Phyllis Diller with Groucho Marx on You Bet Your Life

Roger we have George Jarvis and Phyllis Diller who want to play you about your life so folks you in please and meet Roger mark welcome - you betcha lies say the secret word and divide an extra hundred dollars it's a common way something you always have with you Phyllis Diller and George Diller no Phyllis Java sir no George Johnson Phyllis I'll start with you now where are you from Phyllis I'm from Lima Ohio isn't that the very latest I'll leave yes this is it this is the latest shimmy straight from Paris Oh remember when they used to wear a chemise underground in other words right open they open early you got this in Paris no I got it at the me company and the may company in Paris no in Los Angeles you know that song would you love me in December as you do in the may company and your your name is Phyllis Diller huh no no no you're George George Diller George Jarvis yours Jarvis and where is your native state George well I come from Pawhuska Oklahoma oh poor Husker yes well tell us about Pawhuska I haven't been there in some years what is it like there well actually I don't know anything about it we moved from there to Puerto Rico when I was only about a year old well tell us why what is it like in Puerto Rico is it anything like Pawhuska I don't remember much about Puerto Rico we left there when I was about a year old went to Plainfield New Jersey do you remember anything about the Plainfield New Jersey well very little we moved from there when I was about five George you haven't got much of a memory Eddie oh I guess not are you one of those absent-minded professors no I'm I'm in the guided missile program I work for a North American Aviation with your memory you you working on guided missiles whistles have the memory built into the food well folks fill up the martini jugs and head for the hills you ride one of these things no I haven't written one yet well what is your job with guided missiles I'm field service manager for Rocketdyne division of North American our job is to build rocket engines and see if they get in missiles and see that they operate right we have men out in the field seeing these four engines work right and then while you're working on these you watch the Sputnik go past is that it yes well you predict that rocket ships in commercial flights will be around soon all certainly I think particularly for long distances and if you're in a hurry well for instance if you wanted to go to Australia say you could do this in a jet ship in ten or twelve hours but if you're in a hurry we can get put you there in a rocket in an hour you mean the Russians are gonna go to the moon and we're going to Australia say that may be the solution but the whole thing we're just gonna hide in Australia until the whole thing blows over well you must get pretty keyed up working around all that complicated machinery all the time what do you do for relaxation oh I do several things I play the trombone a little and Oh play the viola little and I bulldoze buddy what do you bulldoze your wife you mean oh no no no I I have a bulldozer well is it a male or female I don't know I think it's mail well what is a bulldozer is that a tranquilizer for bulls a bulldozer is a great big tractor that has a blade on it in front you can let it down you can push dirt with it and it's a powerful makes a lot of noise well how does this relax you I mean running a bulldozer oh it's no worse than playing golf or or hunting or fishing it gives me good physical exercise and why are you just sitting in this thing aren't you I'll with John choose your round Lawton you have to work to drive it and it it gives me good physical exercise and I get a feeling of accomplishment when I do something I get results good or bad I get them to go to Palm Springs in it or you know make trips and oh but I sure consider it on the Hollywood Freeway and it really be the nuts for that put it halfway down what kind of things do you shove around with this toy well I've got a mountaintop in Topanga which I'm flattening are you angry at this moment sometimes you flatten mountains because this gives you a feeling of power is that right that's yours you're in trouble you may think you have a hobby but it's more serious than that you have a neurotic compulsion and I think you should see my psychiatrist you'd be back next week he's up in Arizona he's filling up the Grand Canyon with day felis let's find out some more dope about you are you married yes I've worn a wedding ring for 18 years really not two more payments and it'll be higher what was there about your husband that interested you when you faced madam do you remember yes it was sort of a mating thing and I just took one look at him and I decided well this is the way I want my children to look well did your children look like him then yes all five of them you've got five of five children yes that meets a full house and you've got that too I made now fellas what do you do to break up the monotony of housekeeping and taking care of five small gorillas well I'm really not a housewife anymore you got five K you're not a hotter five I beat the rap you mean your kids came through with push-button controls how is it you're able to get away from housewife him I'm an entertainer when did you arrive at this decision well I was much too old you mean took all five kids with squawking one morning they said yelling and screaming this is enough of this I'm gonna be an entertainer well sort of like that I decided it was silly to wait any longer because I really always felt I could do it and so I made an appointment for an audition are you are you still in academia yes where are you employed now at the Blue Angel Oh it could you do a little of your right no I'd love to in a 30 or 40 minutes it's kind of difficult I mean I I know it is but the audience they're in a receptive mood right now well I know they like my dress but mr. Marx was talking about his psychiatrist and I decided I'd surely better be well-adjusted before I went into such a shaky business and so I decided I should be analyzed and I went to this analyst he's helped me a great deal in fact I am so much better now that I get to sit up well he's cured me of a lot of things that were making me pretty insecure like insecure like well I used to be freckled and he cured me of that this is rust the five kids in the audience when this goes if ever I'd be doing better you know well uh well the thing is I did hope to make money and I still have to take the thrift fly things like that and I hate the thrift flight I mean like well none of the costly extras like landing gear the military might of these wicker seats I'm nervous you know and by then it's too late you got the mark and but the students of 86 usually because well it's she said she was one of the right sisters she built the plane and I said to her I said honey sweetie I had been shopping at the may company and it rubs off I said would you please tell me how long it will be before we get to Los Angeles and she said I don't know we've never made it that was very good Phyllis and I'm sure you're gonna be a big success in show business and I think you made a very wise decision well now it's time for you to get moderately rich so we're gonna play you bet your life now you select a dictionary quiz I'll give you the words you give me the meanings if you miss two in a row you're out if you get four in a row right you win a thousand dollars are you ready one answer between your nonk now what is it teepee tent for an Indian yes all right hoping you were gonna say wigwam then I could have had a joke about our head you see my I have I was too late now I have one right now is that what you're supposed to say oh yes yeah all right now what is it cravat tie now well we say nectar next tie all right you're halfway to $1,000 I'm all right and yours yeah now what is it what is what is copulas obesity or blubber get the next one right you'll have $1,000 now what is a numismatist numerologist no not the other one go the other way no that's a coin collector you were right did you say that you talked him out of it no I didn't well you know I have one wrong and you got the next one wrong the game is over for you how does a carafe ciear AFE a pitcher yeah I thought it was an animal with a long neck it's a picture with a long it's a picture well it's a water bottle and you're back on the right track with one right yes now what is it clavicle a bone well which one there are a number of those well somewhere my friends then somewhere in the shoulder isn't it well that's close enough it's the collarbone you have two right now you have to have that because there's no place to put the button in years now what is another word for apothecary druggist druggist on the market yes one more right you'll have a thousand dollars what is the claustrophobia fear of small places I thought it was a night those being afraid of Santa Claus that's right fear been close places why do you want a thousand dollars now you can keep it in quit or else you can come back later and try to double your money you may even get a chance to ten thousand so go over there and sit down to think about it and thanks for being on the show thank you and now in just one minute we'll have the story on the big question all right George let's find out what our last couple is decided all right George Jarvis and Phyllis Diller would you come back please you won $1,000 so five you decide to try for the 10 and you fail you wind up with a total of five runner what are you gonna do what are you gonna do we're both you're gonna go ahead all right now you're going for the big money get together pick a number from one to ten and then spend the wheel if any number besides the one you pick comes up the question is why mm if your number comes up the question is why 10 all right what number do you want 5 give it to well all right your number was five and it came up seven so this question is worth $2,000 you ready the Feist Negro nation in the British Commonwealth was established in one nine five seven formerly called the Gold Coast's when it was a British colony this new country has received widespread news coverage for $2,000 what is the new name of this new nation talk it over all right watch the cur what's the answer you decided on you don't know guess Libya no it's Ghana spell GHA na was recently made a country I think last year I'm sorry mister but you wearing up with $500 that isn't too bad congratulations and thanks for being with us

Channel: Cladrite Radio

Views: 1,793,619

Keywords: Groucho Marx, Phyllis Diller, You Bet Your Life, standup comic, 1950s, 1958, George Fenneman, Desoto Plymouth, classic TV, Classic Television, television

Id: YnzT46uTQ0s

Length: 13min 18sec (798 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 20 2012

Reddit Comments

[u/nakedsamurai]

That was very cool. You could tell the audience didn't know what to do with her at first. They definitely didn't expect jokes.

[u/rjm1775]

That was fun. Thanks for posting!

[u/somebodyelsesproplem]

She was a funny lady. It is very cool to see how she started. Groucho was right to be proud of helping her get her start.

[u/_bobby_tables_]

My grandpa would love this. I'll be sure to let him know. Thanks!

[u/greatgildersleeve]

Hooray for Captain Spaulding.

[u/the_glamburgler]

This is an amazing show. It is fascinating to watch real people communicate in a time where everyone wasn't raised on tv. Something is different about them. That haven't learned yet how you are supposed to act on tv. Everyone has an innocent quality that is very interesting to see.

[u/ScottyBondo]

Her career didn’t really take off until she started dressing crazy and doing her hair like she is known for

[u/antigone_rox_casbahs]

Fun fact: Jack Kirby used Phyllis’s likeness when creating New God Granny Goodness.

[u/Your_Favorite_Poster]

The other contestant was way more interesting, he worked in aerospace (guided missiles with "memory built in") all the way back in the late 30s. Such a huge industry in San Fernando Valley/LA even now. Dude's hobby is "bulldozing" and his (subdued) passion for it was endearing.

Also, was Jane Lynch's character in Marvelous Miss Maisel based on Diller?