway I am beginning to enjoy this era very much, Groucho's humour also, and it gives me the eager to watch other shows/movies of him and from this period. Anyway, it you read this thanks again and goodbye ✌

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

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[@emmay3830]

Yeah it sounds cool, I'll have a look at it ! I won't get bored these holidays xD Gosh, even after listening again many times and showing it to my folks I still can't understand the joke at 3:35 Neither the explanation of the husband x) I just get : Don't let it upset you, but I once had a.... on a train myself. And something like "operate" after that And then the other man says something about a birth and a baby I assume that it must be some kind of salacious joke as both men seem embarassed to explain it, or I don't know. xD If anyone can help thanks in advance !!

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Groucho said, "I once had a BERTH on a train myself"-- it was a pun on the term for a sleeping compartment for passengers on a train, and childbirth. :)

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

(Of course, when Groucho says "berth" it comes out more like "boith"!)

[@emmay3830]

+Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life Oh okay thank you xD It's not a word i'd have guessed

[@keithnaylor1981]

The lion tamer was the funniest guest ever! I’ve got to watch this again in a few weeks! If he had come on dressed as Davy Crocket he could have passed as Fess Parker!

[@jakenorris6189]

Groucho pauses, gets the laugh and comes back with a great line.

[@beatmet2355]

This show has a lot of interesting people. The world has more than you might think.

[@sweiland75]

"did he collect a severance pay?" LOL

[@jimmiedee2315]

In 1947 James Bennett Elliott Ferrier (Jim Ferrier) became the first Australian-born golfer to win one of the four major tournaments, when he won the Professional Golfers' Association of America championship. He stood 6 feet, 4 inches, and was known as "Big Jim". His combination of force, finesse and focus had earned him grim nicknames: "The Undertaker" was the most common, "The Wolf" was another.

[@justinmay3451]

He was the first golfer from the southern hemisphere to win a major championship, not just Austrailia!

[@christophertomasello1227]

At 7:31 Groucho states" it's a ridiculous name ...Wolfgang" Really GROUCHO ???

[@poetcomic1]

Groucho asked Jim the champion golfer if he ever came to Hillcrest. Hillcrest was the great Jewish country club that had a famous 'roundtable of Jack Benny, Groucho, George Burns, Georgie Jessel etc. etc. (it was called Algonquin West).. Groucho ws just once told he could not swim at another country club because he was Jewish and he asked if his daughter Melinda could swim there if she just got in up to her waist as she was only half Jewish.

[@censusgary]

Selecting the contestants was a big part of the success of this show. Most of them are very amusing people.

[@martinjones5965]

Every time Groucho goes from bantering with the contestants to doing the competition it sounds like has to use all his will-power to leave what he loves.

[@michaelgreene151]

"Did he collect his severance pay?"--how could the audience miss that one?! LOL. For the first time in my life, I think I had a better repartee than Groucho about the guy mentioning he had a half sister. "you mean the half that the lion didn't get?!"

[@papagen00]

keep in mind the show was heavily edited and truncated.

[@MrDuds1984]

"You're a worse menace than smog" lol

[@eddylauterback1312]

It wasn't all improvised! Many guests were fed lines and Groucho was reading cue cards (being held behind and to his left of the couple) Groucho was the best at wit but most of his guests were able to do their lines well.

[@lawrenceleverton7426]

You practice your backswing and I'll Practice my approach.

[@martinjones5965]

7m50s Groucho's hand movement expressing what he thinks of their ignorance :)

[@larrydonguy]

Didn't realize pro golfer Jim Ferrier was that tall. Comes across as a very pleasant fellow here but I've heard that he was an agonizingly slow and deliberate player back in the day (early post-war years). By today's standards that probably means a bit faster than average.

[@theoakhills]

JUNGLELAND opened in 1926. In 1966 a lion mauled the son of Janes Mansfield. It is now the Civic Arts Plaza.

[@darylmichael7]

Floyd reminds me of a young Jimmy Steward. I can watch him and GM for another hour.

[@sadiatmani376]

"when a dog digs up a bone does he tell you that it belongs to a dinasaur" hahah

[@ManInTheBigHat]

What contestants. Where do they find these characters?

[@CamhiRichard]

At 3:16, Colette uses the word "pregnant," which was allegedly taboo on TV. Did the Guardians of Propriety miss it, or did they just cut Groucho more slack?

[@giavannabellucci309]

Yes, I picked up on that too. That had to be a very rare incident. Maybe because the contestant said it it was allowed, or the censors just missed it.

[@user-iv9xw3vs6c]

Bigfoot Mangiacavallo really? what's wrong with word pregnant

[@SheriSoltes]

@@user-iv9xw3vs6c Dumb censorship laws. On I Love Lucy, it was a huge deal to even discuss the topic. But that word was never used. Even in the 60’s they only showed married couples in twin beds.

[@richardvilseck]

“I find it much simpler to kick ‘em.”

[@marions.120]

Floyd is kind of funny!

[@m42037]

So how much will it cost me to buy a new 1955 DeSoto??

[@papagen00]

$150

[@FF11Freshstep]

another "editing" note... sometime just after this the desoto logo changes from the rectangle shape to a circle connected to a rectangle... i cant nail it down better than 0518 (#54-18) to 0524 (#54-24)... even in some of the best of etc prints with the cropping and such, you can still catch the bottom of the logos to tell which it is if you're sharp.

[@theotherclyde]

What, me worry?

[@tanthiennguyen9133]

Secret Wort Water....?

[@ericmartine902]

word

[@rockyjaydog6447]

when pretty girls come on people whistle. I dont hear that anymore.

[@robertholman8730]

It would be considered impolite back then!!

[@vandercecil9449]

Groucho had to have known the Lakeside Country Club in the area of L.A. called Toluca Lake - then - did not allow Jews...

[@rickrick5041]

They won 32.50. Didn’t the quiz shows have million dollar prizes?

[@searchingforlostatoms7191]

Try '21'

[@rickrick5041]

@@searchingforlostatoms7191 Yeah 21M

[@marymarysmarket3508]

In 2023, that would be X9.

[@robertholman8730]

Speaking of the the early 50s.

[@Michael93406]

The military guy and his sexy gorgeous French wife had no sense of humor and why they picked a musical category is beyond me as they knew NOTHING about it!