Sunday, August 9, 2020

You do bet your life

In the 1940s Groucho Marx hosted a radio quiz show called “You Bet Your Life” which migrated to television in the 1950s. A story in the Chicago Sunday Tribune in 1951 described a colorful guest who so impressed Marx with his buoyant attitude and a philosophy that Groucho adopted it himself.

The guest, Hannus von Yannuh, a 102 year old Norwegian, became the subject of sermons, editorials and backyard chatter all over the country because of his philosophy: “Every morning when I get out of bed I have two choices: To be happy or unhappy. I always choose to be happy.”






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