You Bet Your Life #57-20 Francis X. Bushman; Groucho learns about 'snogging' ('Chair', Feb 6, 1958)
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- Опубликовано: 11 янв 2014
- This show features the great star of silent films, Francis X. Bushman, along with his wife Iva. But the funniest part is Groucho's interview with Muriel Forth, from Couple #1. Muriel tells the story of how she fixed up her sister with her future husband's brother on a double date at the movies. The exchange starts around 5:30.
COUPLE #1: Muriel Forth / Aki Aleong, from Trinidad
COUPLE #2: Francis X. Bushman & his wife Iva
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission. 
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I can't believe this show isn't reverered in the pantheon of American television. It's fantastically entertaining
Great show - and what a class act Francis X. Bushman was. Groucho always superb and so fast with the wit :) I am so glad we have these classic TV shows to go back to. We'll never see the likes or the talent of such magnitude ever again.
Old tv shows like this always cheer me up. There will never be another Groucho!
Jay Leno's gonna try lol
"I call it reminiscing". Asphalt and bitters--one for the road. So witty.
This is bloody good entertainment. It's 12 pm and I'm eager to watch the next show.
So charming. Love the audience adoring Aki wanting to bring his family here. Mr. Bushman was new to me. A pleasure.
As an ole timer, I can attest to the fact that Mr. Bushman was as down to earth as anyone, he was a true gentleman and as humble as they come.
I have always been in awe of Groucho’s quick wit. He could hold his own with any comic who succeeded him.
Nobody could succeed him only follow him.
William Wood nobody could succeed him only follow him.
William Wood nobody could succeed him only follow him.
“Trinidad has oil, asphalt, and Angostura Bitters.”
“Asphalt and Angostura Bitters makes a strong drink. I’ll have to order that when I want one for the road.”
Another splendid example of Groucho’s quick wit.
Besides the good natured Elvis Presley comparison you may not realize how big a star Francis X Bushman was in his time. Great to be able to see this 60+ years later.
Francis X Bushman is an icon. No way to put into words how popular he was. His wife is quite the hottie.
At the time of this episode in 1958, Aki Aleong was a budding actor with a handful of roles under his belt. He is still alive today, and he went on to appear in well over 100 movies and TV shows. He's still active, with two films presently in post-production: "Paranormal Activity Security Squad" (2014) and "Swan Song" (2014). In the '90s, he had a recurring role on "Babylon 5" as Senator Hidoshi. In the mid-'80s, he appeared in 9 episodes of "V" as Mr. Chiang.
Thanks so much for that info!
Approximately two years after Jimmie Dee's post, Aki is still active, in three movies that are currently filming and cast in a fourth that has been announced. He's had a very impressive career both in front of the camera and in organizations related to his profession (like Screen Actors Guild). And he also had a successful career in the recording industry. But I wish we would have learned how an Asian family (Chinese with perhaps some Japanese ancestry as well) ended up in Trinidad. While the British imported laborers from India at some point, there is no other Asian group for which something similar occurred in Trinidad.
HE PRODUCED A GREAT SURF MUSIC ALBUM... ruclips.net/video/HqJFDlBF1-Q/видео.html
Wow. Well, he’s very handsome and charmed me!
Jimmie Dee he had a hit single in the early 60s. And a daughter named Alina
Frances X Bushman had a big Hollywood estate and was basically next door to Rudolph Valentino. When Valentino's marriage to Rambova was breaking up, Bushman remembers hearing the voices as they argued, carrying across the hills.
Frances X Bushman was very famous in silent films!!!
The dig about the Marx Brothers movie "No it was not that long ago" was very witty. Groucho appreciated that reply.
I'm always amazed at the audience reactions back then, like genuine delight with oohs and aahs when the woman says she's going to have a baby, and the guy says he wants to bring his brothers to the U.S. A much more innocent, caring time I guess.
Suppose the complete elimination of religion would be an unrealisable dream
@Brian what an ignorant comment!
@Brian WTF are you talking about?
@Brian You're still dim witted
@Brian back to ya, disillusioned psyco. Tough titties?
Wow, continue playing with self, snowflake
I COULD WATCH THESE GRAND OLE SHOWS FOR HOURS ON END!
Francis X Bushman is impressive in Ben Hur 1925. A performance well worth seeing...especially the chariot race.
It is amazing to see one of the old stars of Hollywood still vigorous 98 years after he made his biggest film. The compression of time beings then back and stops them being forgotten.
You just can't help but love this show Groucho Marx's You bet your your life. Groucho was just natural original comedy.
It's amazing but Groucho's comedy still holds up even after sixty years!
Francis X. Bushman was very handsome when he was in silent movies.
Frances and Iva, 20 yrs younger, had 10 yrs together, until his demise 22 yrs before her. I'm going to search Pizza Flix for his movies. Delighted with the prospect...he has a new fan.
and what did you discover? 👀
I was little and crawled out to watch this late while my Dad watched him.😁😳
The reminiscing remark was absolutely hilarious (7:29)!
Wasn't it? I have a sneaking suspicion it might have been one of the pre-scripted lines that Groucho had to fall back on (as he did with all of these shows). It's just too perfect a setup and an answer to be spontaneous. But if anyone could have pulled this off as a true ad lib, it's Groucho. I actually pulled this very moment out and posted it as one of the YBYL highlight clips here: ruclips.net/p/PLHaioNpr_GDbDCk-9VD2aTm_j4Qxm01eb
Its a formula joke and he had ten thousand of them in his head ready for immediate usage. He wouldn't need writers for that joke.
poetcomic1 I don't think you understand how YBYL was produced. About half the jokes in any given episode were prescripted. This is a fact, not my opinion.
And this was far from being a formulaic joke that Groucho just recycled from having used it a million times before. There were certainly examples of that, but this isn't one of them.
"Hawaii." "I'm fine, how are you?"
"Tanks." "You're welcome."
"I couldn't hear you, I need to have my glasses fixed."
These are the types of formula jokes Groucho used over and over again, almost as an automatic reflex. The joke here was carefully built up to, and the wit of it is so specific a payoff to **this** situation and story, it's not a generic or recycled joke at all.
Also, I explicitly said above, "if anyone could have pulled this off as a true ad lib, it's Groucho." I didn't even imply that he "needed writers" to make a joke like this, I said the direct, exact opposite.
I tend to agree with you now - it was beautifully constructed joke.
poetcomic1 Well, I appreciate your open-mindedness to my opinion, then. :)
mr. bushman was quite the man and movie star and also modeling for so many statues. now i'm the same age as he is on this show.
i watched the show as a little kid and then at different times over the years and now anytime i want on youtube and i thank you for putting this on.
Another great episode.
“We went to a movie.”
“Was it one of the Marx Brothers pictures?”
“No, it wasn’t that long ago.”
They had great guests on this show.
If I ever make it to Heaven I hope to see Groucho there😂
Ashton Hartley If it's a fundy there will be no humor there, sorry, only endless reruns of Trump saying no collusion, no collusion. etc.
@@bobbywimsy6741 I'm a citizen of The Kingdom of The Netherlands; Did you know that the term 'Fundy' is an old Dutch phrase meaning a *'Fox-like man'?*
My favorite RUclipsr is a huge fan of Mr. Francis X. Bushman, I hope he has seen this! 🌼
Francis is such a gentleman.
We 21st century men could learn a thing or two from that great and humble gentleman. In fact, we need to emulate men like the late Mr. Bushman.
I live in Oxnard and the stories of 'snogging' are true! LOL
Oh neat. Snog & Grog would be a great name for a pub or t'other way 'round. Thanks for posting. Hey, Grog and Snog in the Smog....and then The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly on the Plain.
This is from an Era..great Television, well dressed..well manored..society..look at us Today.. 2021....Shameful..how Far..we have fallen..
*The Snog & Grog!* what a great name for a Bar & Grille! 👀
Groucho and Francis X. Bushman had a lot in common - they both lost their fortunes in the Crash of 1929. Also Francis X. Bushman gave land to Sid Grauman so he could build Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Wow
One for the road - perfection!
Mr. Bushman and George both have very beautiful voices
While Francis X. Bushman is best remembered as a silent movie star, he continued acting right up until, his death, making many guest shots on TV shows in the 1950s and early 1960s.
He guest starred in the final season of the Burns and Allen TV show.
Also on the Batman tv show
Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life I loved that show but I thot that it was filmed in 1956. Francis X. Bushman, meet Francis X. Bushman
i saw him the other night in an episode of perry mason from about 1960.
His last one was on 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea'. He also did a very entertaining 'Dobie Gillis'.
The 1925 Ben-Hur holds up well alongside the 1959 Ben-Hur.
wow Muriel unbelievably good looking and smart and had a successful marriage.
I can’t believe how much culture had changed just 10 years after this. Some in this crowd would be in Woodstock, some running gunships in Nam, some rioting in the cities.
Groucho could hold his own even today.
Not in a world where you need to watch what you say.
@@piperian3962 i don’t think groucho would give a s...t
@@jessewolf6806 I don’t know, he was pretty far left. Just saying.
Wow ! Francis X. Bushman !!
I know. And what a fabulous voice.
He was once known as the most beautiful man in Hollywood. Posed nude for all the great artists and sculptors.
Indeed, but wasted in silent movies!
& had QUITE a Built....was the love interest of many a Female Star and a FEW Male Stars.....
@@stanochocki8984 Where did you come across that? Curious.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I have been enjoying watching these episodes.
Mrs. Bushman was charming
It's tragic that Groucho's quick wit was no match for his 3rd wife's evil machinations to take his money.
Francis Bushman kind of sounds like Lionel Barrymore.
And hey, Groucho gave a shout-out to my hometown of Baton Rouge!
Aaaaayyye
Don't know why anyone would take a fictional character for their moniker.Some useless trivia.....Henry Winkler NEVER knew how to ride a motorcycle...the scene you see in the beginning was staged.
@@CmonstoleCmonstole I agree! Using a "fictional character for their moniker" is something only a Buffon would do! It's like those ignorant jackasses who use meaningless words like "Cmonstole10 Cmonstole10" for example, why can't people just use their real names?
The Fonz that would be Milwaukee.
Absolute class ....just like today ....said nobody .....ever .
Groucho was impressed by Francis X Bushman
The British lady was SO attractive! 😍 I can see why Groucho was obsessing over her.
Mlml.
Nobybybnb
Hilarious to hear the audience actually groan when Groucho comes out with his pun about "one for the road." (3:07).
I'm sorry I didn't catch the joke (not a native speaker) could you explain it?
One for the road is an expression that means to have one last drink before you go out - on the road - and walk or drive. Sort of something that will "help" you keep being drunk. @@riconthemove
@@cubanbach THX!
@@riconthemove My pleasure to help you! :)
@Brian Groucho was a fucking genius
Love the Baltimore story at 14:20 - how times changed
Groucho is brilliant!
Ha ha, see you on Friday, that was funny!
The greatest ball buster of all time,what a guy.....
what an entertaining episode this was
That’s what I’m gonna order next time I have one for the road. LOL!!!!!!
Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies" talked about Francis X. Bushman.
“ It wasn’t THAT long ago”!
First girl nailed Groucho big time.
Groucho must of loved it!
6:10 "That's good."
One never knows the reason why however Muriel and Frank were divorced in 1969, maybe the king of the house situation did not work that well. She passed away in 2014 at the age of 85, Muriel “Lou” Whelan.
I was wondering how many children they had; too bad it didn't work out. I wouldn't have expected to find info on them.
Francis x. Bushman was Grannie and Jed clamplett favorite movie star.
"First I'm gonna count it." 🤣🤣🤣
Mr Bushman turned 75 in Jan 1958. This episode must have been filmed in '57
@Joe Ambrose The date given under this video is Feb. 6, 1958, for this appearance, so why do you think 1957 ???
@@bernitacenteno1326 12:08 Francis says " I'll be 75 in January" meaning it is approaching. If it was already Feb 6 he would have said " I WAS 75 in January" or " I Was 75 last month" That's how I perceive it. Do you accept or reject this explanation ?
@@bernitacenteno1326 That would be the broadcast date, not the date it was shot.
first male guest black hair was on an episode of the twilight zone
this nagged at me the whole episode... Francis X. Bushman was in a movie played on my 2nd favorite TV show of all time Mystery Science Theater 3000. Episode 0524. Movie - 12 to the Moon. 12 to the moon is from 1960. i made a screen shot but i have no idea how to add it here =>.
I highly approve of your second favorite TV show of all time! :)
hahahaha thanks :D the first is Dragonball ONLY IN JAPANESE if you were curious lol
This is a good one
Once again, I'm flabbergasted! (and if you've ever had your flabber gasted, you'll know how painful it can be.) Unbelievable.
According to IMDB Bushman worked in films fairly consistently from 1911 (!) to 1966 the year of his passing!!
www.imdb.com/name/nm0124279/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
I'm working on a script for a You Bet Your Life reboot, two part mini series for youtube. It will be a professional looking fan film starring a Groucho impersonator.
she said a happy marriage is when her man is king in the castle. now a days a happy wife means happy life. how times change.
SpideySpeaks Whether admitted to or not, it is, in the .most loving sense,when man is king in the castle, that there is a happy wife. This presupposes a man knows what and how to be a loving man, and a woman knows how to love, that there is mutuality of feeling, respect, etc. The bitter substitutes of feminism, and masculinism, are not substitutes for real and true femininity and masculinity,grounded in healing and peace, and not undealt with pain and wounds.
@@bobbywimsy6741 beautifully said
Back when the USA was appreciated
I would love to see Jon Stewart and David Letterman as guests as they are now!
francis x bushman has some great advice
Breakfast in bed every morning? Jesus, what a world that must have been.
Julius henry marx greatest comedian ever
This is May 18, 2020, and Aki Aleong has two pictures in pre-production and is filming one right now!
When Baltimore was a nice place! In the late 30’s my mother was the mayor’s secretary.
Frances X Bushman was very charming
I like the way Groucho savors the humor. The audience laughing, he learned to enjoy the audience reaction. I find this very interesting. He appreciates the audience participation. Greenspring Valley area of Baltimore County is a very beautiful area still today. Horse farms galore in this area.
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Greenspring valley nice.....Essex , Dundalk , Catonsville.......NOT
@@CmonstoleCmonstole Gosh... I wonder why?
Jay Leno's remaking "You Bet Your Life, starting in September, let's see if he pays respect to the great Groucho of act like this show is his baby. The 1st episode he did of The Tonight Show replaced the king of monologue, he didn't say a word about Carson, wasn't until the news of johnny's death he did a show dedicated to him. Was it the network that made him it, or he felt millions of fans would think he was not respecting the man he owes his career too? Maybe good intentions idk. So we'll see...
Jay Leno is no Groucho Marx.
@@erikramaekers63 Agreed!
Bushman's last role was an alien on the TV series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea- produced by Groucho's good friend- Irwin Allen.
+MrPeterbs I believe his last role was on Batman just a few weeks before he died.
+Bill Oviedo No- I just went and looked it up. It was indeed Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea.
"The Terrible Toys" October 16, 1966
He died in August 1966 which was months after the Batman appearance.
+MrPeterbs He filmed Voyage before he filmed Batman but Voyage aired after Batman. His last role was Batman and his last T.V. appearance was Voyage.
+Bill Oviedo The Batman episode you referred to aired in May or April 1966 -which meant it was filmed in Feb or March. So it makes no sense they would have shot a Voyage episode for Fall 66 at in Winter of 66. It's not worth arguing about but given his death in Aug. 66- he would have had plenty of time to shoot that Voyage episode earlier that summer. That's the most logical scenario (and I have no idea why a black line appears in some of the copy here).
Who gives a phuck, let the guy RIP
Today in Baltimore...the neighbor's check out what your bringing in the house......so they can steal it later.
😒🙄 Sad.
@@bernitacenteno1326 But true!
best television ever. but do you know how many pct are improvised ? certainly groucho knows a lot about them on beforehand. f.ex.he asked a woman: is there anything special about your marriage? (her sister married her brother-in-law.)
YBYL was heavily prepared, and Groucho had prescripted lines to fall back on. He never met the contestants before the shows, but the producers and writers did extensive interviews with them. There's good documentation to indicate that on average about half of Groucho's quips were his own ad libs and half were prewritten. It really depends on the segment, though. After you watch enough of these shows, you start to develop an ear for when Groucho is off script. The best segments, invariably, are the ones where he's surprised or tickled by something about a contestant and throws the script away. Like the interview with Albert Hall, e.g.
Also wonder how much of that Gonzales Gonzales' reactions were acting - based on scripting.
Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life I've tried desperately to develop an war for Trump talk and would up with nothing more than an old ear trumpet, and the jarring vision of RCA Victor, only we're not that little dog, and our wonderful Master is in Heaven, not in Mare-no-go.
That's ear, not war,; Android must have been hacked by Putin, or Bolten
1m46s interesting how often there's a reference to smog on a show sponsored by De Soto smog generators.
People who live near the Cuyahoga County Court House Cleveland OH may find his comment at 15:40 interesting in terms of architectural history.
At: 8:14; "Santa Barbara, Oxnard and Bakersfield". This is the second time that Oxnard is mentioned on YBYL, to my knowledge. The other time was with the Eskimo USAF sergeant who was serving at "Oxnard Air Force Base", better known as "Camarillo Airport" since the 1970s.
The only reason that I give a shit about "Oxnard" is because I lived in Ventura many years.
@@airjor1 Cool! If your dad is still with us, tell him "thank you for your service"! The hangars are all still there and for many years it has been home to a Confederate Air Force wing.
As for Ventura, it's a beautiful city; only problem is that it's located in Commiefornia. I lived most of my life in California but as a gun owner and conservative I couldn't stand it anymore and in 2012 moved to Arizona.
@@airjor1 Thank you and your siblings for your service in the military, too.
Francis died in 1966
Muriel Forth is "Orfolly Orfolly" posh.
It's like an episode of Downton Abbey.:D
she speaks like Emma Thomson
Perhaps to an American ear; posh, but nothing like Emma
She’s delightful.
@@StratKruzer Indeed a charming young lady
@@archiewoosung5062 Sure sounds like Emma to me.
He is the king of his castle.....Imagine what the feminist would say about Groucho now-days😡
Far more salient is the behavior of several adult female guests on YBYL with an astoundingly regressive philosophy. For example, the woman who insisted that no female should ever hold elected office especially that of President of the USA despite Groucho pointing out the potential positives that a woman President might possess. Women buying into and perpetuating the long-propagated falsehood that women aren't capable of holding leadership roles display an astonishing lack of historical & psychological knowledge. Re: Groucho, despite his near-constant shenanigans be it flirtation, flattery or even stereotyping, 'twas all in good fun & Groucho was intelligent enough to be above actual gender-bias, and he demonstrated it frequently. In addition to the above example which is one of many, as he says in this episode to the wife re: her husband (whom she claims is, as all men are, in her opinion, "the king of his castle"), "What do you do to keep him imagining that he's the boss?", implying that men are not the true holders of the reigns of power. Groucho knew that women are just as capable as men. A secure, well-educated woman with any awareness of social/cultural history would recognize Groucho as the intensely bright, clever, perceptive, sensitive and kindhearted product of his time that he was and would feel neither threatened nor offended by his silliness. You wrote "The feminist"; I assume you meant "the feminists". The time of using the word "feminist" is long past. One is either for equal rights/equal pay/equal respect for both genders or not. And Groucho was definitely pro-gender-equality.
@@michaelkottler You had me until the last line or so.
Watch out for the slogans. Think of what slogans led to in 1917, 1933, 1949....
It always ends up like the Orwell quote: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
5:56 Ouch!
6:00 "Was it one of the Marx Brothers pictures?"
"No it wasn't that long ago"
:::rim shot::::
Way back when women were worth marrying.
This episode dread cause it speaks of my country and colonial control of our National resources ,THANKS
Understandable. I thought about that, too. You’re speaking of India?
😂
Can anyone who gets the 2 flies joke explain it to me, please? Thanks
Friday was Crusoe’s companion/servant.
Paragould Arkansas.
That’s as far as the train goes...Groucho commented on women’s looks but never went too fat.
Muriel was fine.
Groucho kept interrupting, it’s annoying
$2000.00 from 1958 adjusted for inflation in 2018 is now worth $17,360.85 in 2018
Yes. What I do is simply multiply by 10 the amounts of money referenced or prices for the era of the late 50's and early 60's and it usually works out about right. then I adjust that for decades prior or after.
In Wal Mart today one ear of corn is .94 cent and tomato @ $2. Per lb. Gold is $1,739.
saw the 1st male constestannt in a twilight zone episode
I call BS. Post proof
@@joeambrose3260 What are you, an idiot? Look it up! Or at least -- get a life!
(As it happens he wasn't on The Twilight Zone, he was on The Outer Limits, which was a series inspired by TZ -- but who the hell cares?!! He's also had a long and very respectable career, btw, and he's still at it. Good for him.)
These people would be terrified of the world today
They'd kick butt and take names, unlike the soy-sucking betas we have to deal with now.