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You Bet Your Life

Season 1

18 listed hours · 1950–1961 · NBC

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How this season is filed

Filed by Rex Fontaine · Golden Age Dispatch

You Bet Your Life is Groucho, a duck, and the secret word: quiz structure as a license to ad-lib. George Fenneman straight-mans while Marx roasts civilians into comedy gold. Watch it now as proof a comic personality can carry a 'game' better than the game — merchandising and meme before either word mattered.

TV Flash files Season 1 of You Bet Your Life (1950–1961) on NBC as the first listed season of 11 — 18 listed hours, 1950-10-05–1951-02-28 from “Wall” (S01E01) to “Nose” (S01E22). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S01E01 Wall

    Wall: first secret-word title, Groucho and Fenneman proving a comic personality can carry a 'game' better than the game.

  1. S01E01

    Wall

    Wall — Season 1, Episode 1 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-10-05. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S01E02

    House

    House — Season 1, Episode 2 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-10-12. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S01E03

    Smile

    Smile — Season 1, Episode 3 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-10-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S01E04

    Money

    Money — Season 1, Episode 4 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-10-26. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S01E05

    Foot

    Foot — Season 1, Episode 5 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-11-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S01E06

    Door

    Door — Season 1, Episode 6 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-11-09. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S01E07

    Face

    Face — Season 1, Episode 7 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-11-16. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S01E08

    Floor

    Floor — Season 1, Episode 8 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-11-23. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S01E09

    Smile

    Smile — Season 1, Episode 9 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-11-30. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S01E10

    Tree

    Tree — Season 1, Episode 10 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-12-07. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  11. S01E11

    Room

    Room — Season 1, Episode 11 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-12-14. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  12. S01E12

    Food

    Food — Season 1, Episode 12 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-12-21. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  13. S01E13

    Dollar

    Dollar — Season 1, Episode 13 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-12-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  14. S01E14

    Tree

    Tree — Season 1, Episode 14 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1951-01-04. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  15. S01E15

    Grass

    Grass — Season 1, Episode 15 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-01-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  16. S01E16

    Money

    Money — Season 1, Episode 16 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1950-01-18. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  17. S01E21

    Door

    Door — Season 1, Episode 21 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1951-02-22. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  18. S01E22

    Nose

    Nose — Season 1, Episode 22 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1951-02-28. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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