You Bet Your Life

Radio program from 1945

The Walgreen drug store chain was celebrating its anniversary. The star-studded syndication special was just one of the numerous radio appearances that Groucho made in the 1940's. But this is the one that led to his Your Bet Your Life audition. This recently discovered recording of Groucho and Bob Hope's 1 minute segment had long been though lost.

This is The demonstration recording that Groucho and John Guedel financed and recorded at CBS studio were Guedel produced Art Linkletter's "House Party".

This 17 minute film was shot the same evening as the fall 1952 season premiere. The film was shown exclusively at the Desoto Dealer's Convention. The pretty young secretary in the film is an actress named Eden Hartford, who would become the third Mrs. Groucho Marx on July 14, 1954

Pilot Filmed but never shown.