You Bet Your Life #56-02 Groucho takes a polygraph; Groucho's father-in-law ('Hand', Oct 4, 1956)

It's a great idea by the producers to have had Groucho's then-father-in-law as a contestant, but Groucho is pretty tame with him. The real highlight of this show is when Chris Gugas of couple #2 gives Groucho an impromptu polygraph test, which turns into a very funny segment.
COUPLE #1: Barbara Gant, who tries to explain phonetics to Groucho / Edgar Higgins, Groucho's father-in-law!!!
COUPLE #2: Fay Spain / Chris Gugas, who talks about reducing vandalism in public schools
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.

[@venividiviking]

These episodes are brillant. I'm halfway through a 126 episode playlist, and i just love every one of them. When i was a kid, i sometimes watched Marx brothers in tv, with my dad and granddad. Great memories, from my childhood, in the 60s/70s in Denmark. Thanks for uploading these goldnuggets 👌👍

[@evanstj5]

Groucho Marx's comic timing is extraordinary!

[@brandonvelasco4110]

I just wanna say thank you for putting time and effort into developing these films. I'm a 2000 baby but I love the 50s/60s and really enjoy looking back into the past and imagining myself then

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Glad you enjoy the videos-- thanks for the comment, Brandon!

[@holleyjomartinez4009]

It is fun to see this footage - It’s better than most shows on TV today. I’m a 1956 baby - I was a just 19 days old when this was aired! Love Groucho! ❤️

[@comfortfrontdesk5766]

THAT FACE WHEN THE GUY LOOKED AT THE GIRL! Love Groucho! lol

[@davequinn4701]

What a totally stunning looking woman Fay Spain was.. Also a great actress. Unfortunately passed away at age 50 In '83 ❤

[@barbecuecity138]

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

[@kevinjudy7218]

Barbecuecity absolutely. ..

[@MOAONAABE]

chris gugas son was a B52 commander in the viet nam war, i served under him, and i went to prep school with groucho's grandson, alan raskin in the 60's. small world

[@AceripXF]

i was looking at the marx bro fam tree i didnt see granson by the name of Alan Raskin

[@nicgeorgiapeach]

My father is Chris Gugas Jr. and has many amazing stories from his missions. Thank you for your service. I love this video of my Grandfather!

[@DonnieReno]

I laughed so much in this episode! 😂😂😂

[@jessiejames7492]

'' I used to take out girls , now I take out the garbage'' ha ha so funny.

[@excolso]

Really appreciate these Groucho uploads, especially with your interesting background and commentary.

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Thanks for the kind words, excolso. This show is impossible to keep track of without some detail in the titles and descriptions. I'm glad someone else is reading them. :)

[@SuperWinterborn]

Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life Oh, there are a lot of readers I think. But I'm afraid the majority of readers are reluctant when it comes to leave comments on KZbin. ;) Come on, folks! Some nice words won't ruin your reputation! ;D

[@SuperWinterborn]

***** Is that a joke?

[@SuperWinterborn]

***** Well, it wasn't an insult either. :)

[@yannschonfeld5847]

Encore une autre épisode inoubliable. Merci pour le téléchargement.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Oui! Oui!

[@beatmet2355]

The ladies are particularly lovely in this episode

[@douggolden255]

I don't feel guilty about fast-forwarding through the DeSoto commericials because they're no longer being made. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

[@henrybrowne7248]

O . . M . . G . . I didn't recognize her at first, but eventually found out that Fay Spain played Darlin' Jill in an underrated masterpiece, God's Little Acre, with Robert Ryan and a host of other outstanding actors. She was terrific in that dark comedy [which also had Michael Landon as a hilarious albino dork]. That movie was made just TWO YEARS after this show, her career really took off right after this.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Interesting fact: *Beautiful Faye Spain was in The Godfather Part II, she played the part of the wife of Lee Strasberg.*

[@DonnieReno]

As soon as I heard the name I recognized it as the name of an actress, but then nothing was mentioned.

[@anthonyj1775]

Nice. I thought I recognized that name.

[@foursail100]

Fay was a B-movie actress and also appeared on many TV programs. She was in the scariest episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, "The Cuckoo Clock"!

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Tom Stein I'll have to watch that episode. Thanks for the info.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Wonderful, Groucho was so spontaneously brilliant. The best period in a relationship is before the marriage, from then on its downhill until you have to make the all important decision: who gets custody of the satellite dish!

[@Yowza78]

Boy, Ed really planted a kiss on that girl!

[@xbmpr]

Groucho was 67 and his father-in-law was 71 Jeez times are a changin

[@jimmiedee2315]

Fay Spain acted in about 100 roles in movies and TV as a B-actress. She died from cancer in 1983 at the age of 49.

[@garyb3397]

It is simply a delight to see the "real Fay", as there's no other interview available. She seemed bright and sweet, and despite her early drive-in flicks, she gave wonderful performances in "God's Little Acre" and "Al Capone." She is also terrific in countless TV guest appearances. She was really a very, very good actress and it's a shame she passed so young. So very beautiful.

[@marymarysmarket3508]

She was on Bonanza numerous times

[@Bigwave2003]

Fay Spain was already divorced from the first of her four husbands when she appeared on this show.

[@ziparis]

"When you're single you can always find someone to take the garbage out for you." Yea... that's saying a lot.

[@foursail100]

Wow! Fay Spain is on this show! One of the best TV and movie actors of the 50s and 60s !

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Tom Stein I'm not at all familiar with her-- could you fill us in?

[@martinjones5965]

17m17s - for me this apparently loose few trumpet blasts was the funniest part of the show - imagine the consternation in the band when they couldn't play it when they wanted to because Groucho was too busy being jealous of the male contestant :)

[@poetcomic1]

This is one of the top twenty YBYL episodes. The lie detector test was hilarious and a lot more. When the polygraph guy said he loved his wife the lie-meter didn't move but when he so much at looked at the pretty girl it jumped to 500! Several other gems as well. Don't mis this.

[@519djw6]

The one movie in which Fay Spain acted that nearly everyone has seen is "The Godfather, Part II." She has a small part as the much younger wife of the gangster Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg). This was made about 20 years after her appearance on "You Best Your Life," but unfortunately there are no close-ups of her in this film.

[@garyb3397]

Despite the legendary status of the Godfather films, Spain turned in terrific performances in 1959's "God's Little Acre" and "Al Capone." She was also great in many, many TV guest appearances. It's a shame she didn't go further in her career, as she was beautiful and talented.

[@sandrauhlein4317]

I totally agree, and Iam a woman

[@sandrauhlein4317]

Yes, agree.

[@TidoTee]

I learned to read by the Look-Say method in California and 60 years later still can't spell worth a damn. I've investigated and concluded that virtually no one who learned by this half-assed system ever learned to spell.

[@5thdimension625]

You’re right. Phonics is the best method to learn by. We taught our children to read at ages 2 and 3 with a book called “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy Lessons.” It’s been regarded as the best teaching book for reading ever written. Not bragging, because it’s their success not ours, but they are both very well read and I believe it’s because of the way they learned to read and enjoy reading.

[@erlindabrunt]

i watched when I was little!

[@FF11Freshstep]

Question @ 18:59... not sure if this was known in 1956 or not but there are FOUR states of matter: gas, liquid, solid, and plasma

[@billmorrison999]

FF11Freshstep free

[@AceripXF]

LMAOOO Grouchos so funny 😂

[@alienhuman]

Faye was in The Godfather II as Lee Strasberg's wife.

[@earlegavin5931]

She died very young,but was in alot of tv shows and movies. Very sad when gone way to soon.

[@jimmiedee2315]

I believe the date and episode number are correct, but the closing credits don't make sense. Older model cars, plus the crew isn't correct for Season 7. The fact that the quiz and final question formats were often changed from season to season helps to figure out some of these that get mixed up. IMDb has it wrong. They're showing it as #53-03 (Season 4, Episode 3) airing on October 1, 1953, which is way off. Perhaps, someone got thrown off by the bogus closing credits. I should have it fixed at IMDb in a few days.

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Sometimes the public domain DVDs will put any old credits sequence on the front and back of the episodes. That's my only explanation. The date and episode number are correct though, per the only good log. Wonderful that you're updating this info on the imdb-- I mentioned it in a comment from another user recently.

[@gdonner]

Thanks for posting this! Someone took down a previous posting that I was using as a reference (don't know why!) BTW, does anyone know which episode features the female contestant with a major crush on George Fenneman (and shows it, to everyone's entertainment)?

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

Gdonner Gdonner It's on this channel, but I'm really sorry to say I can never remember which show it was. You're not the first to ask. :)

[@raychisholm4685]

May

[@susanrussell3001]

The secret word was hand,groucho's father in law was a farm hand in his younger life grouchy asks him was kind of jobs did you use to do,just sayiing

[@stonesinmyblood27]

Where was Babs when I was 18?

[@radicalveg00]

Holy Mackeral, what a cutie 24-year-old Fay Spain was!

[@ferlenarab]

Seems like the girls were very pretty on this show!

[@robertstrugnell7842]

everybody in these old days looked so healthier and not overweight

[@schiacciatrollo]

here we got one of 'groucho, with his movies trailing, stands alone with his punchline failing.'

[@ummglick]

Man would get arrested for lip kissing today!

[@fifty9forty3]

In 1956 Groucho was 66 yrs old and his father in law was only 72?

[@bettymcfattypants291]

He snatched a cradle!!

[@gwenniegirl50]

@five381 at this time Groucho's wife was Eden Hartford. According to IMDb she was born in April of 1930. So 26 here.

[@fifty9forty3]

@@gwenniegirl50: At this time Groucho was 40 years senior to his wife? He makes it plain he has an interest in younger women.

[@aaronz7056]

Groucho and Eden's marriage was just a painful sideshow and ended disastrously with her leaving him when he was nearly 80. Just try to find one photo of the two of them together where she doesn't look miserable. P.S. Groucho's son Arthur considered Eden to be pretty much an idiot.

[@fifty9forty3]

@@aaronz7056: In spite of all they seem to have, many celebrities are an unhappy, unfulfilled lot.

[@cefcat5733]

Oh, she's a pretty girl! Nr 1 contestant. The next one too! Groucho has good taste.

[@theoakhills]

Barbara would be 87...so pretty and smart and elegant. Now they teach CRT and dont say gay....we have regressed. 17:12 George is 'stunned' look at his face!

[@stonesinmyblood27]

Where was Fay when I was 18?

[@ferlenarab]

Fay Spain died very young, a pity.

[@johnpinero6085]

Gonzalez gonzalez

[@fifty9forty3]

That was a funny show, and Gonzalez Gonzalez became an actor for it. Thanks to John Wayne.

[@yankeeland1]

✝️

[@tabby956]

Fay Spain was a Hollywood actress. www.imdb.com/name/nm0816670/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Spain

[@coronapapi]

The last few shows have seemed a little uncoordinated.. Fenneman looks all worried.

[@freddycastro3957]

By

[@rickrick5041]

What a garbage $2,000 question

[@davediamond7228]

fay spain had a decent film and tv career ..she died way to soon

[@AceripXF]

i mean.....hes not WRONG the women groucho dated werent exactally the best according to history they were alcohaulics so ya.....garbage

[@laurenceleadman4779]

I don't like the orchestra

[@gilbertotongco1054]

Prize should be given pro-rata. It's unfair to divide the Money equally even if a partner just stood doing nothing