You Bet Your Life #55-35 Science fiction author Ray Bradbury (Secret word 'House', May 24, 1956)
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- This is a pretty commonly seen episode, but it's also a very good one, so it seemed a shame to skip it.
COUPLE #1: Ray Bradbury, Science fiction author / Letizia Holloway
COUPLE #2: Joann Allan / William Wolf
COUPLE #3: Glory Hoke / Walt Neill
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Ray Bradbury!! A writing god! And what a great sense of humor, which I certainly would expect!
When he said the Bells (women)are peeling he could also mean the "pealing" of a bell, great double entendre!! Groucho was so sharp and intelligent, this show is a perfect showcase for him.
OMG - Ray Bradbury!!! Amazing. My kids just read 451 in school - as did I!!
i also find it fascinating that, while he was popular in specific circles at the time, Ray Bradbury has become one of the most acclaimed classic sci-fi authors of all time. also, from the little i know of him, he was a big marx brothers fan himself
sure was
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This was aired 5 weeks before I was even born. And now I have finally seen it ... 68 years later. Thank you so much!!!
Ray Bradbury, already well into his career (which had many years and many stories yet to come).
Groucho always wanted to be recognized as a serious author. You can tell he has much respect over Mr. Bradbury'd early accomplishments.
Ray Bradbury! Read The Illustrated Man & much when I was nine. And of course Fahrenheit 451 was required reading in school along with 1984 et al. Brilliant anthology (TIM, including The Veldt), and much of his stuff was visionary indeed. Was thrilled to find so much of his work adapted for radio, TV, films, etc.
The best game show host ever! Viva Groucho!! Thank you so much for sharing these shows!!
Great line to the unmarried bell expert. "You have been interested in the wrong kind of bells - you should go down to the beach sometimes when the belles are peeling."
Strange , I got the feeling that nobody knew who Ray Bradbury was ! I first read him as a teen, around 1964 . Something Wicked This Way Comes is one of his best stories.
I noticed that too. It's so interesting to go back in time and see how things were different. Although I haven't been able to get into his work, Bradbury is huge nowadays. Most likely there are other up-and-comers on this show . . .
Groucho and Bradbury - the best of both worlds!
Wow I grew up reading Ray Bradbury's books "The illustrated man" was my favorite...the story he mentions of the lions and the parents is in that book.
Love GROUCHO. Watching YOU BET YOUR LIFE as much as possible. He makes me laugh so much. Thanks for posting.
I can't believe I am watching so many new episodes, thanks to you.
You're very welcome, STRATMAN! It's nice to finally be seeing some more views/subscribers-- you were one of the first. :) I think it's because there's so much YBYL already posted to youtube, but not in any organized way. And generally the same 25-30 episodes over and over again.
Groucho's interview of Ray Bradbury shows Groucho's wit and humour at almost its best. Thank you very much for this posting.
Ray Bradbury was a literary giant
Notice how most people on the show are so congenial and happy. The great old days. Miss them immensely.
it seemed to me Groucho didn't know much about Bradbury, I find that fascinating.
It was early yet for Bradbury in 1956. It was just three years after Fahrenheit 451, which is the book that would make him in the coming years. As Ray said to me in 2005, "It only takes one book to make it big as a writer. But if you never have that one book, then you'll never be popular or known to the world. And you'll have to find another way to make a living."
I really enjoy the Groucho You Bet Your Life Shows. I deeply appreciate you posting these. Thank you very much.
You're very welcome!
*Chuffed with myself, I got the answer to The Heiress question, also amazing to see the legendary Ray Bradbury here who is in my opinion one of the greatest writers in any genre to have ever lived, I've read just about everything he has had published.*
I'm curious . . Where would you rate Martian Chronicles in his work? And what are your favorites [no spoilers please]?
17m43s - G: "You haven't lived until you've died in Pasadena" - just the most perfect light-hearted put-down for a representative of the chamber of commerce of Pasadena, Glory Hoke.
I love Groucho soo much there is no one on the planet like him 😥 tv in this country should at least give us at least one great programme !!!!!!!!!!!!!
This just made my day! As a longtime Ray Bradbury *and* YBYL fan, I somehow have managed to miss this, which I understand is a very common episode. And I am a regular to your channel AND regularly search for anything Bradbury on YT. Go figure...
Migraine meds. ;)
+Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life Well, there's that...
Wall to wall television. Who could imagine.
Ray Bradbury forever..
And ever and ever and ever
Now I know where the song Little old lady from Pasadena originated!
Incredible. Incredible stuff. Thanks so much for posting.
Ray Bradbury, you've got to be kidding me.
Thank you so much, my man. I adore the films he made with his brothers in the thirties, and this jazz is all fantastic. I'd love to read some of Groucho's books as well.
"The Veldt"...one of the best and, one of the most terrifying stories I ever read.
F 451 is one of my fav movies. ! And it has become prophetic!
As a Canadian, I appreciate these questions about Canada. I got them all right, too.
Sounds like Ray Bradbury was ahead of his time with regards to the wall-to -wall TV.
Even more ahead of his time perhaps as the walls (and ceiling? I can't remember) were the screens, so the viewer was completely surrounded and immersed in the virtual environment, we haven't got there yet.
They made us read F451 in High School .. He was definitely a futurist ahead of his time. I bet if my teacher knew about this clip he’d show it in class.
bradbury lived until 2012.
Age 91
I think he was still making appearances at conventions post-2000.
Thank you so much for all these great episodes!!!!
I met Ray three times, first in '74. He loved to talk and be seen. He probably spoke to more groups than anyone but stump preachers. In a way, writing was his religion.
Tell us about all three occasions wherein you met Ray; I'm sure your stories are interesting to read
William Wolf must have had an exiting life. He had all the team working skills of a single guy :)
Bradbury and Groucho together was priceless 💙💎🙏
loved YOU BET YOUR LIFE i wish we had a time machine
KENNETH wan you bet
Loved the plug for Desoto!
Ray Bradbury appeared at Mt San Antonio College in the bookstore, where he was the guest author talking about how to become a writer. About a dozen students attended. I was fortunate to sit just one chair away from him. It was either 1972 or 1973.
Wow I went to Mt Sac never knew that.
He must have been very old
3m39s - Fahrenheit 451 - we studied that in school many moons ago. Fortunately this was pre-celcius in Australia so I understand the book.
WONDERFUL!
Groucho on top form, as usual!
8:15 The Texas woman - Jo Ann Allen. What delight!
Absolutely agree
I live 5 miles from Oglesby, IL. Nice episode! 🌽Two Illinois natives.
The Ray Bradbury Theatre
This isn't the shows best format game wise (it seemed rushed) But it's the 1st and only time I've ever seen Ray Bradbury on film.... so it was a must see for me!
I'm amazed that Ray B. tells how the story ends...thus being a spoiler.
Actually there should be spoiler-alert in the forewords by "GrouchoMarx" .
I didn't know the DeSoto car was named after an explorer! :)
Really? It’s so very obvious.
Discussion here of little old ladies from Pasadena predates Jan and Dean's hit song "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" by 8 years.
Every time he talked about the old ladies there and even mentioned "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" I kept saying to myself, "I KNOW Jan and Dean's single wasn't written yet. I guess the "old ladies' there were a cliche at the time.
There was a long standing joke, concerning used car salesmen, who claimed that the cars they sold were previously owned “by a little old lady from Pasadena who only drove to church on Sunday “
The idea was cliche by the time the song was written.
"You should go down to the beach some time, when the bells are pealing"😁So quick.
At 15:39 the lady mentions she was taken to "Talullah" Louisiana and Groucho asks if that's near "Bankhead". He was making a joke, as Talullah Bankhead was a famous actress. His comment seemed to go right over her head.
bankhead alabama, yes it went over her head
Yeah….we know.
A little surprising that Groucho didn't know who Bradbury was, even after Marian Chronicles and Fahrenheit. Grouch was well read.. Obviously Bradbury was not as well known then as now, but he was reasonably well known.
+Haggis I'm pretty sure that Groucho knew who Bradbury was.
davemooreblues :I would agree with you on this! I’m sure he knew who Ray Bradbury. was!
Groucho often did the naive schtick with very famous guests. I think the audience thought it was charming to hear a well known celebrity explain what he or she did for a living, and Groucho played along with the gag.
Groucho's reaction when Bradbury says his mother went to school with Jack Benny had me cracking up. It's probably lost on most people today. Jack Benny would claim to be 39 whenever someone asked, they even did a bit on his show where he was a contestant on You Bet Your Life and Groucho asked him how old Jack Benny really is and Jack was torn between winning the money and revealing his age. But, what struck me as particularly funny is that Groucho seemed to do Jack's trademark silent stare before finally responding. They knew each other back in Vaudeville before both rising to legendary heights.
In this show, all six of the contestants were nice, down to earth people with likeable personalities. Often there is one, sometimes two contestants that are hard to take or bland.
I wonder if this is on DVD. I'd buy it.
Yes. .Groucho's show is available on DVD..by the Shout Factory.
Great foils for each other. Groucho didn't like getting one upped there.
Just beautiful just beautiful
These questions are to easy
Maybe too you they are.
What a very successful guest- the writer❤️
Wow, the wall TVs Ray Bradbury spoke about, never had to become that big until the children were willing to kill the parents for turning it off. Now, they can be as small as a few inches and they make phone calls and take pictures with it.
the obscure lyric, "cement mixer, putty putty" song ha ya!
His humor is timeless.
I thought Ray Bradbury was going to clean YBYL out, until he missed the last question. In fact, I knew all of the answers myself--including "The Heiress," which was a film adaption of Henry James' "Washington Square."
same here - especially with his reference to the intellect anall.
@@martinjones5965 Are you Irish?
thank you
My pleasure!
Fahrenheit 451, the Martin Chronicles bot published. Amazing he was generally unknown at the time.
That surprised me as well. The Martian Chronicles was published in 1950, and Fahrenheit 451 in 1953.
Dang. They didn’t know who he was yet?
Awesome 👍
I’m disappointed! None of those old commercials. 😞
it would seem couple 3 said the secret word and it was edited out of the final broadcast... not once do you see the (gorilla in this episode) come down or them say "house" but at the end, after the jackpot question, groucho mentions them saying the secret word
FF11Freshstep Possibly due to editing for syndication? No idea.
exactly what i figured. i put mention of it in the notes in my log and i give them a partial credit there for it
Groucho's "Clark-Lewis....Lewis-Clark" line got me good.😂🃏
You never get to see the band.
I never thought about that
Thank you!
I love Groucho, but seems he either snubbed Bradbury or didn't know who he was (unlikely).
Odd that Groucho Marx--who especially admired writers--did not seem to quite fully and at once recognize the famous science fiction writer and screenwriter Ray Bradbury even in 1956. I would have thought RB would have been introduced as a "special guest."
Notice the masculine pinky ring on Ray's right hand. Very fashionable..
What attractive girl this Joann Allan !!
Sadly she passed away in 2020.
Joann Allan, 25 and going on 40.
Wow, she was smoking hot. Hubby was a very lucky guy. Her Okie accent is so very attractive.
The song "little old lady from Pasadena" came out in 1964. Long after this episode. I was not alive then what the story with little old lady from Pasadena, pre Jan and Dean?
Dirk Diggler : This title was a marketing ploy used by used car dealers in 1950’s
when trying to fanagel a prospective customer into thinking a car was barely driven and in still NEW condition!
The line went usually something like this: “This vehicle was only owned by a little old lady in Pasadena who only drove it to the corner grocery store to buy milk....on weekends”!
This “line” was quickly picked up by the comedians of the time to describe a shister or “con man “ in their routines”
The line quickly became a popular catch phrase at the time!
H. G. Wells story The Veld as related to Groucho was prophetic. Unfortunately, not just kids are addicted to their online gadgets today. Try taking the smart phone or the computer away from the kids but look out for their reaction.
has anyone else noticed how OLD these people look...even the teenagers,,,and young adults look so aged...compared to our era today...It must be the results of overworked and labor...
I love the lady from Pasadena
Ray Bradbury had met W.C. Fields once also.
Joann Allen 1932-2020
@5:12 Sounds a bit like these days
No, you don't have same episodes. The YPYL on TV has,the, $a me ones. It's a Jewish station ,if you cable it's channel 336.
This stuff is way too classy for RUclips.
A baby sitter is someone who gets paid 75 cents an hour to........what else?!....
TO SIT ON BABYS!
Clear out the ice box.
Groucho once tried to get Margaret Dumont on the quiz show, who unfortunately asked to be paid too large a sum of money. The two of them became something of a comedy team themselves! Margaret Dumont was the straight person and Groucho would play the clown off of her.
more about the bell-ringer had been more interesting than the girl's story.
"12 47 when the belles are WHAT ???
Not much of a game show. Ray Bradbury at 35 was quite an unexpected competitor. Especially given how successful he is seen now versus contemporaneously with his life. Although he was one of those cliche sci-fi authors where every planet was just another Earth with a different colored lens filter and naked wenches painted the same color. He had astronauts wandering Venus without protective suits, or even helmets ffs.
+BaSH PROMPT (ಠ,ಠ) The entertainment value of this series wasn't meant to come from the GAME. The game was just an excuse for the interviews, and a device to provide some sort of structure to the show.
+BaSH PROMPT (ಠ,ಠ) I know these things are subjective, but calling Ray Bradbury "one of those cliche sci-fi authors" is kinda like calling Hemingway "one of those cliche adventure story writers." Bradbury didn't even consider himself a sci-fi writer and wrote more about the human condition. He also played a major role in bringing legitimate "sci-fi" into the mainstream. But, I can understand your point. Like I say, these things are subjective. I just think it's unfair to dismiss him as a hack.
Groucho Marx - You Bet Your Life your retorts unbelievable amazing I hope they were adlibbed and not scripted either way you are brilliant
*That's because Ray wasn't a science fiction author in the conventional sense, he was more of a classical writer who used earth like world's as backdrops for brilliantly composed human interest stories, he didn't go down the advanced technology route and it's associated flowery irrelevant language, "rocket" was as complicated as it ever got in his books which made them such a pleasure to read.*
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