You Bet Your Life #55-39 Mayor of Torrance, CA - Season finale (Secret word 'Hand', Jun 21, 1956)

[@splinterarmspy]

Never really warmed up to the Marx brothers films, but I cant get enough of you bet your life and watch it constantly, always brightens my day...

[@jimmyb1559]

“A women is as old as she looks and a man is old when he doesn’t look”. Gotta love that. Thanks for the show. Really enjoyed it.

[@SuperWinterborn]

I found the sequence with Wade Ruby vs Groucho quite amusing, and Edna Kinchen fitted very well into this little "verbal combat" too. ;)

[@martinjones5965]

I agree but would go further - I found it utterly thrilling to experience the product of 2 deeply well-read men and exceptional wit talent.

[@joesmolinski3882]

I really enjoyed watching this show and seeing these reruns on my phone brings me great pleasure.

[@barbecuecity138]

Thank you for sharing this, I enjoyed it! Groucho was truly one of the greatest, wittiest comics that ever lived.

[@maynardsmoreland]

Henry Jacobs was a pioneering sound artist, and is still alive at age 89. He broadcast over Berkeley station KPFA and released many records over the Folkways and Fantasy labels.

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Interesting, I didn't know that. I have many Fantasy albums-- some great jazz was released on that label. I wonder if I have some that he engineered!

[@retrorex]

+Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life He's on two tracks on Lenny Bruce's Interviews of Our Times LP on Fantasy.

[@519djw6]

Unfortunately, he died on September 25, 2015.

[@scottlahti1252]

The Wikipedia article on Henry Jacobs is very interesting, and the station KPFA has quite the history as well.

[@daveqr]

Mark Watts, Alan Watts' son, was his son-in-law.

[@rayjohnson9781]

Man these shows are so good and this is one of my faves. The comments add so much more too.

[@arttrombley7385]

I loved this show as a kid because I knew many of the answers and learned from the ones that I didn't know.

[@jeffclement2468]

Loved this old show since I was a child. Of course I get more of the jokes now tho. This episode is particularly witty with the English professor. 😻

[@christophersmith590]

One of the best Grouch shows ever

[@dancelli714]

I'm a fan of HENRY JACOBS and his recordings. Saw him at a Lenny Bruce concert.

[@matthewwoelfle5533]

"Tell all your friends, and tell Jack Webb, too."

[@janepatterson6779]

Lovely people in the audience...

[@henrybrowne7248]

Today's young people simply MUST watch Groucho's exchanges with that English chair fellow Wade Ruby. . . starts at 12:50 . . Edna gets in a couple funny quips then it resumes. Groucho shows poise and his own learnedness. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this in today's humor.

[@SuperWinterborn]

Around 0:48, here he is mentioned again, the jolly jockey Pearson from the episode aired Jan. 6th '56. :) This time as a more lucky winner from (an) other game(s)...

[@hankterreros223]

$64,000? I wonder if he was on that fixed game show?

[@LaurenceMily-ik9lk]

EXCELLENT 😂❤❤❤❤

[@papagen00]

In those days you could buy a house in Torrance on a $20 hour job.

[@martinjones5965]

George: "If you want to see these people again tune in ... " so unpushy~

[@carylos123]

GREAT

[@solohoh]

Wade Ruby was right @ 14.14 -- it was Richard Moore that wrote: Hymn for water by Merrill Moore： Go get water, water is good to drink, Water will drown better than wine will drown Certain sorrows that will not go down...

[@evelynbanker2090]

solohoh is not

[@karendeaton9297]

Entertaining but some don't realize or care that they are a team to discuss the answer. Says a lot about some of these folks.

[@Mutlap]

Population Demographics for Torrance, California in 2017 145,438

[@joelfrechette7707]

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@LaurenceMily-ik9lk]

EXCELLENT 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤