In the Sierra Entertainment PC game Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire, you get to meet some of the Marx brothers: Groucho Marx ( Ali Fakir, the saurus seller ), Harpo Marx ( wandering around Shapeir's streets with a horn ) and Chico Marx ( the merchant Ali Chica ).

Just as Feldman's quickness and comedic rhythms are reminiscent of Groucho Marx, the game is reminiscent of Marx's You Bet Your Life quiz show in that it is designed more to give the host a chance to interact with the players than to be a serious test of their knowledge.

Note that the television game show You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx in the 1950s, used the term secret word, not magic word.

The play of the game, however, was secondary to the interplay between Groucho, the contestants, and occasionally Fenneman.

Allen's talents as a mimic were showcased in October 1963 when he appeared alongside Groucho Marx on the CBS-TV game show I've Got A Secret.

In 1957, he appeared on the television game show You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx, of Marx Brothers fame.

In June 1954, he appeared on the television game show You Bet Your Life hosted by Groucho Marx, of Marx Brothers fame.

In the early 1950s, Harris joined Groucho Marx again as a writer for the archetypal comedy game show, You Bet Your Life, produced by John Guedel.

DeSoto sponsored the popular television game show You Bet Your Life from 1950 through 1958, in which host Groucho Marx promoted the product by urging viewers to visit a DeSoto dealer with the phrase " tell ' em Groucho sent you ", and to " try a DeSoto before you decide ".

In the mid-1940s, during a depressing lull in his career ( his radio show Blue Ribbon Town had failed, and the Marx Brothers as film performers were well past their prime ), Groucho was scheduled to appear on a radio show with Bob Hope.

He approached Groucho about doing a quiz show, to which Groucho derisively retorted, " A quiz show?

Another TV show, Tell It To Groucho, premiered January 11, 1962 on CBS, but only lasted five months.

In 1965, a weekly show for British TV titled Groucho was poorly received and only lasted 11 weeks.

In the early 1970s, largely at the behest of companion Erin Fleming, Groucho had a live one-man show, including one recorded at Carnegie Hall in 1972 and released as a double album, An Evening with Groucho, on A & M Records.

He also made an appearance in 1973 on a short-lived variety show hosted by Bill Cosby, who idolized Groucho.

Groucho developed friendships with rock star Alice Cooper — the two were photographed together for Rolling Stone magazine — and television host Dick Cavett, becoming a frequent guest on Cavett's late-night talk show.

His mother once made an appearance as a participant on the television show You Bet Your Life, hosted by Groucho Marx.

During late 1932 and early 1933, Groucho and Chico were also working on Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel, a radio show written by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman ; there was even, at one time, talk of casting the two as their radio characters for the new film ( an idea that would eventually be used for the later Marx Brothers film The Big Store ).

While Groucho, Harpo and Chico are hogging the show, as the phrase has it, their brother hides in an insignificant role, peeping out now and then to listen to plaudits in which he has no share.

After that collaboration ended, Gummo represented his brother Groucho Marx and worked on the television show The Life of Riley, which he helped develop.

Groucho Marx spoke out against this movie in an episode of the Dick Cavett show on May 25, 1971.

In 1957, at the age of 78, her sauciness made her a big hit with the audience when she appeared on Groucho Marx's quiz show You Bet Your Life.

Decades later in his one man show at New York's Carnegie Hall, Groucho mentioned Dumont's name and got a burst of applause.

To promote his first book, Which Way to Mecca, Jack ?, Blatty was a contestant on the Groucho Marx quiz show You Bet Your Life, winning $ 10, 000 :< ref >

* Groucho Marx-he wore one for his television quiz show You Bet Your Life, but during the same period would sometimes appear on talk shows without it.

Bootzin received national exposure in 1955, when he appeared as a contestant on Groucho Marx's network TV show You Bet Your Life.

In a 1950 radio episode of You Bet Your Life, Groucho stated that he was born in a room above a butcher's shop on 78th Street in New York City.

By the time the Marxes made their first movie, they were major stars with sharply honed skills, and when Groucho was relaunched to stardom on You Bet Your Life, he had already been performing successfully for half a century.

Groucho as host of You Bet Your Life, 1953.

Since You Bet Your Life was mostly ad-libbed and unscripted — although writers did pre-interview the guests and feed Groucho ready-made lines in advance — the producers insisted that the network prerecord it ( instead of being broadcast live ).

By the time You Bet Your Life debuted on TV on October 5, 1950, Groucho had grown a real mustache ( which he had already sported earlier in the films Copacabana and Love Happy ).

Zeppo gets to one-up Groucho: When asked to read the letter back, Zeppo informs him, " You said a lot of things I didn't think were very important, so I just omitted them!

Double entendres are very common in the titles and lyrics of pop songs, such as " If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me " by The Bellamy Brothers, which is based on an old Groucho Marx quote, where the person being talked to is asked, by one interpretation if they would be offended, and by the other, if they would press their body against the person doing the talking.

In 1958 Bergen appeared with his 12 year old daughter Candice on an episode of You Bet Your Life starring Groucho Marx.

S. Quentin Quayle ( Groucho ): " You can talk Indian?

A guest on You Bet Your Life told the quizmaster she grew up around Chico and Groucho responded, " I grew up around Chico myself.

* In the 1932 Marx Brothers movie Horse Feathers, Groucho Marx, riding in a boat with a woman, remarks, " You know, this is the first time I've been in a canoe since I saw the American Tragedy.

: Groucho: You take me, and I'll take a vacation.

: Dumont ( kittenish after Groucho steals a peck ): You make me think of my youth.

He was also the voice of Elgin-American in their commercials on Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life.

* Elgin American, maker of watch cases and compacts, sponsored the original radio version of Groucho Marx's You Bet Your Life from October 1947 to January 1950.

Sellador Crocket appeared on Groucho Marx's television program, You Bet Your Life, in 1961 and recounted the story, including the " Rat Trap " reference.