@@madelschmadel so, according to you, there's nothing much else than to belong to a club *and* you're blaming one's lack of accomplishments on others. How appripo.
Groucho was so down to earth with the contestants. I love Groucho and all the Marx brothers. They were amazing and very talented and funny. We need more comedians like the Marx brothers. Not the trashy comedians of today cussing and vulgarity they use
Perry O'Brien won gold medals in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics for the shot put. He also won a silver medal in 1960. He was inducted into the U. S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
@@Mr5thWave I had a French/Brasilian girlfriend for 4 years. She lives in Brasil and we visited her dad in Valence France. She was a lot of fun. An ex professional ballet dancer too.
Ms. St. Clair is one of the extremely rare women on Groucho's show who looks dramatically younger than her actual age. Would you believe she's 45 years of age here? I would have thought 30.
Thanks for putting these on here. I really enjoy them so much. I remember watching them when I was a kid with my parents but I was too young then to appreciate how great they are. Television is something that started out at its Greatest, then just went downhill from there. I don't even watch "television" any more, but I do watch "UA-cams" of television. I do like SOME, things that have been on television that I could NOT watch before because it was on "cable". Can't get that where I live. The "free television NOW is terrible. I cannot tell for sure WHO their 'audience is'. These guys that came up in Vaudeville they were the best entertainers EVER. They had to learn to be GOOD and TOUGH. That working in front of a crowd, you learn quickly how QUICKLY they can turn on you. So you have to be GOOD and Tough. Groucho Marx was GREAT and there will NEVER be another one like him. BB
***** It's just about my only tangibly useful contribution to the world. :) It's a sort of life's mission to contribute in whatever way I can to preserving and celebrating the legacy of these great performers. Just FYI, I'm making it a priority now to really finish up posting the episodes I still have, at long last, then a few nice Groucho surprises after that.
AFTER 4 YEARS MY DEAR FRIEND AS YOU KNOW TV CONTINUOUS ...THE DOWNHILL. .PATH...AND. .AS I BELIEVE IN A. ..GEOMETRICAL WAY!## THEREFORE I AGREE WITH YOU & I FOLLOW THE U TUBE. ..WAY!!!!!
Groucho says “Welcome To 21” at the very beginning. Referring to the game show scandal portrayed in the movie “Quiz Show”?? The audience had no response.
The incident was probably too raw in the public's mind and any joke about it was not funny. That cheating scandal destroyed public trust in game shows any any joke referring to the incident would not be funny.
@@ealswytheangelicrealms There are some jokes that are funny but for which laughing at on a TV show feels out of place. It'd probably be worth a snicker or sneer in more intimate company such as a local bar or one's own home. It's certainly not meant to be a "haha" joke to begin with, but rather one that draws a sneer.
The question about the resort town was wrongly phrased. Acapulco is on the West Coast of Mexico. It is not south of Mexico City, that would be Cancun. However, I don't believe Cancun, as is known today, existed in 1959, however, I may be wrong.
I never make remarks in the comment section but this has to be said there's no other show ever s compared with the Groucho Marx entertaining an informative and heartwarming educational for young and old alike Stadium that is the Groucho Marx show amazing
I think different things are more commonly known now compared with then. I've seen other questions in other episodes that most every American would know the answer to today, and other questions that they seemed to get quite easily that I doubt most people would know now (and not just current-event type things). So there's a good chance that the prevalence of the exposure to the word "siblings" is much higher today than in 1959. I just looked at google ngram and, in terms of usage in books according to ngram, "sibling" and "siblings" were almost nonexistent before 1920, grew steadily since the 1920s and have plateaued or dropped since about 2013. They are about 5 times more prevalent today than they were in 1959.
@@mattmexor2882 There have been vastly more dull-witted academic and self-help books published that used those words in recent decades. That doesn’t tell us much about whether the average person knows them. The schools are awful, so I don’t assume people know anything but the propaganda drilled into them.
Because this, and many other episodes posted to this channel, came from reruns aired 20-30 years ago. In the cases where the I have access to an unedited show, I post it.
Funny, Groucho didn't give Sylvie a chance to sing. Not like he usually behaved. Was something written on his card? Also, he didn't ask her about Dunkirk -- she might have had memories of the evacuation.
I would have got SILO wrong. First thing which came to my mind was a hole in the ground for storing nuclear missiles. Maybe they weren’t around when this was recorded.
"Jackson" was trying WAY too hard. Phil Harris always sounded totally natural when he was hep-talking, but this Jackson kid just seems to be trying much, much too hard.
I’ve seen several phony’s on YBYL, and Sylvia was most definitely one. She was about as French as Groucho. My dad’s people were from France and I have also met many French people. When you’re talking naturally you don’t over emphasize and do as she did. She pushed out her lips and really pushed the accent, right down to using cliché phrases such as, “ooh La La.” She was too French to be French. One of my favorite game shows!
I don't think she's "phony" here so much as exaggerating for effect. She's clearly here for attention for her nightclub act (dinner clubs and nightclubs were quite the thing back in the day) and my guess is she's just hamming it up for publicity. Can't blame her for that.
The boy was an Eagle Scout at 12. Very commendable. Today's 12 year old knows only cell phones and video games.
The boy scouts went to crap (so did the girl scouts) so there's not much else for kids to do.
@@madelschmadel so, according to you, there's nothing much else than to belong to a club *and* you're blaming one's lack of accomplishments on others. How appripo.
That's not their fault though they're wrapped in cotton wool
I gotta get my regular dose of this amazing show from a memorable time . . . long ago. There were real PEOPLE then . . like US, even better!
Good to see a man and a woman able to touch each other back then without getting in trouble. It was a sweeter simpler time.
@3*/m
That’s terrible. Just because they could get away with something doesn’t mean it’s ok. Just find someone who wants to be touched.
Groucho was so down to earth with the contestants. I love Groucho and all the Marx brothers. They were amazing and very talented and funny. We need more comedians like the Marx brothers. Not the trashy comedians of today cussing and vulgarity they use
well said, I couldn't agree more!
Groucho always wanted the contestants to win some money!!
These kids are still having a blast in their 80s.
Parry d.April 21, 2007 aged 75
LaVonne is alive and well, and still gorgeous. Jackson is running a tour company that does safaris in Africa if I recall correctly.
Great,funny and thoroughly charming episode of this great show
LaVonne is my dad's cousin. Great video!! She is still beautiful too!
She surely is one of the most beautiful women Groucho ever had on his show. And classy too. I am smitten!
She certainly is beautiful here, and I can well believe that she still is. But did she ever become a lawyer?
Pppx
No, but she has a firm in L.A. that handles fine art aquisitions. She is also on the board of MOCA and was a teacher at UCLA I believe.
I’d she’s your dad’s first cousin she’s your second cousin. Great story. She was fun!
Those bouncy pony tails were devastating.
Perry O'Brien won gold medals in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics for the shot put. He also won a silver medal in 1960. He was inducted into the U. S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
But did he marry the French chick?
@@Mr5thWave He probably pounded her after the show.
@@Mr5thWave no
@@Mr5thWave I had a French/Brasilian girlfriend for 4 years. She lives in Brasil and we visited her dad in Valence France. She was a lot of fun. An ex professional ballet dancer too.
@@patfromamboy🫡
Thanks again for these episodes.I check every couple days and am always excited when I see that you have posted a new one.
Ms. St. Clair is one of the extremely rare women on Groucho's show who looks dramatically younger than her actual age. Would you believe she's 45 years of age here? I would have thought 30.
Thanks for putting these on here. I really enjoy them so much. I remember watching them when I was a kid with my parents but I was too young then to appreciate how great they are. Television is something that started out at its Greatest, then just went downhill from there. I don't even watch "television" any more, but I do watch "UA-cams" of television. I do like SOME, things that have been on television that I could NOT watch before because it was on "cable". Can't get that where I live. The "free television NOW is terrible. I cannot tell for sure WHO their 'audience is'.
These guys that came up in Vaudeville they were the best entertainers EVER. They had to learn to be GOOD and TOUGH. That working in front of a crowd, you learn quickly how QUICKLY they can turn on you. So you have to be GOOD and Tough. Groucho Marx was GREAT and there will NEVER be another one like him. BB
Bob Burnitt You're very welcome, Bob-- new episode, finally, this weekend. I promise!
***** It's just about my only tangibly useful contribution to the world. :) It's a sort of life's mission to contribute in whatever way I can to preserving and celebrating the legacy of these great performers. Just FYI, I'm making it a priority now to really finish up posting the episodes I still have, at long last, then a few nice Groucho surprises after that.
AFTER 4 YEARS MY DEAR FRIEND AS YOU KNOW TV CONTINUOUS
...THE DOWNHILL. .PATH...AND. .AS I BELIEVE IN A. ..GEOMETRICAL WAY!## THEREFORE I AGREE WITH YOU & I FOLLOW THE U TUBE. ..WAY!!!!!
@@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476 I want to thank you also. I've been watching these shows on you channel for days. Thanks!
Nice smile on Frenchie.
Groucho says “Welcome To 21” at the very beginning. Referring to the game show scandal portrayed in the movie “Quiz Show”??
The audience had no response.
The incident was probably too raw in the public's mind and any joke about it was not funny. That cheating scandal destroyed public trust in game shows any any joke referring to the incident would not be funny.
@@ealswytheangelicrealms There are some jokes that are funny but for which laughing at on a TV show feels out of place. It'd probably be worth a snicker or sneer in more intimate company such as a local bar or one's own home. It's certainly not meant to be a "haha" joke to begin with, but rather one that draws a sneer.
Jackson went to the same high school as my husband, Hoover High School in Glendale, California. Glendale has a very interesting history.
LaVonne is a real dish!! Jackson was slick to sneak a kiss when they won😉
Looks like she initiated it though, but hesitantly. The whole scenario was awkward.
Look to me like LaVonne was hot for the kiss after winning a thousand dollars.
The question about the resort town was wrongly phrased. Acapulco is on the West Coast of Mexico. It is not south of Mexico City, that would be Cancun. However, I don't believe Cancun, as is known today, existed in 1959, however, I may be wrong.
E W what you said is incorrect! Acapulco is indeed geographically south of Mexico City and Cancun directly east!
I never make remarks in the comment section but this has to be said there's no other show ever s compared with the Groucho Marx entertaining an informative and heartwarming educational for young and old alike Stadium that is the Groucho Marx show amazing
They missed “siblings”??? Lawyers like people? Hahahaha.
I think different things are more commonly known now compared with then. I've seen other questions in other episodes that most every American would know the answer to today, and other questions that they seemed to get quite easily that I doubt most people would know now (and not just current-event type things). So there's a good chance that the prevalence of the exposure to the word "siblings" is much higher today than in 1959.
I just looked at google ngram and, in terms of usage in books according to ngram, "sibling" and "siblings" were almost nonexistent before 1920, grew steadily since the 1920s and have plateaued or dropped since about 2013. They are about 5 times more prevalent today than they were in 1959.
@@mattmexor2882 There have been vastly more dull-witted academic and self-help books published that used those words in recent decades. That doesn’t tell us much about whether the average person knows them. The schools are awful, so I don’t assume people know anything but the propaganda drilled into them.
I couldn’t believe it either, the easiest question ever.
Why were the sponsor's ads edited out ?\
And just as interesting who were the sponsors during this episode?
Because this, and many other episodes posted to this channel, came from reruns aired 20-30 years ago. In the cases where the I have access to an unedited show, I post it.
Apparently, Jackson was the first man to use the phrase "have a blast."
Funny, Groucho didn't give Sylvie a chance to sing. Not like he usually behaved. Was something written on his card? Also, he didn't ask her about Dunkirk -- she might have had memories of the evacuation.
Here's Sylvie singing in 1950. ua-cam.com/video/fqo-dL_tjdU/v-deo.html
That Frenchie clearly liked the idea of marrying the husky banker.
Refreshing, intelligent young people.
I use to live near Wilshire Blvd and Los Cienega Blvd.
That kid got the girl alright. She may be a wild one and like the older guys, but he scored.
She almost kissed him at the end. Oooh, lordy !
This was a very unusual show - it's the first time a contestant who sings was not given the chance to - Sylvie St. Clair,
Sylvie is smmmmmokin
Perry O'Brien d.2007 age 75. At this time he was divorced from his first wife whom he married in 1955....alimony payments ouch.
Glückwunsch ein Schritt Voraus....
I would have got SILO wrong. First thing which came to my mind was a hole in the ground for storing nuclear missiles. Maybe they weren’t around when this was recorded.
ugh, when a girl says he is a very nice young man, you are in the friend zone! At 13:22
they didn't know 'sibling'?
lol yeah i screamed it out
I think he could have gotten LaVonne if he tried, Daddy-O :-)
In his dreams!
@@jaimerubiowriter agreed!
Wheeler kid said he climbed the Matterhorn. Really????
And became an Eagle scout at 12?
He was a pretty smart kid, and I'll bet his parents had money. It's totally possible he was on the level.
He went on to be quite the adventurer. Last time I checked he was running a safari tour company abroad.
He lived a great life...became a dr./ researcher/ hiker/ 4-5 other large accomplishments
"Jackson" was trying WAY too hard. Phil Harris always sounded totally natural when he was hep-talking, but this Jackson kid just seems to be trying much, much too hard.
hep indeed!
I agree.
I’ve seen several phony’s on YBYL, and Sylvia was most definitely one. She was about as French as Groucho.
My dad’s people were from France and I have also met many French people. When you’re talking naturally you don’t over emphasize and do as she did.
She pushed out her lips and really pushed the accent, right down to using cliché phrases such as, “ooh La La.”
She was too French to be French.
One of my favorite game shows!
Groucho was half French...haha
I don't think she's "phony" here so much as exaggerating for effect. She's clearly here for attention for her nightclub act (dinner clubs and nightclubs were quite the thing back in the day) and my guess is she's just hamming it up for publicity. Can't blame her for that.
i do not trust the Jackson kid as far as i could throw 'em...
Oh stop, you playa hata.
Perry looks like he's pack'n quite a 'shot-put', himself......LoL
Für ein Marathon können.....Ist es nicht weit.....?
Grouch was not a pleasant fella in fact he was inappropriate all too often
Not all twelve year olds.
Solid Jackson, trying to be a 'hep daddy' is so NOT cool you got to love him.
How interesting, the host can smoke in front of camera live back then.
Different era this era is sensitive people they want everything faster
SIBLINGS. Brothers, sisters. C’mon!