Old Time Radio Blog

You Bet Your Life was a quiz show in the late 1940's and early 1950's, starting on radio and then moving to TV over time. Although the show was billed as a quiz show, it was really just a vehicle for Groucho to ad lib with the contestants based on their answers to his ice breaker questions. By the way, you might recognize the theme song as "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" from the Marx Brothers stage show and movie "Animal Crackers."