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Comedy [[Game Show]] that ran from 1947-61, hosted by Groucho Marx, who established a career in radio (later television) after the break-up of the [[Marx Brothers]].
At the start of each show, the audience was informed of the night's Secret Word. If any contestant happened to say it while they were on the air, they won an extra $100. (This wasn't chump change -- one hundred 1947 dollars was the equivalent of over $1200 in 2017.) If the word was said, a stuffed duck dropped from the ceiling with the $100 attached.
The quiz consisted of question-and-answer rounds in which contestants bet all or part of an initial purse on their ability to answer the questions in a chosen category. The questions weren't really that difficult, and the two members of a team were allowed to collaborate. The format itself changed over the years, though:
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