You Bet Your Life

You Bet Your Life was an American radio and television quiz show.

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American - Radio - Television - Quiz show

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The first and most famous version was hosted by Groucho Marx, of Marx Brothers fame, with the unflappable announcer and assistant George Fenneman. The show debuted on radio in 1947, then made the transition to the NBC television network in 1950.

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Groucho Marx - Marx Brothers - George Fenneman - 1947 - NBC - Television network - 1950

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The television version was changed very little from the radio version . It was filmed before a studio audience, then slightly edited for television broadcast. In 1960 it was renamed The Groucho Show and ran one additional year.

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Film - 1960

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