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You Bet Your Life was parodied on a live April 1955 episode of The Jack Benny Program. Benny pretended to be someone else ( Ronald Forsythe ) [ 24 ] to get on the quiz show (competing with a female contestant played by Irene Tedrow ), and continues to divulge information during an effort to say the secret word.
The origin of the "Crash" nickname is from his football-playing days. This was verified by Corrigan himself when he was a contestant on the June 11, 1959, episode of You Bet Your Life starring Groucho Marx. When asked how he got the name "Crash", Corrigan told Groucho, "When I would go to tackle somebody or instead of fighting them with my ...
Ronnie Schell and Goldie Hawn in Good Morning World (1967). Ronald Ralph Schell (born December 23, 1931) is an American actor and stand-up comedian.He appeared on the May 28, 1959, episode of the TV quiz show You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx.
Marx as main host of You Bet Your Life, 1953. You Bet Your Life debuted in October 1947 on ABC radio (which aired it from 1947 to 1949), sponsored by costume jewelry manufacturer Allen Gellman; [25] and then on CBS (1949–50), and finally NBC. The show was on radio only from 1947 to 1950; on both radio and television from 1950 to 1960; and on ...
The daughter of Homer Harmon, Joy Patricia Harmon was born in Jackson Heights, New York, [1] or Flushing, New York.She and her family moved to Connecticut in 1946. She was a Miss Connecticut, [2] [when?
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Fay Spain was the younger of two daughters born to Robert C. Spain and Arminta Frances "Mickie" Cochran. [2] When she was 17 years old, Spain worked as a dealer in a casino in Reno, Nevada.
The 2013 film was based on the memoir "Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace," written by Scott Thorson, Liberace's lover later in life. Matt Damon plays Thorson in the movie.
Nine-year-old[citation needed] Evelyn Rudie appeared as a contestant on the October 29, 1959, episode of the TV quiz program You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx. Rudie danced a waltz with her fellow contestant and told a joke in the German language. The pair earned $500. [1]