You Bet Your Life #56-06 C.S. Forrester, author of Horatio Hornblower ('Name', Nov 1, 1956)

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10 жыл бұрын

You Bet Your Life featured many famous authors as contestants over the years, most likely due to Groucho's admiration for writers. Here we have the veddy, veddy British C.S. Forrester, author of the wildly popular Horatio Hornblower series, as well as the novel "The African Queen", which director John Huston turned into a Oscar winning classic film.
COUPLE #1: May Buzzell / C.S. Forrester, famous novelist
COUPLE #2: Eileen Thomas, secretary for Hollywood stars Tyronne Power, Ava Gardener and Eddie Fisher / Elmer "Slim" Von Schaible, who raises Siberian Huskies for rescue work
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Episode identification and basic description based on "Tell 'em Groucho Sent You", © 1997 by Mark Petty. Used by permission.

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@warplanner8852 2 жыл бұрын

The manners and dress and demeanor of the guests - particularly Mr Forester and his partner - are stunning and indicative of how society has declined these days!

@johnbunyan5834 Жыл бұрын

They both grew up in England, where we had the phrase : ' politeness is the mark of a gentleman' . Now ( August 2021 ), sadly , there are no gentlemen.

@johnbowman1076 Жыл бұрын

That's why I watch these. Nice to remember how civilized America once was.

@youtube-user73424 3 ай бұрын

100%

@Deperdussin1910 4 жыл бұрын

KZfaq is amazing! I've read C.S. Forrester's works since the 1970's. This is the first time I ever heard his voice.

@poetcomic1 3 жыл бұрын

That slim was a real cowboy type, charming, gracious, long slicked back hair and very cool with his rescue dogs in the mountains.

@henrybrowne7248 10 ай бұрын

Yeah, and he had some great lines and moments too.

@user-hp9vu7uz6w 9 ай бұрын

He’s a cheating dog.. get real. He’s a newlywed and he is showing interest in this contestant. Charming and gracious? Lol… more like a total nightmare.

@jwelchon2416 5 жыл бұрын

It's a treat to see C.S. Forrester. I read the entire Hornblower series.

@TheRealDarrylStrawberry 2 жыл бұрын

what an infernal piece of bad luck for ya.

@wakelamp 2 жыл бұрын

My father introduced me to them, and I have read them many times

@TheRealDarrylStrawberry 2 жыл бұрын

@@wakelamp Do you know the difference between a head and a halide?

@tommske 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best novel series, marvelous that there is some footage of the author

@holydiver73 3 жыл бұрын

CS forester also wrote The African Queen the movie of which starred Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn.

@johnscurich6446 4 ай бұрын

And, "The Good Shepherd" which was renamed "Greyhound" for the recent movie starring Tom Hanks.

@harlow743 22 күн бұрын

If he had just written "The African Queen"....HE WOULD BE A LEGEND

@noddyholder79 5 жыл бұрын

Talented chap Mr Forester. Apart from the Hornblower series he also wrote some excellent noir fiction. 'Payment Deferred' being a fine example

@henrybrowne7248 10 ай бұрын

I've never read C.S. Forrester.

@robertschaaf7192 2 жыл бұрын

This is the first time I've really laughed in ages.

@McLKeith 3 жыл бұрын

Groucho is the best ad-lib comedian ever.

@henrybrowne7248 10 ай бұрын

Damn is he great. This one had great lines both from Groucho and the contestants.

@SaxonC 3 жыл бұрын

“you weren’t marking time.. you were doing time!” Groucho was one quick witted genius! Hard to believe that he never had a formal education, growing up.

@dennisurbina7570 2 жыл бұрын

He went university of life natural experience

@michaelm6948 Жыл бұрын

Groucho was a huge reader from an early age. He often said he wanted to be a writer.

@martinjones5965 3 жыл бұрын

18m35s George had a look on his face "how do you do the heimlich maneuver again"

@FF11Freshstep 9 жыл бұрын

Eileen Thomas also mentions she used to be a secretary for the ministry of information! i'll call her moneypenny from now on =^.~=

@CamhiRichard 6 жыл бұрын

Another wonderful and very entertaining episode. Thanks again, Gary! Groucho is at the top of his game, and the contestants all had a lot to offer. (I knew all the songs, too, which shows how creaky I am.)

@henrybrowne7248 10 ай бұрын

Well . . only two songs, both of which I missed. I DO know 'Out of Nowhere', which is a great song, and which the lady thought the second song was, but wasn't.

@SaxonC 3 жыл бұрын

Groucho died within days of Elvis Presley and his death wasn’t too well publicized due to Elvis’ popularity and fame.

@MrMalibu30 9 ай бұрын

3 days apart.......August/77.....A bad week for music & comedy.

@RussMcClay 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@BeingRomans829ed 7 жыл бұрын

I'm certainly a Groucho fan, but sometimes I just wish he would just shut up and let the contestant say what he was going to say instead of interrupting in all the time. The man with the huskies, for example was getting ready to say something that sounded very interesting about people who have frozen to death, but Groucho kept butting in till the moment was lost.

@paultheaudaciousbradford6772 4 жыл бұрын

14:36 Groucho: Do you think she’s very cute, do you? Slim: I’m not going to last I’m afraid. I have no idea what he said, but it got quite a response! Listened to it I’ve and over, too.

@rickcoona 2 жыл бұрын

"I'm not going to last this out." I believe Is what he said

@gordonowens7794 3 жыл бұрын

18:36 why did Groucho make that sound ? It seemed involuntary, I noticed Federman was careful not to react to it.

@Frank00 3 жыл бұрын

A hiccup of some kind?

@marions.120 Жыл бұрын

Jokingly gasping to the chance of them doubling their money.

@FF11Freshstep 9 жыл бұрын

sometime between 0704 (#56-04) and this episode they switch to both using the wheel and the desk is changed to the lighted one

@henrybrowne7248 10 ай бұрын

I've been mildly interested in the show's evolution too.

@gordonowens7794 3 жыл бұрын

The British secretary was really stunning.

@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын

No Other Love Have I also goes by another title….Under the Southern Cross from Victory at Sea

@darryle-ov4oy 11 ай бұрын

It's funny the people back in the day seen this coming now like today 😅

@keithnaylor1981 20 күн бұрын

The secretary and the mountain man were a brilliant combination - he was getting hot and she was doing her best to get him hotter! THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION, 1957 - a terrific film based on a story by CS Forester - starring Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, and Frank Sinatra.

@LyleFrancisDelp Жыл бұрын

01:33. Creepy Easter Bunny. (IYKYK)

@PrimeDirective101 3 жыл бұрын

The music category hardly ever worked out for the contestants

@christophertaylor9100 3 жыл бұрын

CS Forester was a great author, so many novels

@georgealderson4424 3 жыл бұрын

I had heard of CS Forester but always thought he was a writer of 19th century. It is fascinating to see him and to discover that he lived and died in America and that CS Forester was his pen name

@519djw6 2 жыл бұрын

I've read three of his "Horatio Hornblower" novels, and I enjoyed them immensely. I believe he wrote eleven of them altogether, and want to go on reading the others. The main problem that i have is dealing with all of that naval jargon--much of it from the 18th and 19th centuries.

@johnbunyan5834 Жыл бұрын

@@georgealderson4424 He also wrote , 'The African Queen', and other excellent novels.

@robertstrugnell7842 2 жыл бұрын

the secretary for Eddie Fisher had to witness a sudden decline in Eddie Fishers popularity ...Elvis arrival would shake up all previous bobby soxer crowds...and there was coming the pop singers like Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka...Dion..etc...

@NuNugirl 2 жыл бұрын

We had a DeSoto 😀

@fifty9forty3 7 ай бұрын

Forester and his partner won $1000.00 in the first round. Groucho says if they miss the big money they are left with $500 for the night. Does that mean each to split $1000 or $500 between them?

@henningandersen9027 2 жыл бұрын

Wonder why the contestants weren't seated comfortably like the host.

@fifty9forty3 7 ай бұрын

Groucho never looked comfortable on that armless, backless stool, although he must have been.

@henningandersen9027 2 жыл бұрын

15.51 When what went up ?

@henningandersen9027 2 жыл бұрын

18 32 What happened to Groucho there?

@Rhonda9199 2 жыл бұрын

Some sort of hiccup I think?!

@henningandersen9027 2 жыл бұрын

@@Rhonda9199 Thanks. Probably.

@henningandersen9027 2 жыл бұрын

10.30 buy WHAT?

@henningandersen9027 2 жыл бұрын

14.41 what is he saying? please help.

@Fjordavy 10 ай бұрын

“I ain’t going to last this out, I’m afraid.”

@shoobiesful 3 жыл бұрын

CS Forrester needs a monocle

@darryle-ov4oy 11 ай бұрын

U tube is good

@sandrauhlein4317 5 жыл бұрын

She not Ginger Rogers

@williamjackson5942 3 жыл бұрын

Who said she was?

@dotsywotsy18 2 жыл бұрын

Who?

@henningandersen9027 2 жыл бұрын

What lousy wheel-spinning by the lady.

@boredcrab2 8 жыл бұрын

18:35 what the fuck was that?

@grouchomarx-youbetyourlife7476 8 жыл бұрын

I think Groucho was trying to make a joke out of exaggeratedly gasping for air because his explanation of the rules was long winded.