Video: 'You Bet Your Life - Secret Word, Foot (September 15, 1947)'

(Monday, October 27, 1947, 8:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST) — You Bet Your Life, an American comedy quiz series hosted by Groucho Marx of the Marx Brothers, premiered tonight on ABC Radio (it would move to CBS Radio in 1949 and then transition to NBC-TV and NBC Radio in 1950). Continue reading ‘You Bet Your Life’ debuts on ABC radio 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1947) →

Video: 'HISTORY TALKS: Federalist Papers - New Ideas for a New Nation'

(Saturday, October 27, 1787) — The first of The Federalist Papers, a series of articles and essays written under the pseudonym “Publius” by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution, was published today in the Independent Journal, a New York newspaper. Continue reading The Federalist Papers published in New York 230 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1787) →