You Bet Your Life #60-15 Groucho the Telemarketer ('Face', Jan 5, 1961)

From the moment Groucho makes his wager with Jack Schwartz, it feels like we're in for a totally preplanned bit, but the payoff phone call appears genuinely spontaneous to me. The startled reactions of the woman on the other end of the phone call are priceless.
COUPLE #1: Eden Ryl, president of the EdenRyl Organization (naturally), which trains salesmen / Jack Schwartz, "greatest telephone insurance salesman in the country", who makes a sales call to demonstrate his skill
COUPLE #2: Barbara Winklepleck / Lloyd Kino, who we don't learn anything about at all, but they get to play the quiz with the absolute most boring category they had on YBYL, "Spelling". Great way to completely kill the pacing of the end of the episode, squeezing this in. They should have just had Groucho make another phone call. . .
NOTE: The opening couple of minutes are cut off.
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.

[@monstersofthemidway7125]

I did a quick GOOGLE search of Eden Ryl and learned that her net worth was $11 million. I then checked Groucho's net worth and found out that his was $12 million. Eden sure did pretty good with her career!

[@lindaackerman3507]

This is probably the most entertained I have ever been watching a tv show, Groucho was a real show man, he knew his craft well. He was sharp as a nail and was so quick with his lines, man they sure don't make them like that anymore, ....I wish they could do this today but it just couldnt be done, all the greats are long gone..😞

[@LazyIRanch]

We lost another great wit this week, Carl Reiner. What a funny man, glad he had such a long career. Mel Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, and Bob Newhart are the last of that great generation of funny people. So grateful that great comedy lives forever on KZbin! Shows like this are my escape from "real" life.

[@lindaackerman3507]

@@LazyIRanch you can also watch alot of great shows like the jack Benny show Groucho Marx you bet your life, the Dick van Dyck show and many other shows from the 50's 60's on prime or tubi,..check the classic app., I even saw a 50's show mr. Peepers, so silly but cute...

[@LazyIRanch]

@@lindaackerman3507 I LOVE Wally Cox! He was such a genuinely nice person as well as being funny. I thought he was adorable. I kind of had a crush on him when I was a preteen. I've only seen one episode of "Mr. Peepers" and would love to see more. I cancelled Prime because I'm pissed off at Jeff Bezos, but I'll look into "tubi". Thanks! I really love watching "What's my Line" now because almost everybody who was anybody then was on that show! I wish Marilyn Monroe had been on, but seems every other old-time actor I love appeared on it. After seeing Debbie Reynolds several appearances, I fully understand why she's so beloved. That woman was adorable! Groucho's appearance was classic, and still one of the funniest things I've ever seen! He had John Daly laughing so hard he could barely keep it together. These shows are an escape for me, back to a time when people had manners and could have a difference of opinion without being hated. A time when everyone's dirty laundry wasn't on display.

[@lindaackerman3507]

@@LazyIRanch yes Wally Cox was a sweet man, he was very good friends with Marlon Brando too. I agree with you 100% these wonderful old shows from old hollywood were in my opinion the absolute best, I watch them all the time....so nice to know other people feel the same.❤

[@LazyIRanch]

@@lindaackerman3507 Oh yeah! I think Wally and Marlon were close friends from childhood, even though Marlon bullied Wally a bit. I think I read that Wally's widow let Marlon take Wally's ashes because he promised to scatter them at a place Wally loved. He didn't, he kept them for himself. If I had been her, I think I would have been okay with that. Marlon obviously loved him a great deal. Don't think it really matters once we return to dust.

[@ajsmith5295]

A brilliant episode to a brilliant series

[@MrJamespeyton]

Some very interesting guests Groucho had on over the years. One was a 102 year old man who looked like he was about 70. Imagine seeing a man on a quiz show that was alive almost 10 years before Abraham Lincoln was assonated.

[@garyfrancis6193]

assassinated?

[@moorbilt]

he was an ass on a ted with a bullet in his head.

[@jscquake]

from IMBD = Lloyd Kino was born on May 16, 1919 in Seattle, Washington, USA as Lloyd Hiroya Kinoshita. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Mortal Kombat (1995), Godzilla (1998) and The Cable Guy (1996). He died on July 21, 2012 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

[@philipmatsikoudis1211]

The incomparable Groucho Marx...Greatness Forever!!!

[@giavannabellucci309]

I thought I recognized the man from the second couple, so I did a google search. Lloyd Kino was a character actor and assistant director in a long hollywood career. It looks like his first credits began in 1960. He acted in various TV shows and movies in the 1960's, 70's, 80's, 90's, and through 2005. He was the waiter Jack in the episode Aunt Bee's Restaurant on the Andy Griffith Show in 1967. He lived to age 93.

[@lindaackerman3507]

This is so amazing to know Giovanna...thx.

[@monstersofthemidway7125]

I too thought he looked familiar. Great research and thank you.

[@jfchonors8873]

An entire generation has never seen a princess rotary phone nor a telephone directory

[@parsonscarlson7984]

Nor a phone booth, much less Superman emerging from one.

[@user-ro2bw2kf5n]

What an absolutely elegant, beautiful and graceful Lady. The 1950's were a completely different era. If only we could travel back in time.

[@jhbluestar]

you know, todays supposed stand up comedians just dont have the skills Groucho had. Oh, there have been a few that were good like Louie Anderson or the likes of John Pinette, but so few. The 50's and early sixties must have been fun. Really cool cars, plenty of work, women that were stunning with grace TV in its early days and then of course Groucho's show. I envy my parents as that was their time. I was born in 62 so i did get to see somethings but wow, the talent of today isn't even close to Groucho. My kids have been robbed, thnk goodness for folks like the individual who put YBYL on youtube. You have my gratitude and my respect! Oh, I love reading the comments from people like me watching these shows!

[@lindaackerman3507]

You are correct, john pinnette was marvelous, people may not remember him from the finale episode of Seinfeld, he was great..so sad another great is gone😔

[@SheriSoltes]

I could see George Carlin taking a shot at it. But he’s gone, too.

[@5thdimension625]

I was born in 62’ as well, so most of this time was missed, but I do remember watching these reruns with my mother when I was in HS during the summer months as the show came on at 11:30 right after the news. We used to watch, laugh and crack up together. Sadly, my mom died when I was 18, but I still have these great memories of our time together watching these shows

[@ferlenarab]

Always loved the show as a kid, good seeing it again!

[@TheCosmicGenius]

Lloyd Kino was an actor, who worked in everything from Godzilla to Mortal Kombat to Star Trek. Too bad he didn't get to talk more about himself in this.

[@mrnrguy]

Wow. So I found my Grandmother, Barbara Chichester Winklepleck as the third couple alongside Kino. This is the only real video/audio of her that I know as I was under a year old before she passed. Finding her name through a search is extraordinary.

[@donaldhsmiley5723]

-Would you mind if I lean on your padding? - No just don't burn a hole in it that's all! 😆😆😆 George Fenneman was the quintessential straight man. I could sit here and watch the banter between Groucho and Fenneman any day of the week! WFMY TV2 Greensboro, NC. 😊

[@ElaMongrella]

"You wanna be known as Jack Black?" Jack Black would approve.

[@lindaackerman3507]

You are correct, he would be honored..lol

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I liked it when Groucho Marx said to him "If you were in Vegas, you could switch your name around and then you would be Black Jack." Lol.

[@DavidSmith-iw7jh]

Believe it or not Eden Ryl is apparently still alive and 98 years old, according to Google search. She also produced a motivational film "You Pack Your Own Chute", in 1972 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4Gafq2jn62gkMU

[@OO9SoundSystem]

Wow Eden’s husband struck gold, and Groucho hilarious as usual.

[@louisep5178]

George was mesmerised by Groucho at 15.35 secs 😁

[@runnininthe80s84]

This is the most interesting show no one knows about

[@michaelpowell6805]

Amazing how affluent America was in the 50s & 60s. Very few people at this time in the UK had their own line, some had to share. Guess it was the late 70s & 80s when we started to catch up. Postcards were big in the UK.

[@JustVinnyBlues]

It was a function of how old the construction was. In older buildings, people usually had party lines. If you lived in a dwelling that was built post war, then you probably would have your own line. But phone service was very expensive relative to other services. If you had a family that was across the country, you could maybe afford one phone call a year. Everybody got on the phone for a minute or two, and you split the cost. That one phone call could cost one or two weeks worth of a working man's salary. But you could buy a good running prewar car for much less than that phone call. You had to call "person to person" to avoid getting charged for a call and not actually reaching the party you were calling. Party lines were shared with other apartments. They were strange because people could listen in on you; and often you had to wait for someone else to get off the phone. People wrote letters and postcards a great deal. In rural areas many people did not have a phone at all. In the Los Angeles area, there was a lot of newer construction except for older downtown areas. The San Fernando Valley was converted from citrus groves to residential housing gradually after the War.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@JustVinnyBlues I grew up in the 1960s and the 1970s. We lived in the country and we had a party line. We knew if someone else was on the line because the phone rang 2 quick rings. We kids purposely listened to the conversations that the people had without them knowing that we were listening to them. 😅😅.

[@JustVinnyBlues]

@@lynettepalecek3141 It was definitely a temptation. I remember then sharing stories about one's neighbors at school. Of course, I was in an apt. building and didn't actually know any of those people by sight. But for a kid it was a waste of time telling them not to listen.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@JustVinnyBlues That's funny. Yeah, my parents told us kids that it was rude to listen to other people's conversations, but the temptation was too great and there were too many conversations for my parents to keep track of because we lived in a house in a very large valley. We did not live in town. We were all very glad when we had a private line instead of a party line. The biggest problem with a party line was when we wanted to make a call. Sometimes we had to wait for a very long time before we could do it. I think that's what convinced my parents to get a private line.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

"Spelling" is definitely NOT a boring category. Only poor spellers would say that it is. Groucho Marx has an excellent sense of humor. ALL of his jokes were spontaneous. He had no way of knowing ahead of time what the contestants were going to say. To think otherwise is a sign of jealousy and stupidity.

[@distante1990]

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[@dennishardy3869]

Groucho has had some beautiful women on his show.

[@parsonscarlson7984]

Eden Ryl was a very pleasant looking woman. Not a knockout like some of the younger contestants, but attractive nonetheless.

[@EdinburghAndy]

'Stop mumbling and tell me you love me'.

[@sandrauhlein4317]

Andy Potter Harry pottor

[@stevebutler812]

Lloyd Kino actor producer: m.imdb.com/name/nm0455820/ Eden Ryl Aiken: 1970s film: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4Gafq2jn62gkMU

[@Draugluin999]

I'm close to 30 and like these as well as tell it to Groucho funny stuff

[@michaelbarrett672]

Groucho's face at 12:16....

[@tugginalong]

He used the doctor joke on several episodes.

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

I cannot find anywhere on the Internet where the complete YBYL collection is available. 10 years times roughly 35 episodes per season would be roughly 350 episodes and KZbin has only about what...70-80. The vast majority are missing. Where can I find the complete collection?

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Tough to compete with comedic genuis #Groucho 🤡

[@tomgraves6463]

If I had to pick between 'spelling' or 'rocket science' I would pick rocket science because I would have a better chance at guessing.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Not me! I'm a very good speller.

[@parsonscarlson7984]

@@lynettepalecek3141 Me too, so in a show of solidarity, Spellers of the world - UNTIE!

[@lauragoveia160]

@@parsonscarlson7984 lol

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@parsonscarlson7984 That's a very ignorant comment. You obviously misspelled the word "unite." I didn't find that the least bit funny. 😠👎

[@cefcat5733]

Oh if I had a time machine, I would have won a lot of cash, knowing some of the answers. As a kid I knew all of the music titles from watching movies, but now... I have to wait for the answers like everybody else. Enjoy.

[@huntuckian]

Hi, is there any way you could upload #60-17, from January 19, 1961?

[@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476]

huntuckian No.

[@huntuckian]

Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life Ok, thank you. I apologize for asking.

[@dotsywotsy18]

@@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476 Is it one of the episodes that you cannot access because it’s on the DVD set?

[@dotsywotsy18]

@@huntuckian Who was on the episode?

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Jack Black. He wasn't even born yet.

[@jojolucas6973]

That wheel looks fixed!!

[@paulhammons7077]

YAh jb f them.. tribute

[@tamiratbiri8275]

The mysogyny is so cringy.

[@justplainbrad7713]

You can't even spell the word, and yet your uneducated little brain is capable of picking up misogyny somewhere...which meaning & where? Seeing as you can't spell the word, I'll assume you don't know the meaning either...so I will place it here for you to pick your favorite. misogyny means: 1 - hatred of women 2 - contempt for women 3 - prejudice against women Which one does your little lemming brain pick out, in this episode?

[@MrJamespeyton]

It was a wonderful time to be alive.

[@keithnaylor1981]

I bet no women is bright enough to know what that means!

[@backdoorcopy5067]

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[@lynettepalecek3141]

Your comment doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

[@parsonscarlson7984]

You and Amir Hanif need to get together and have your heads examined. I'm sure you can get a better deal with a psychiatrist who believes that 2 heads are better than one.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Only when there’s a NEW moon! And if you’re so clever answer me this: If a centipede a bucket full How much would a precipice?

[@amirhanif4928]

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[@lynettepalecek3141]

Your comment doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

[@parsonscarlson7984]

Man, are you on crack or just insane and proud of it?

[@keithnaylor1981]

But only when there’s a full moon.

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever hoid.