I loved You Bet Your Life, because it was hosted by Groucho Marx. No matter what was going on, Groucho could always get a laugh out of me. And the game itself was a clever combination of chance and skill. Other than that I like the games where you learn something, College Bowl, Jeopardy, Family Feud, Iron Chef.

Have never seen any of the shows listed in the poll. But when we were little kids got to watch “College Bowl” [The Varsity Sport of the Mind] with our parents after bath and in PJs. Got so into it would read Newsweek and Time (or as my mother referred to it “That Republican Rag.” Dad’s magazine) during the week cramming for the show. Also read the encyclopedia…because whenever got anything right would turn around and look at my Dad in ‘his’ chair (a wing chair with his dog sitting by it and his silver mug of tea on the side table) His eyes would sparkle behind his glasses, and he’d smile with his pipe clinched between his teeth that made his dimples really deep. He was always very proud when we got something right so we all loved to try. Amazing that first grader could know enough to answer a good percentage of questions. And that wasn’t a bit cowed by the idea that it was for college kids. But that was the grace of having a real president, JFK, who challenged us to do our best and had us all totally inspired to do go full out at everything. We were in the President’s Council of Youth Fitness at school. Tried to get Dad to take us on 50-mile hikes (he did get all the neighborhood into touch football) and when he was going to watch Gunsmoke when Jackie’s WH tour Mom and I said no way. Can’t think of College Bowl without thinking of Dad and JFK and Jackie….it was an era that was all of a piece. Here’s Jackie’s famous Valentine’s Day 1962 WH Tour: http://www.hulu.com/watch/5135/nbc-news-time-capsule-jacqueline-kennedy-… And here’s a piece on Jackie from the JFK Library: Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlMwEiCG_yQ Pt 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxoZ-Vk_Jc&feature=related