Comments on: "You Bet Your Life" out-takes, with Groucho Marx (video) http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 09:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1499918 penguinchris Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1499918 Hey I've got a bow-tie almost exactly like that polka-dot one. Should bust that out more often. Hey I’ve got a bow-tie almost exactly like that polka-dot one. Should bust that out more often.

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1499252 Aaron Gilliland Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1499252 Wyoming?  Why not Oming? Wyoming?  Why not Oming?

]]> By: Drew http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1499205 Drew Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1499205 Or he put out the flames with the water made just for that purpose...you know, DeSoto water.  Oh, wait. DeSoto water goes in deradiator. Or he put out the flames with the water made just for that purpose…you know, DeSoto water.  Oh, wait. DeSoto water goes in deradiator.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1499170 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1499170 There's a Dick Cavett interview with Mae West on YouTube. She seems to be having a really difficult time trying to have an intelligent discussion while maintaining her wisecracking sex goddess persona. It's like watching Patsy trying to swallow a potato chip on AbFab when she hasn't eaten solid food in two decades. There’s a Dick Cavett interview with Mae West on YouTube. She seems to be having a really difficult time trying to have an intelligent discussion while maintaining her wisecracking sex goddess persona. It’s like watching Patsy trying to swallow a potato chip on AbFab when she hasn’t eaten solid food in two decades.

]]> By: Amelia_G http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1499122 Amelia_G Mon, 06 Aug 2012 06:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1499122 That reminds me of Mae West! It would be fun to run across more, curated, Mae West. For example, today I read a M.W. quote in a Carol Tavris book, "Men are always trying to protect me. Can't imagine what from." That's not curated, of course. That reminds me of Mae West! It would be fun to run across more, curated, Mae West.

For example, today I read a M.W. quote in a Carol Tavris book, “Men are always trying to protect me. Can’t imagine what from.”

That’s not curated, of course.

]]> By: northierthanthou http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498896 northierthanthou Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498896  Awesome story. You are a very lucky guy to have had him in your life like that.  Awesome story. You are a very lucky guy to have had him in your life like that.

]]> By: northierthanthou http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498895 northierthanthou Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498895  It's a good point; that whole era has a tinge of sadness to me.  It’s a good point; that whole era has a tinge of sadness to me.

]]> By: Sid http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498734 Sid Sun, 05 Aug 2012 12:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498734 Am I the only person who was struck by the sadness of living in an age where the mere mention of these topics was scandalous and something to titter about? Younger people can't understand how recently our country was governed by hypocritical, repressed, misogynists, no wait - we still are, despite the changes in  media content since the '50s.  Am I the only person who was struck by the sadness of living in an age where the mere mention of these topics was scandalous and something to titter about? Younger people can’t understand how recently our country was governed by hypocritical, repressed, misogynists, no wait – we still are, despite the changes in  media content since the ’50s. 

]]> By: fergus1948 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498727 fergus1948 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498727 The man is simply a genius. Was there EVER a funnier guy than him? I don't think so. The man is simply a genius. Was there EVER a funnier guy than him? I don’t think so.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498680 noah django Sun, 05 Aug 2012 05:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498680 Oh, man.  This is gold. related:  http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/380/did-groucho-marx-utter-a-famous-double-entendre-ad-lib-on-the-air Oh, man.  This is gold.

related:  http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/380/did-groucho-marx-utter-a-famous-double-entendre-ad-lib-on-the-air

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498653 ocker3 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 04:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498653  Now there's a story that should earn you at least a few drinks at the right kind of bar, perhaps even dinner as well!  Now there’s a story that should earn you at least a few drinks at the right kind of bar, perhaps even dinner as well!

]]> By: EvilSpirit http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498617 EvilSpirit Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498617  One reason there were relatively few Marx Brothers movies was that they were already jockeying around 40 years old when they made the first one. It was their second career, after the theater.  One reason there were relatively few Marx Brothers movies was that they were already jockeying around 40 years old when they made the first one. It was their second career, after the theater.

]]> By: Aaron Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498560 Aaron Gilliland Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498560 I was expecting a clip where a DeSoto bursts into flames and Groucho praises its heating system.  Oh well. I was expecting a clip where a DeSoto bursts into flames and Groucho praises its heating system.  Oh well.

]]> By: Andy Marx http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498530 Andy Marx Sat, 04 Aug 2012 22:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498530 I'm Andy Marx, the grandson of Groucho, and in the early '70s, when I was just out of high school,  I was hired by the original producer of "You Bet Your Life" to archive all of the episodes.  What made it even better is that I spent all summer at my grandfather's house watching every episode in his screening room.  After lunch, he would always ask me to run a few episodes for him and he still enjoyed watching them.  We even got to see several of these outtakes.  Quite thrilling for me.  I’m Andy Marx, the grandson of Groucho, and in the early ’70s, when I was just out of high school,  I was hired by the original producer of “You Bet Your Life” to archive all of the episodes.  What made it even better is that I spent all summer at my grandfather’s house watching every episode in his screening room.  After lunch, he would always ask me to run a few episodes for him and he still enjoyed watching them.  We even got to see several of these outtakes.  Quite thrilling for me. 

]]> By: BunnyShank http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498528 BunnyShank Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498528  Yes, its in the way he does the "slow burn", facing the audience, its similar to Carson. He stays in the struggle, mirroring the audience, without giving in, without being nervous, and without apologizing, causing the humor to be as deeply saturated in to the interaction as possible.  Yes, its in the way he does the “slow burn”, facing the audience, its similar to Carson. He stays in the struggle, mirroring the audience, without giving in, without being nervous, and without apologizing, causing the humor to be as deeply saturated in to the interaction as possible.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498506 B E Pratt Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498506 Er, they're both Jewish? Or should that be Jews?? Quick! Get Jon on the line!! Er, they’re both Jewish? Or should that be Jews?? Quick! Get Jon on the line!!

]]> By: R Scott LaMorte http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498502 R Scott LaMorte Sat, 04 Aug 2012 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498502 You know, it just struck me... do you not see parallels between Groucho's schtick and Jon Stewarts?  You know, it just struck me… do you not see parallels between Groucho’s schtick and Jon Stewarts? 

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/04/you-bet-your-life-out-take.html#comment-1498440 B E Pratt Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174867#comment-1498440 I adored Groucho as a kid (my mother thought he was mean and nasty) and wondered why there weren't very many Marx Bros movies. Still do. Groucho could joke about anything including his problem with premature ejaculation.  He once said that a doctor had given him a cream for that but he came just putting it on. I adored Groucho as a kid (my mother thought he was mean and nasty) and wondered why there weren’t very many Marx Bros movies. Still do. Groucho could joke about anything including his problem with premature ejaculation.  He once said that a doctor had given him a cream for that but he came just putting it on.

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