You Bet Your Life #60-20 The Arab Prince who wrote "The Exorcist" ('Work', Feb 9, 1961)
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- The title is a spoiler, but I figure it's okay for a show that's 54 years old. The guy in the first round became famous for a great deal more than impersonating Arab Princes. Bill Blatty was, in fact, William Peter Blatty, future author of "The Exorcist".
COUPLE #1: Arlene Di Fraia / Prince Something-Or-Other
COUPLE #2: Margaret Nicholson / Simon Argevitch, Shoe salesman
NOTE: The opening is missing from this copy.
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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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-Very respectfully a humble fan.
My Aunt Beverly typed the manuscript for him. (way before computers). The Exorcist ... She was a professional typist. She was staying with us, while my parents were on vacation. My younger brother, who was around 13yrs old, was reading it while, she was typing it. Couple years later, the movie came out.
Where did Blatty write the book? I read it was in the Hollywood Hills somewhere, would love to find an address...?
I think I knew your aunt Beverly decades ago. Her office was near where I lived in near West Hollywood to the south of Sunset Blvd. between La Brea and Fairfax. Am I right!?
I remember she told me she was from Boston.
Mr. Blatty had me fooled too. I've seen a lot of YBYL episodes, but this is the only time that I've ever seen a contestant attempt to pull the wool over Groucho's eyes.
LOA1955 - I don't think Groucho was fooled. He was a lot smarter than people gave him credit for and very well read although he didn't finish high school.
Rick Roscoe Well, Groucho himself said during the show that he'd caught on pretty quickly, and I don't see any reason not to believe him. He was just playing along for the sake of making the segment work. And it was pretty entertaining-- knowing who Blatty turned out to be later just makes it all the more interesting.
i never liked groucho much or smart asses in general but on this show hes kind of grown on me.
I'm sure that is why Blatty was wearing sunglasses or he would have probably lost it.
Margaret Nicholson wasn't at all that "plain". She was just adorable cute, funny and smart. When dry humor sounds naive, it's really at its best. ;)
SuperWinterborn ...Groucho sure seemed smitten with her.
Mary Perez He was with all good looking women.She is beautiful though with makeup she'd be even more so.
@@nowadayswithandy Groucho was extremely impressed with her, truly smitten, blown away with her extreme knowledge about Presidents that few to none would know. He was impressed to the point of being stymied, never having seen anything like this happen before on his show. He as much said this. Even digging further with 'How in the world do you know these answers?!' Your re-authoring truth into lie is your pride and YOUR arrogance. You obviously have a problem with confident and competent women. The other contestants, the man stole the show in much the same way. But that is OK with you. Be sure to stay out of the way of the women in your life. Don't attack any women as being wrong so you can be right. It doesn't work that way, as much as that would feel good to your ego. You are as wrong about yourself as you are about women. Fix yourself first, and women will not need to improve one bit.
@@truthntelling Well said. Spot on.
@@maryperez1235 The old letch was smitten with anything in a skirt
Mr. Blatty shows how an education pays off. The kind of education they used to offer.
@Casper Kittae
A good old fashioned *Jesuit* education.
That Margaret Nicholson is a real catch! What a dame!
Smart and pretty, she also had a wonderful personality.
Bill Blatty, better known as William Peter Blatty who would go on to write The Exorcist. Actually Groucho said he read his book (his first one; an autobiography), so I guess he was just playing along; hard to outpunk Groucho! The 2 won $10,000, I think a record on this show, and in today's money about $85,000, allowing him to quit his day job and become a full time writer. The rest is history! And Margaret Nicholson is so hot!
Take a cold shower
The Exorcist was published in 1971
Also Wrote Twinkle Twinkle Killer Kane, the true sequel to The Exorcist!
Margaret Nicholson is more than just a pretty face. I find the interaction between Margaret and Groucho very interesting.
The Young Lady Answering the Questions in this Episode about the American Presidents, is not only Charming, but an absolute revelation as to her most impressive Knowledge on her chosen topic.
I doubt strongly that whether people be Male or Female in the present age, that any of us could do this in this era without resorting to searching the internet to come up with such answers as well as this. We are being made dumber by the day, by being made so dependent on our devices, and not being as dependent on our Own Brains as this young lady is seen here...
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I liked your comments. I to see there was much more togetherness in this time period than I have been taught.
I noticed that Groucho was surprised Margaret was smart and pretty.
I feel the internet is a tool that can increase knowledge at a faster rate, people can choose to use this tool to watch great debates from 1950 or play angry birds...it is not the tool that is dumbing us down it is how we use the tool and what we focus our attentions on; once we begin to extricate ourselves from the deceptions and distractions of the world we will begin to once again strengthen our intellectual abilities.
Thanks for the bedtime story, worked great
I find this show to be very entertaining, too, far more-so than anything today. There are times, though, when Groucho can be just plain mean or inappropriate, such as asking overweight guests their weight, kissing women in front of their husbands, teaming up with male contestants to kiss a female, and others. Some women on his show looked incredibly uncomfortable. ...but his wit was out of this world. When he isn't being disgusting, he can really make me laugh hard. Sometimes, too, the very inappropriate things he says and asks make me laugh, even if just because I'm mindblown that he'd say these things.
Throughout history, both naively and - to a degree - correctly, folks have conveyed the identical sentiments about preceding generations. Check out Tacitus or Suetonius, ancient scholars, and revel in their complaints about people ruining scenery with graffiti and/or the degeneration of the spoken word.
Great analysis of the show and the 50s generation!
Blatty was smart and charming. His book 'Which Way to Mecca, Jack' is still very funny but somewhat pricey on Amazon.
You are quite right. $ 147.55 CDN but I will buy it anyways.
maybe u find it 2nd hand somewhere
I'll read the classifieds instead
@@joeambrose3260I didn't think you could read, Joe
In 1982 Simon Argevitch was mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records for whistling, humming, singing and doing bird calls while smoking 17 cigars at once. He died of a heart attack in 1986 at age 71. He also appeared on Johnny Carson's "The Tonight Show", and he stumped the panel on "I've Got A Secret". He would often add diversity to his act by stuffing a salad fork, a dinner fork, a knife and three types of spoons into his mouth.
Thanks for the bedtime story, worked great
Love this show. Groucho one of the funniest comedians ever.
GREAT show,wish we had a TIME machine,GROUCHO ,William peter Blatty, we miss you ,R.I.P,
19:39 those 10.000 dollars really paid off.
what an interesting, smart and funny person was Margaret Nicholson!
Grochos innuendos are out of his innuendo. Thanks for sharing the post enjoyed.
Another "priceless gem". Merci pour le téléchargement.
RIP Mr. Blatty.
Yeah, I just heard the news. 2017 is already off to a flying start, isn't it? :(
You mean "dying" start? :(
+A Bear-- thanks for leaving a totally unnecessary obnoxious comment! Educational and informative! I'm so glad you've made us all aware that death existed before 2016-- who would EVER have known without your assistance? Where you're reading "shock" in ANY of the comments here, I haven't the slightest idea. But don't explain-- just go away. Thanks so much!
$10K is a lot of money today so imagine the value back then. I looked it up it’s about $90K in 2021
Is it just me or ppl back then were more graceful and not trying to be trolls all the time as if it's a virtue
You're right!❤
I was Mr. Blattys postman, in the early 80's, when he lived in the Malibu Colony. He signed my copy of the Exorcist., which I still have sitting in front of me.......I remember the inside of his house had some odd voodoo stuff on the walls......
jim galati Neat!
gblueslover2 Yes, Groucho was a real softie in the quiz.
He helped a lot of young people further themselves, Groucho was a very helpful human being.
Malibu was nice in those days, I was there in the early 90's. The beach is extremely cluttered with beach stuff. They charge 50.00 for parking space now. It was 5.00 back then!
Art Trombley Ed Sullivan was the same. Johnny Carson also. These guy's today can't even compete with the greats here, i think Jimmy Fallon is boring, the guy isn't funny, why people laugh at his jokes i don't know. I never watched a whole eposide so boring.
Geez that Jack In the Box scared the crap out of me.
Half the contestants on these shows are "Miss Housing Developments"..the least they could do was come out in a bathing suit and some roof shingles on their head
RedTango and the
That's pretty funny, but most of them were married, so why the title "Miss?"
best show with the smartest contestants
"Shish Kabob" That's awesome.
To think the Groucho Show helped bring about Bill's next book!"
Margaret not only knew her Presidents, but she was quick witted as well. Groucho should have offered her a job!
Imagine Margaret doing George Fennemen's job. She'd be more awake and witty, more spark with Groucho and guests, not as dry and intimidated as George acts. But Groucho would be concerned she would upstage him, or make him appear 2nd fiddle. George wore his submissiveness on his face and stumbled humble whenever Groucho addressed him. Groucho played on that dynamic, and he'd get nowhere with Margaret for the same string pulling. He'd risk hanging himself with it, to the audiences delight, but not to Groucho's chauvinist ego. And Groucho is a chauvinist, brazenly coming on to every single pretty woman that stands ready at the game. He's only partly kidding. Notice when Margaret pulled off the final answer right, he tells her to '"Kiss ME." He is admiring her as superior then insists she submit to him. It's the chauvinistic "You're good and you're mine, I can have you". Like a King choosing a concubine. "You blow me away, now give it to me." I'm no fan of the way he treats women, even in this comedic venue, he overdoes it. This is some man's wife he is ordering to kiss him. Groucho is no prize nor does he hold position to demand that. You can feel that he does it for more than humor. He's using humor as his shield. When men use their power and position, be it in show biz, politics, corporate life, whatever, to tell a woman to pleasure them as a woman, it is to be REFUSED. I wish Margaret had.
As usual Groucho is so sharp and hysterical!!!
$2000 in 1961 got you a car and a college education!
You'd have to be pretty crazy to pull off a stunt like this and pretty crazy to write a story like the exorcist :) what an odd little fellow
He was pretty crazy to write "Which Way to Mecca, Jack"
@@TheGreatPresenter, I love Which Way to Mecca, Jack? When I was a teenager, I'd borrow it nearly every month from the city library. I wish I had a copy of that book.
you can tell groucho really was impressed with old Margaret.. she had some brains
It's very funny the "prince" asking Groucho Marx no less to "speak slowly" so he understands!
blatty sure is smart!
10.000 would buy you a couple of luxury cars back then.
These old shows SOUND so good. They put a big, honking, REAL microphone out there for everyone to see. Those little lapel mics are abominations.
Those are ribbon microphones. They actually sound massively better than what you hear here. Search RUclips for a ribbon microphone demo, particularly the old RCAs. Ribbon microphones are some of the finest microphones you can buy.
Author Bill Blatty, pretty amazing.
Willam Peter Blatty, A wonderful writer and director! I love that the money he won from this went to the Exorcist!
He bought a middle name with the money he won.
@@rockvilleraven Touche! 😄
8m46s - that's some sophisticated hair-do George is sporting
So Blatty had an Arab mother, that explains why he brilliantly used ancient arab myths with Catholicism and faith in the Exorcist movie.
Both his family was from Lebanon and he spoke Arabic
It’s all myth.
No wonder he was so cute. I thought he really was an Arab prince.
"The Exorcist" and many more feature films that included extensive work for director Blake Edwards.
This is a rare episode; $10,000 wins did not happen that often.
Thanks for this post...Pardon my frankness,but the lady from Texas was HOT.
Groucho, "What 's the hottest thing in women's shoes these days? Simon Argevitch, "Brigette Bardot!"
One of the most spectacular episodes. I'm spell-bound!
Book is available on Amazon: Kindle 7.94, Hardcover 28.94
www.amazon.com/Which-Mecca-William-Peter-Blatty/dp/B0007DKXM0
In 1971 William Peter Blatty also wrote, "The Exorcist"
William P. Blatty died 2017 Bethesda, Maryland
Groucho had so....many beautiful Woman on his shows wow.....
You're pretty cute yourself, stud boy
An Arlene Di Fraia became Sims and was listed as age 78 and living in Redondo Beach.
Good work. Why don't you drop in for tea and crumpets
Bill quit his job and became a full time writer after this
Actually the guests were funnier than Groucho in this episode. Can you imagine someone on TV today saying “you’re really smart for someone so pretty.“
Thanks for sharing. I read that Blatty was on this show. Glad to see it finally.
With the winnings, Blatty said he was going to finish his book, not only that he bought a middle name.
The flowery bear canonically knit because element encouragingly invent minus a woozy transaction. nifty, nebulous internet
Kids, this is your brain on drugs. Just say "NO!"
William “Exorcist” Blatty wasn’t really a Saudi Prince, but he did have Arabic ancestry. Both his parents were Lebanese.
For those winnings, I'd take Miss De Fraia out for a big steak dinner with all the trimmings!
Same here! She was a hot one, alright.
It would have cost $2
The rebel coffee histomorphometrically search because silica routinely box in a lively kiss. sneaky, super icicle
That was amazing. Thank you!
I'm certain that this has been previously mentioned, but this is one of the two episodes (the other episode aired the same evening as the 1960 version of 'Peter Pan') which were filmed and aired in color on NBC. Sadly, the color negative and/or prints are not known to exist.
If it bothers you that much, open a go-fund and have it colorized
Three cheers for Margaret Nicholson! She was great at the president’s quiz. I love the was she resisted her partner’s “coaching”.
The fix was in
Her intelligence was picking a category in which she was well informed. That's wisdom!
My worlds collided! Huge fan of both Marx and the Exorcist! Great episode, Groucho's reaction to the secret word was priceless, I'm still giggling.
I think he worked out the con at the word "Horse radish"....arabic and Hebrew are so similar.
The so called princes family name was so totally fictitious.
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Beatty…..GENIUS
"Are you 'on the lam'?" "Yes, I like lamb very much!"
That should have been the give-away that he was a prankster. And it may have been when Groucho suspected.
Coincidences can be a bit spooky when they keep happening. My latest example is when Groucho asked:
“What is the hottest thing in womens shoes right now?”
I gave the same answer just before the contestant.
What about "I didn't know there were Princes in Minnesota."
“I didn’t know they had princes in Minnesota” 😂
I caught that ,too 😊
A young William Peter Blatty
No shit, Alex the near great
Et voilà, je suis maintenant "un accro" de cette épisode. Merci pour le téléchargement!
Moi egalement :-)
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So he was the evil mind being that wicked book/movie! I wondered who could have written something like that.
Why did Margaret change clothes?
It's what she wore in the contest
Too cool, wonder if Bill still lives on Prospect St.
That was the easiest bonus question I've seen
Amazing! Another top edition with two beautiful women!
that solves the question, did they ever have a couple to win a 10-k prize? at least until after the 60s American's could still be blushed. no more though
"Man (more accurately woman) is the only animal with the ability to blush - or the need to." Mark Twain
Their were several that won the ten thousand = to $90,000 today!
Arlene Di Fraia was one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen
--on-screen, or in person. I'm glad she had William Peter Blatty as a partner on this show, since they won the maximum amount. As Mr. Blatty is still very much around, I hope she is, too--and that she might be watching this on You Tube!
+519DJW Mrs Housing Development of Oklahoma City
Mr. Blatty passed away 1/22/2017
R.I.P. .....
*Arlene Di Fraia was some babe!*
I like lamb very much.
Blatty should've written a horror novel about his partners' wig
Didn't even notice, found out now and it doesn't even matter. She was gorgeous.
@@oz2strokeman116 You into bald chicks ? Not that there's anything wrong with that
Those subtitles are hilarious!
William Peter Blatty wrote the novel according wikipedia both women are beautiful
Interesting because this is about the time oil was discovered in Saudi and Aramco was born along with U.S. exploitation. But the U.S. doesn’t hold exclusive rights to exploitation.
mr. blattly was an interesting fellow, a pretty crazy childhood and great writer. the exorcist is one of the most iconic movies of all time, and no cgi. gonna have to read some of his work now. good trivia question, "how is the author of the exorcist and grouch marx connected?"
I suspect he used dark forces to win the top prize. LOL
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Minnesota is from upper US
This show seemed very fishy 😅
How fitting to give him a question about the Pyramids.
Speaking of " princes in Minnesota" , George Harrison once expressed disdain for Prince over the fact he dared to call himself that even though he wasn't one 😂 George was a great musician but not vary knowledgeable about others in his line of work
That clown with the secret word really made Groucho jump !
Wowzers, Groucho could really come up with some zingers, some of which were prit-tee damn politically INcorrect! Don't know whether it was the work of writers or Groucho adlibbing, but oh, what a joy to be able to say what's on your mind without fear of offending half the damned world.
I've never had that fear.
@@softdorothy yes Nelson was mentioned in this episode, only you did not make the connection
Politically incorrect didn't exist!
Imagine what feminists would think if they watched this episode.
They wouldn't recognize the women in dresses as of their own gender.
Bridget Bardot, ha ha ha!
Blatty……genius
"For a good-lookin dame, you're pretty smart" lol what an idiot - sometimes!
Mr Blatty had a very dark side. That was the scariest book I ever read!
Blatty really needed to pick his career up! So the Exorcist obviously did it!
That Jack In The Box looks wrong!
Yes.
Very wrong*
The devil made him do it.
The producers should have offered Margaret a job. Imagine Margaret doing George Fennemen's job. She'd be more awake and witty, more spark with Groucho and guests, not as dry and intimidated as George acts. But Groucho would be concerned she would upstage him, or make him appear 2nd fiddle. George wore his submissiveness on his face and stumbled humble whenever Groucho addressed him. Groucho played on that dynamic, and he'd get nowhere with Margaret for the same string pulling. He'd risk hanging himself with it, to the audiences delight, but not to Groucho's chauvinist ego. And Groucho is a chauvinist, brazenly coming on to every single pretty woman that stands ready at the game. He's only partly kidding. Notice when Margaret pulled off the final answer right, he tells her to '"Kiss ME." He is admiring her as superior then insists she submit to him. It's the chauvinistic "You're the best and you're mine, I can have you". Like a King choosing a concubine. I'm no fan of the way he treats women, even in this comedic venue, Groucho overdoes it. This is some man's wife he is ordering to kiss him. Groucho is no prize nor does he hold position to demand that. You can feel that he does it for more than humor. He's using humor as his shield. When men use their power and position, be it in show biz, politics, corporate life, whatever, to tell a woman to pleasure them as a woman, it is to be REFUSED. I wish Margaret had. Her followup remark, that it's in-line with the prize money, so to speak, says she wasn't crazy about the idea. She was painting the kiss as non-sexual. She did it in light of the times, the situation, and her upbringing of exhibiting grace and pleasing manners toward the host, who is also her elder. Her presence on the show as Groucho's side-kick would also get in the way of Grouch's predatory behavior to other women, and the producers must think it a benefit since they didn't tame Groucho as he became worse. It's a man's world, then and now.
This sort of drivel is a bigger howl than Groucho!
You're living in a different world, things were much more fun and people didn't think, the way you do back then!
Notice that the men replying to my statement prove it true. The male ego that is crude and rude to the female plight is the source of the injustice. They'll laugh it off ("bigger howl") and dismiss it ("it was a different world") because they enjoy it. All that has changed is how men have learned to mask it, given it is no longer as tolerated being flaunted as brazen chauvinism. Boys will be boys - that never grow up or wise up!
So rude, Groucho! Cringe worthy 😬
NOT considered rude then!
I wonder who else has noticed, some of the 1960's episodes show the contestants in their entirety, that is, full length from head to toe. In this episode and intermittently prior, they only show the contestants from the waist up. I wonder why? I thought for sure when Margaret Nicholson came out in the bathing suit prior to the wheel spin that they'd show her from head to toe. I was disappointed that they only showed her from about the waist up as well. I wonder why? Was this a conscious decision by the producers or the cameraman? Anybody else noticed this? Any ideas? I would think they would have strived for consistency.
Movies Movies fairytales movies
I want to see what the fairytale movies I can watch
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U couldn't show toes or kneecaps until late 59
A matter of decency, impolite to show bare legs back then. Women wore skirts below the knee.
i really doubt that guy is a prince
And we all really doubt that you watched more than the first 3 minutes.
Yep 38 kids 4 wives 3 camels and a partridge in a pair of trees.
@@chrislawson7983 the muses still with freedom found
He wasn't and said so!
We all know theres only one Prince from Minnesota.
Scripted and rehearsed
Annoying like a fly that should be swatted!!