Here’s a treat for you. It’s the full recording of an episode of You Bet Your Life*, and it’s well worth a watch. Groucho insisted that they do longer recordings of the show so that they could be edited down to the standard half-hour slots. The format also allowed for a simulcast with CBS radio.
The story of how these shows were saved from the garbage heap is fascinating too, and can be read here.
Enjoy:
* According to @SquidyUK, this is actually a pilot recording that never aired. They simply filmed the radio show to test if it worked visually.
