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.”
