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You Bet Your Life

Season 11

10 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 11 of You Bet Your Life (1950–1961) on NBC as the last listed season of 11 — 10 listed hours, 1960-09-29–1961-05-11 from “Clock” (S11E02) to “House” (S11E31). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S11E31 House

    House closes 1961: last secret word in this pack, the mustache packing away a decade of one-liners with a duck.

  1. S11E02

    Clock

    Clock — Season 11, Episode 2 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1960-09-29. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  2. S11E04

    Sun

    Sun — Season 11, Episode 4 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1960-10-13. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  3. S11E10

    Food

    Food — Season 11, Episode 10 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1960-11-24. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  4. S11E11

    Water

    Water — Season 11, Episode 11 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1960-12-01. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  5. S11E12

    Smoke

    Smoke — Season 11, Episode 12 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1960-12-08. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S11E13

    Paper

    Paper — Season 11, Episode 13 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1960-12-15. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  7. S11E15

    Face

    Face — Season 11, Episode 15 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1961-01-05. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  8. S11E17

    Walk

    Walk — Season 11, Episode 17 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1961-01-19. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  9. S11E19

    Dress

    Dress — Season 11, Episode 19 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1961-02-02. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  10. S11E31

    House

    House — Season 11, Episode 31 of You Bet Your Life. Aired 1961-05-11. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

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