You Bet Your Life/In Popular Culture


 * In a Looney Tunes cartoon called Wideo Wabbit, Bugs Bunny disguises himself as Groucho Marx in one of his latest schemes to outwit longtime rival Elmer Fudd. In this cartoon he wanted to avoid getting shot on Elmer's show called The Sportsman's Hour.
 * In an episode of Animaniacs, there was a parody of You Bet Your Life called "You Risk Your Life". Yakko was the host and Dr. Scratchnsniff was the announcer. If the contestant said the secret word, they would be hit on the head with a mallet from Wakko.
 * You Bet Your Life was also parodied on Sesame Street. That version was called "Here is Your Life". It was hosted by Guy Smiley.
 * The popular 90s sketch-comedy show, In Living Color, also parodied You Bet Your Life (Cosby-era only) as "You Bet Your Career" with Jamie Foxx as Bill Cosby, featuring has-been stars competing for a walk-on role in current sitcoms.
 * More recently, Ellen DeGeneres on her long running syndicated talk show has added a new game called You Bet Your Wife.


 * The 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic-driven comedy film UHF features some game shows that are parodied on the U62 TV schedule. You Bet Your Life is parodied as You Bet Your Pink Slip.