You Bet Your Life #57-38 Melinda Marx sings "Witch Doctor" (Secret word 'Walk', Jun 12, 1958)

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  • Melinda Marx appears to sing the rock and roll song "Witch Doctor" (6:20). From Gilbert & Sullivan to this. . . Groucho must have been SO proud.
    COUPLE #1: Marianne Gaba / Roger Beck, who criticizes rock and roll singers, providing Groucho with a segue to introduce Melinda.
    COUPLE #2: Yolanda Columbo, from Rome / Charlie Fox, a vegetarian who talks about healthy living and stands on his head
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Комментарии • 138

  • @louisep5178
    @louisep5178 2 года назад +16

    Beautiful - Melinda is adorable Groucho must have been so proud of her

  • @dbcarman
    @dbcarman 4 года назад +19

    There is only 1 word for groucho...brilliant. I'm 76 and have never seen anyone quicker with a one liner. An absolute comedic genius

  • @rgarlinyc
    @rgarlinyc 6 лет назад +40

    Melinda Marx! What a beautiful, talented, confident cutie! 😍

  • @bencool5823
    @bencool5823 Год назад +5

    Groucho and Melinda Marx we're both on the Hollywood Palace she did her singing and dancing on there from her record 🎶it was good 🎤🎼

  • @keithhyttinen8275
    @keithhyttinen8275 Год назад +6

    Just realizing Melinda's uncle's were Uncle Harpo, Uncle Zeppo, and Uncle Chico. Bet Thanksgiving dinners were a hoot.

  • @tomitstube
    @tomitstube 4 года назад +14

    of course i had to look up melinda, still with us at 73, cute as a button and a real nice singing voice. and the start of california getting a reputation as being "different", vegetarian charlie fox was way ahead of his time, shows he died in 2012 making him about 84 years "young".

  • @worldnotworld
    @worldnotworld 3 года назад +18

    "What does your father do?"
    "He delivers mail in Chicago."
    "Well he delivered a pretty good female, too."

  • @JSB1882
    @JSB1882 5 лет назад +37

    Melinda was the cutest little girl ever! There's videos of her during her rock'n roll period on RUclips also. She really was beautiful and talented.

    • @keithhyttinen8275
      @keithhyttinen8275 Год назад +1

      There's one from the mid 1960's with Melinda (age 18) doing a rock song when Dad hosted "The Hollywood Palace" show.

  • @steppets25
    @steppets25 4 года назад +11

    Awww🥰😍 Melinda is so adorable 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼😘. Cute little shimmy shake too☺️

  • @GeneRogers-lo1qy
    @GeneRogers-lo1qy 2 года назад +8

    I remember the song “Witch Doctor “very well and still know the words at 73.

  • @noahhyde8769
    @noahhyde8769 9 лет назад +21

    That kid (Melinda) was a doll. Just a sweet kid.

  • @ediekoller1144
    @ediekoller1144 7 лет назад +40

    That was cute..I remember Witch Doctor came out January 1, 1958 ..I was going on 12 that year. It was a silly cute song too. I still think the singers of the 1950's were good and sang some very pretty songs --Patti Page, Perry Como, Sinatra, Dean Martin...Elvis. I miss those days I wish I could go back to those days too.

    • @MrMenefrego1
      @MrMenefrego1 3 года назад +6

      Me too, Edie, me too!

    • @dangerousd9187
      @dangerousd9187 3 года назад +4

      I was born in 58 but I remember the song Alvin & the chipmunks did that song not sure what year I liked patty page Frank Sinatra I'm an ozzy fan too

    • @Kbarstill
      @Kbarstill 2 года назад +1

      David Seville aka Ross Bagdasarian Sr. song it

  • @letmetellya9571
    @letmetellya9571 7 лет назад +29

    Melinda was so cute

  • @johntucker7063
    @johntucker7063 Год назад +4

    Marianne Gaba was a famous beauty queen, model and actress.

  • @anneacquah4509
    @anneacquah4509 2 года назад +4

    This was before I was born.But so enjoy it....Funny how older a 18 yr girl looks older than 18......And more mature than today's 18 yr olders.......

  • @CmonstoleCmonstole
    @CmonstoleCmonstole 3 года назад +14

    Marianne Gaba was on 2 episodes of the Beverly hillbillies.She played a beatnik and took Jethro to "cool" school .

    • @KJTV67
      @KJTV67 2 года назад

      She schooled a lot of men I'm sure!

  • @chrisbuck1695
    @chrisbuck1695 6 лет назад +9

    I forgot all about that Witch Doctor song used to love that as a little tike, great memories

    • @altfactor
      @altfactor 4 года назад +4

      Originally recorded by Alvin and The Chipmunks with David Seville.

    • @terencedove5047
      @terencedove5047 4 года назад +2

      'Ooh, ee, ooh ah ah'...catchy little tune, indeed...

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 5 лет назад +8

    Awww Melinda is sooo cute awww..great voice

  • @charlieb1140
    @charlieb1140 3 года назад +5

    Lot of things he says he would never get away with today .. different era

  • @turnofevent8094
    @turnofevent8094 5 лет назад +9

    This little girl whether related to Groucho or not is good, cute as a button.

  • @markruane3660
    @markruane3660 6 лет назад +11

    melinda marx should have sang on more of the shows she has a very nice voice.

    • @terencedove5047
      @terencedove5047 4 года назад +3

      From the episodes I have watched, Melinda did sing several more times on the show. She even sang with her father in one episode, and both sang and danced with Bobby Van in another episode. I wonder what became of her after her father introduced her to the public...

    • @whiteclifffl
      @whiteclifffl 4 года назад +4

      mark ruane SUNG!!!!

    • @jeffmissinne3866
      @jeffmissinne3866 2 года назад +2

      @@terencedove5047 Melinda did try a recording career in the early 60's, and she wasn't bad. Clips of her performing a couple of her records, "East Side Of Town" and "What?" can be found here on You Tube, and are worth watching.

    • @terencedove5047
      @terencedove5047 2 года назад +1

      @@jeffmissinne3866 …let me say thanks. I never knew, of course; and didn’t think of looking. But thank you for taking my query seriously. I always appreciate information of this sort. I will be sure to take a listen…

  • @mjacobsable
    @mjacobsable 7 лет назад +15

    Seeing Melinda made me wonder what kind of father Groucho was, Was he as humorous as a dad as he was as a comedian?

  • @michaelpowell6805
    @michaelpowell6805 4 года назад +7

    What a beautiful charming little girl.

  • @gleasonparker1684
    @gleasonparker1684 4 года назад +5

    I did NOT know related to Groucho..great young talent. Remember this was LIVE or live to tape.

  • @0IDaveCouch
    @0IDaveCouch 4 года назад +14

    A vegan from the 50s!! And he BREATHS! 😂

    • @tml184
      @tml184 Год назад +1

      He didn't look 30. I thought he was 45.

  • @ferlenarab
    @ferlenarab 3 года назад +3

    I remember that song when it first came out!

  • @FF11Freshstep
    @FF11Freshstep 10 лет назад +12

    Groucho meowing at 1:35 is going to be my new startup sound for my computer! =^.^=

    • @SuperWinterborn
      @SuperWinterborn 10 лет назад +4

      FF11Freshstep Hm. I've noticed your hints about being a member of the Feline Family.. ;)

    • @FF11Freshstep
      @FF11Freshstep 10 лет назад +4

      In deed only lol =^.~=

  • @Gravydog316
    @Gravydog316 8 лет назад +15

    RIP Marianne :(

    • @519djw6
      @519djw6 5 лет назад +4

      What a bummer! She died just three years ago. What a waste of beauty. At least it seems that she had a happy marriage.

  • @adriennekelley9600
    @adriennekelley9600 5 лет назад +7

    I just love Grocho

  • @ElaMongrella
    @ElaMongrella 9 лет назад +6

    Love it when Groucho can't finish saying his "welcome to YBYL" introduction. I always get a kick out of that.

  • @vladimirputindreadlockrast812
    @vladimirputindreadlockrast812 Год назад +3

    You know she enjoyed doing that act.

  • @stevebutler812
    @stevebutler812 4 года назад +5

    Marianne Gaba, 15 films, modeling, and Playboy 1959. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Gaba. She spoke 4 languages. Back then, Playboy showed less skin than a modern underwear ad.

  • @martinjones5965
    @martinjones5965 3 года назад +4

    George seriously distracted :) Don't blame him.

  • @vincentrezende7690
    @vincentrezende7690 4 года назад +4

    Groucho got the game big time! 😎

  • @erlindabrunt
    @erlindabrunt 2 года назад +2

    i love groucho

  • @masajhn
    @masajhn 8 месяцев назад +1

    Mary Ann 18 years old. jesus.. what a bomb!!! Charlie Fox the Vegetarian is funny how people was making fun of him for having so healthy habits.. how everything has changed

  • @costrio
    @costrio 4 года назад +2

    That song that Groucho sang (can't pronounce it) was the same thing that the original Horton the elephant sang after hatching his egg. (Loved that cartoon)

  • @Chesterton7
    @Chesterton7 5 лет назад +5

    Delightful. : )

  • @henningandersen9027
    @henningandersen9027 7 лет назад +5

    4.20 he should hear what whining is dominating the 'record'industry TODAY! He would be happy with the music back then!

  • @pigguy
    @pigguy 8 месяцев назад

    Love Charlie! What an interesting and unique man

  • @neverjethot
    @neverjethot 3 года назад +1

    I liked the flip side "I'm just sitting in a vacant lot with a bird sitting on my head"

  • @moorek1967
    @moorek1967 8 лет назад +16

    Oh the daughter of Groucho...lol.

  • @robertstrugnell7842
    @robertstrugnell7842 2 года назад +2

    the rise of rock n roll...or the wishy washy comercial pop music that it quickly became from 1958 wouldve been a major shock coming for all the old aged singers

  • @dennishardy3869
    @dennishardy3869 2 года назад +2

    I was born in the wrong era. All the pretty ladies were around back in those days.

  • @starbuono3333
    @starbuono3333 10 лет назад +11

    She looks like a mini Sally Fields !

    • @grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476
      @grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476  10 лет назад +2

      Yes-- you're totally right. I always knew Melinda strongly reminded me of someone but I could never place who!

    • @SrVP100
      @SrVP100 7 лет назад +5

      I totally agree. I also thought she reminded me of someone. Sally Fields - definitely yes!! And, in fact they're about the same age. Melinda Marx was born on 14 August 1946 and Sally Fields was born on 4 November 1946. Always a delight to see shows like that.

  • @ChazMcGutter
    @ChazMcGutter 5 лет назад +4

    5:10 this man would HATE soundcloud rappers

  • @gleasonparker1684
    @gleasonparker1684 4 года назад +6

    What cute mannerisms

  • @SenorZorrozzz
    @SenorZorrozzz 3 года назад +2

    She was cool and cute.

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 2 года назад +1

    I wonder why they cut short the recording of this show to 21 minutes. The previous show was 29 mins long.

  • @erlindabrunt
    @erlindabrunt 2 года назад +1

    hopefully turned ou well!

  • @godcandy108
    @godcandy108 5 лет назад +4

    17:07 "a little room..." rofl

  • @erlindabrunt
    @erlindabrunt 2 года назад +1

    good for her!

  • @lupusnoctis8656
    @lupusnoctis8656 Год назад +2

    She’s cute and funny lol

  • @basilangrisani102
    @basilangrisani102 3 года назад +5

    Groucho was the best

  • @missumenimsatanass
    @missumenimsatanass 3 года назад +4

    She tried so hard to get into show biz but nobody really wanted her. If groucho hadn't been the host she never would've gotten any tv time. This was still cute though. He loved that girl so much...

  • @490Believer
    @490Believer 2 года назад +2

    Notice how the teens then are incredibly more mature than those today? Like night and day. At least the hosts aren't near as sexist now.

  • @danielmchale4383
    @danielmchale4383 3 года назад +2

    Montgomery burns from the Simpson's would say excellent

  • @bobthetvfan
    @bobthetvfan 9 лет назад +6

    Melinda was always cute but I think she's even cuter in her later appearances on the show with Gene Nelson and Bobby Van. I think that as she got older she lost interest in performing, as her show-business career has been very erratic since "YBYL" ended its original run in 1961.

    • @terencedove5047
      @terencedove5047 4 года назад +2

      Thank you for that, Bob. I am wondering how long Melinda stayed before the public. Her talent was not only fresh, but also quite innocently displayed, I think...

  • @blancamiranda6661
    @blancamiranda6661 4 года назад +3

    Where is Melinda today???...jan-2020

    • @whiteclifffl
      @whiteclifffl 4 года назад +1

      Blanca Miranda Dead. Brain tumor.

    • @blancamiranda6661
      @blancamiranda6661 4 года назад +4

      @@whiteclifffl wow...I was so hoping she still was living an wondered....its just in the last two yrs. I've tried to read everything I could find on GROUCH, EVEN THO IM IN MY 60S as a kid I didn't get it...now I appreciate the man an legendary performer 🥺❤

    • @519djw6
      @519djw6 4 года назад +1

      @@blancamiranda6661 Melinda Marx did *not* die of a brain tumor. She is very much alive in June, 2020.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Marx

    • @maryperez1235
      @maryperez1235 4 года назад

      Blanca Miranda Melinda Marx is still living, and long time married.

  • @porflepopnecker4376
    @porflepopnecker4376 6 лет назад +6

    Melinda had a real "Marx" face, but oddly enough she also resembled a young Robert Blake.

  • @chavosandoval5110
    @chavosandoval5110 Год назад +1

    Could you bring pictures of pretty girls then and now that were in the show to see what they look like now?

  • @barbieblue2213
    @barbieblue2213 2 года назад +1

    Cute little girl

  • @SpringfieldGuy
    @SpringfieldGuy 9 лет назад +7

    She looks much older than 25.

    • @MrMenefrego1
      @MrMenefrego1 3 года назад +3

      They always did back then, strange.

  • @nathanng
    @nathanng Год назад +1

    i used to listen to that song Groucho refers to at 4:12 all the time! The Hut Sut song: ruclips.net/video/GYV-QpzJBD8/видео.html

  • @worldnotworld
    @worldnotworld Год назад +1

    California was already weird like that, wasn't it?

  • @calliopivogiatzis2235
    @calliopivogiatzis2235 2 года назад

    I wonder if this Charlie Fox was the manager of the San Francisco giants from the 60s and 70s

  • @janetjoiner9204
    @janetjoiner9204 3 года назад

    18?

  • @alientruthseeker666
    @alientruthseeker666 3 года назад +3

    That second woman was in NO WAY 25 years old! She was old! like 35 or 40!

    • @tomcarpenter700
      @tomcarpenter700 2 года назад

      About 43, And the man was About 48,,

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@tomcarpenter700ridiculous 😂 but your from another era😮

  • @whiteclifffl
    @whiteclifffl 4 года назад

    Sherman Oaks is smog free????

  • @randysills4418
    @randysills4418 5 лет назад +4

    Roger thought that the singers were bad back then! He should be here now when it is much worse! I gave up a ticket to the Metropolitan Opera last May for their closing performance of the season. I had heard a broadcast of the same opera a few weeks before and most of the singers could not sing in tune! Very sad...

    • @barrykendrick3146
      @barrykendrick3146 4 года назад

      +Randy Sills And now we have fry screaming! Should I ask what you think of that?!

  • @tml184
    @tml184 Год назад +2

    These people looked much older than 25 and 30.

  • @softdorothy
    @softdorothy 3 года назад +2

    From 1958 but looks like 1938.
    Surprising how many Americans were recent immigrants in the 1950's.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 10 месяцев назад

      It's after ww2 many migrated from their war torn countries 😢

  • @seriouslyyoujest1771
    @seriouslyyoujest1771 2 года назад

    All of these people dead, or in their 80’s, and 90’s.

  • @ElmoUnk1953
    @ElmoUnk1953 2 года назад

    😁❤️😁 The nut doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  • @seahunt6055
    @seahunt6055 3 года назад +3

    Nowadays you couldn't get away with all the sexist remarks Groucho did.

    • @downtownbobbybrown6237
      @downtownbobbybrown6237 3 года назад +3

      Groucho could .

    • @dennisurbina7570
      @dennisurbina7570 3 года назад

      In the past you could do a lot things in the present time is different moral you could get in trouble just adapt modern time judgments of the past is irrelevant we learn from our mistakes in the past move on

  • @pathenderson6575
    @pathenderson6575 3 года назад +2

    I love Groucho Marx and I love this show. But there is just one thing that annoys me. I know this is a show from the 1950's, but at some point in the shows run he began to act like a child and ridiculous when a pretty or beautiful female contestant would walk to the podium. He would greet them with growling and otherwise weird sounds to express his delight in seeing them. I mean even then that had to be disrespectful. I don't know how he got away with that.

    • @dynasticlight1073
      @dynasticlight1073 3 года назад +2

      He ,was doing that alot in His movies. So, people were kinda used to it. Plus .T.V. was relatively new and had not ruled out much of it. Woman's rights were also starting to be more prevalent .

  • @salvatorematteliano4676
    @salvatorematteliano4676 6 лет назад +1

    1x

  • @marc108
    @marc108 10 месяцев назад

    Actually Groucho was quite the grouch

  • @58christiansful
    @58christiansful Год назад

    Yolanda looks about 47.

  • @charlesbrooks9577
    @charlesbrooks9577 4 года назад +3

    Linda marx had all the right connections,but she just could not sing good enough for america

  • @harleygrit5358
    @harleygrit5358 Год назад +1

    Groucho surely loved his daughter!

  • @freddyfurrah3789
    @freddyfurrah3789 10 месяцев назад +1

    Never had a steak or hamburger 🍔