You Bet Your Life #55-01 Mama don't allow Groucho's dancing 'round here ('Tree', Sep 29, 1955)

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  • Highlight of this show is definitely Velma Zimmerman, amateur country singer, who sings "Mama Don't Allow. . . " with some nutty sound effects incorporated. This, typically, inspires Groucho to spontaneous dancing.
    COUPLE #1: Marian Myron / Edward Rademacher, mayor of Calipatria, California (a city located 184 feet below sea level)
    COUPLE #2: Bebe Blake, professional songwriter / Jim Moran, publicity man who "sold an ice box to an eskimo"
    COUPLE #3: Velma Zimmerman, amateur country singer / Donald Douglas, Jr., vice president of Douglas Aircraft Company (son of company president/founder)
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Комментарии • 111

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 10 месяцев назад +2

    The corrugated bottom joke was an instant gem from Groucho.

  • @kfoster3616
    @kfoster3616 6 лет назад +27

    I MISS GROUCHO AS WELL AS THE MARX BROTHERS. THEY WERE FUN

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch 4 года назад +4

      I loved watching their movies as a kid, but my brother thought the Three Stooges were superior.
      It's kind of like the argument between Star Trek and Star Wars. The Marx Brothers and Star Trek were more clever, but 3 Stooges and Star Wars had more "action" than witty dialogue. I enjoy all four, but I will always be a "Marxist Trekkie" first!

    • @peterpiper6914
      @peterpiper6914 3 года назад

      Too funny!!

    • @winniehunt8617
      @winniehunt8617 3 года назад

      I'm a new fan...great comedian!

  • @MrMenefrego1
    @MrMenefrego1 5 лет назад +28

    The 1950's, The Golden Age in America... sad that we have lost so much of this culture.

  • @beatmet2355
    @beatmet2355 11 месяцев назад +1

    I don’t know if these shows were scripted, but if not, he’s got the quickest wit of anyone I’ve ever seen.

  • @adriennekelley9600
    @adriennekelley9600 4 года назад +13

    I love watching theis..Groucho is soo quick...theres nothing to watch on tv...

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 10 месяцев назад +4

    Amazing! The most uplifting tv shows ever, and to think that we are only lucky enough to see them now in the UK thanks to RUclips, the uploader, and the genius who decided they were worth saving.
    I thank them all!

  • @poetcomic1
    @poetcomic1 5 лет назад +22

    To understand the genius of Groucho watch at 13:15 where he summarizes the previous guest from the 'lowest town in California'. He warps and twists the narrative into an absurdist image. "A hole in the ground without a flag pole where the Governor comes every few weeks to crack a few bad jokes and leave."

  • @BAM-jc7uy
    @BAM-jc7uy Год назад

    too too fun!!!

  • @nadcordois
    @nadcordois 9 лет назад +39

    This is when ladies wore dresses, and gentlemen wore suits.

    • @sweiland75
      @sweiland75 7 лет назад +3

      They still do.

    • @fricken99
      @fricken99 6 лет назад +2

      They are just tighter now a days.

    • @miclazy-5m
      @miclazy-5m 6 лет назад +4

      no, in the 50s girls allready wore trousers.

    • @jeaniespoerl2511
      @jeaniespoerl2511 5 лет назад +2

      @@fricken99 .

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch 4 года назад +6

      I loved the style of 40s and 50s dresses, especially the ones worn on "What's my Line" by Arlene and Dorothy. I'm hooked on watching those shows now, and recently I saw one of the ladies wearing a little black dress with rhinestone trim and a silk chiffon cape, and recognized it as identical to my Mom's favorite date night sexy dress.
      I'm 58, and I still have her dress! I wore it to a semi-formal event in 1978 and got rave compliments. No one seemed to know it was circa 1960. Mom hinted a few times that that bombshell dress lead to my conception. That grossed me out as a teen, but now I'm old and missing my loving parents it's a sweet memory.
      Mama was a cute little dish, she got mistaken for Ann Sheridan when she was young.

  • @melancholiac
    @melancholiac 3 года назад +6

    Man: "The plane? That's the one where you get the waffle treatment with the corrugated bottom? "
    Groucho: "No, that was the hostess"

  • @johntucker7063
    @johntucker7063 Год назад +2

    Interesting to hear about the Douglas DC8 as something coming in the future.

  • @kathleenbaker6678
    @kathleenbaker6678 3 года назад +8

    I love watching Groucho he was so sweet and funny. God Bless

    • @marc108
      @marc108 Год назад

      He wasn’t so sweet and funny …

  • @cskiles318
    @cskiles318 3 года назад +3

    I wonder if these shows were rehearsed, Groucho right at it with a funny response sometimes the guest are quick. ❤️👍

  • @theresaholguin699
    @theresaholguin699 4 года назад +6

    To bad we don't have this kind of game show today. I enjoy this show. Groucho was always wonderful with the contestants. Love Groucho and all the Marx brothers. They were fun to watch. McDonald's company was founded by Donald SR. in 1921 and ceased operations in 1967. Very interesting and important company

    • @caroler01
      @caroler01 3 года назад

      Right wing as all get out.

    • @danielmoose1273
      @danielmoose1273 7 месяцев назад

      It's McDonnell. McDonald had a farm, E I E I O, and later gained notoriety for burgers and fries.

  • @MileyonDisney
    @MileyonDisney 7 лет назад +12

    22:04 - Eye on the Piedmont. That commercial looks like it's from about 1990. When were these shows recorded? And thank you so much for posting them all. Groucho Marx is one of the funniest comedians ever. I really like his quick wit. Of course, I've seen all of the Marx Brothers movies several times, and these TV episodes are great!

    • @sandrauhlein4317
      @sandrauhlein4317 5 лет назад +2

      Miley.. I like your head

    • @lorenanders702
      @lorenanders702 3 года назад +2

      I noticed that commercial wasnt from the 50s. Maybe this was a rerun someone taped.

    • @robertholman8730
      @robertholman8730 Год назад

      Early 1950s show in black and white 90s would be color The commercial Wasn't edited out

  • @loniedavis1167
    @loniedavis1167 9 лет назад +11

    THANKS ! REALLY LIKE THIS SHOW AND YOU HAVE MANY I HAVE NEVER SEEN !

  • @michealbohmer2871
    @michealbohmer2871 Год назад +2

    Hades is the Greek god of the underworld; Pluto is the Roman god of the underworld (it's the Romanisation of Hades).

  • @beentheredonethatb4
    @beentheredonethatb4 10 лет назад +12

    She was pretty darn good.

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 5 лет назад +8

    Velma Zimmerman was awesome wow

    • @MadTheDJ
      @MadTheDJ 4 года назад +2

      The band was getting into it, too. Nothing like a good old-fashioned impromptu hoedown.

  • @johnalbert2432
    @johnalbert2432 10 лет назад +23

    The greek god of the lower world is HADES not Pluto ( roman )

    • @SuperWinterborn
      @SuperWinterborn 10 лет назад +9

      John Albert The funny thing is, that they're still doing this mistake by confusing the Greek and Latin names in today's quiz shows, and even in home games.

    • @MileyonDisney
      @MileyonDisney 7 лет назад +5

      That's what I thought, but I haven't confirmed it.

    • @johnhatzopoulos8463
      @johnhatzopoulos8463 6 лет назад +3

      A DES IN GREEK & PLUTO IN ROMAN BOTH (GRECO-ROMAN ) HAVING THE SAME RELIGION (THE 12 GOD'S OF OLYMPUS )

    • @sandrauhlein4317
      @sandrauhlein4317 5 лет назад +1

      I agree. I thought that was wrong

    • @mattmexor2882
      @mattmexor2882 3 года назад

      I thought that was true, too, because the (dwarf) planet is named Pluto and I thought they used Roman names for the planets. But wikipedia says that, while Hades was the name for the god, Pluto was a euphemism for him and meant "giver of wealth". Eventually Pluto came to be used for the god and Hades mainly for the underworld itself. The Roman equivalent for the god Pluto/Hades is apparently "Dis Pater", which is thought to mean "rich father".

  • @evelynrodriguez3369
    @evelynrodriguez3369 3 года назад +2

    I love watching old shows they don't make good show anymore today's shows and movies are garbage

  • @karentani1385
    @karentani1385 5 лет назад +17

    Don Douglas was my mother's boss and personal friend. Eventually she became his business manager, then she became corporate secretary of a geothermal energy company he started in the 1980s. I have a portrait of him and his family in my home. My mom used to go with me to his house, where she would visit with him and his wife and discuss business. He was so handsome. My mom never mentioned his appearance on Groucho's show. I wish she were alive to watch it with me.

    • @ohmeowzer1
      @ohmeowzer1 5 лет назад +5

      Karen Tani he was very handsome..i wish your, mom was here to see it too..my mom died last year and I miss her..i am sorry for your loss..

    • @martinjones5965
      @martinjones5965 3 года назад

      This was when senior management knew what they were doing coz they worked their way up from entry-level jobs in the company.

  • @annodomini7887
    @annodomini7887 7 лет назад +7

    They got their flag pole, Now they can boast the worlds tallest flag pole!!!

    • @elgubero
      @elgubero 6 лет назад +5

      ANNO DOMINI Internet says Calpatria sits at -164, I wonder what happened to the other twenty feet and does that mean they’re still not at sea level, even with the flagpole?

  • @m42037
    @m42037 2 года назад +1

    See how beautiful she is in her 40s, today most American women are obese after 20 🐖

  • @karenbrandenberger517
    @karenbrandenberger517 10 лет назад +8

    This lady is funny.

  • @MadTheDJ
    @MadTheDJ 4 года назад +2

    Here's Bebe Blake's song, "You've Got A Lot To Learn" by The Jones Boys.
    ruclips.net/video/q6WesA5MK44/видео.html

  • @aloisemason3044
    @aloisemason3044 3 года назад +2

    Sensational contestants..Groucho was nonstop at entertainment..thank u

  • @tillzen
    @tillzen 3 года назад +3

    These shows are a living history. For we who are Jewish, this was the 1st time we saw and heard someone on television who never hid their culture. As a retired teacher, few 24 minute lessons are as insightful into the living lessons of 65 years ago and fewer still are as wildly funny.

    • @GOLDFOLDS1
      @GOLDFOLDS1 Год назад

      EVER HEAR OF AL JOLSON...? DONT BE STUPID. Our culture was all over the place. Did Groucho Raise his kids as jews.. ???? nope. Groucho was barely a jew.. never went to temple.. he was a entertainer. period. he was great but a jew??? dont be silly.

  • @FF11Freshstep
    @FF11Freshstep 10 лет назад +2

    and Donald Wills Douglas Jr. became president of douglas aircraft just 2 years after this and he was also in the 1932 olympics.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Wills_Douglas,_Jr.

  • @enrigoletto
    @enrigoletto 5 лет назад +1

    Here's one of the songs written by miss Blake: ruclips.net/video/q6WesA5MK44/видео.html

  • @JJTownley_Classical-Composer
    @JJTownley_Classical-Composer 2 года назад +1

    I've watched every episode on RUclips. There are still many more that are not here if this show ran for 10 years. Where are the other episodes?

    • @harlow743
      @harlow743 3 месяца назад

      yes most of the early shows 1950 thru 1953 are missing WE WHO LOVE GROUCHO DEMAND TO SEE THESE !!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @sclogse1
    @sclogse1 6 лет назад +16

    "That's the one where you've got the waffle treatment..the corrugated bottom.." "No', says Groucho, that was the hostess." Man, this guy was dangerous.

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch 4 года назад +1

      His innuendos were so clever, he knew exactly where to draw the line. Most people didn't get the most clever (and dirtiest) innuendos.

    • @ccbsnyc
      @ccbsnyc 4 года назад

      That remark was pretty racy for it's time, especially considering who it was addressed to. There is another episode. Where Groucho made a joke about a woman who had a lot of children whose husband d liked to smoke cigars I'm surprised it got past the censor.

    • @jazzmanchgo
      @jazzmanchgo 3 года назад

      @@ccbsnyc Actually, that one is an urban legend. Never happened -- every Marx bio confirms this, as do television historians.

  • @trh1493
    @trh1493 7 месяцев назад

    at 11:13 THEY ARE WRONG ABOUT THE GREEK GOD OF THE LOWER WORLD...groucho said it was Pluto.....x wrong its Hades

  • @SeverSTL
    @SeverSTL 3 года назад

    I beat my brains out to come up with the WRONG answer. Benedict Arnold.

  • @FF11Freshstep
    @FF11Freshstep 10 лет назад +5

    What I find funniest is that Calipatria, CA DID get its flagpole eventually! lol
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calipatria,_California

    • @SuperWinterborn
      @SuperWinterborn 10 лет назад +1

      FF11Freshstep This was interesting reading. Thanks for the link! :)

    • @FF11Freshstep
      @FF11Freshstep 10 лет назад +2

      SuperWinterborn you are very welcome! i put in a bunch of stuff i found out in as i watched them all =^^=

    • @SuperWinterborn
      @SuperWinterborn 10 лет назад +1

      FF11Freshstep Keep them coming! ;) It's always nice to see people showing enthusiasm, when watching these old shows! :)

    • @FF11Freshstep
      @FF11Freshstep 10 лет назад +2

      i'm currently restoring the radio content that survived and remeshing it with the tv conent ;D over 400 episodes survive in total it would seem

    • @SuperWinterborn
      @SuperWinterborn 10 лет назад +2

      FF11Freshstep Must be a huge task, good luck with your work! :)

  • @johngilmore7583
    @johngilmore7583 4 года назад +2

    He really loved the young girls

  • @ThreePhaseHigh
    @ThreePhaseHigh 2 месяца назад

    I watch the show as a Kid these videos bring back some great memories. All the contestants were great today almost no one could get those questions right. And Mark’s being the showman he is make the show even better wow.

  • @sylviaplath8263
    @sylviaplath8263 2 года назад +1

    The Greek god of the underworld was Hades. Pluto is the Roman god.

  • @LyleFrancisDelp
    @LyleFrancisDelp Год назад +1

    For the record….Greek god of the underworld was Hades. The Roman equivalent was Pluto.

  • @MrJamespeyton
    @MrJamespeyton 3 года назад +1

    Groucho’s most common consolation question was “who’s buried in Grant’s tomb? Can you believe many people answered incorrectly?

  • @jimjones4053
    @jimjones4053 4 года назад

    DC8 was the scientology plane.

  • @robertmattheus7698
    @robertmattheus7698 3 года назад +1

    Great era

  • @ohmeowzer1
    @ohmeowzer1 5 лет назад +4

    This was so funny I loved it..the grandmother looks great wow,, good for her..i enjoyed the whole show

  • @joeharrington9127
    @joeharrington9127 Год назад

    Markxism

  • @letsgobrandon6281
    @letsgobrandon6281 5 месяцев назад

    S

  • @gregoryrodriguez9252
    @gregoryrodriguez9252 Год назад

    Maybe it's just me.. but I didn't care for the phrase, "YOU PEOPLE"
    Spoken by George Freemen.?
    I love Groucho Marx show .
    Maybe just my thoughts... different era.?

  • @chezruss
    @chezruss 3 года назад

    Bebe Blake, professional songwriter

  • @gladysvelez9749
    @gladysvelez9749 2 года назад

    Pretty dress

  • @gaylacotton2097
    @gaylacotton2097 3 года назад

    No rehearsal.

  • @franklinnorth7708
    @franklinnorth7708 Год назад +1

    We had George Fennerman, now we have John Fetterman, we have gone downhill.

  • @marcusdanchision5356
    @marcusdanchision5356 3 года назад

    The good bean disturbingly delay because apple emotionally form despite a giant deadline. closed, trashy dorothy

  • @wendywood3268
    @wendywood3268 3 года назад

    The yellow observation undesirably kick because end whitely judge without a well-groomed friction. sulky, ratty tablecloth