prints, those present at the party convinced him to take the prints so they would not be destroyed. Once the hundreds of film cans arrived, Marx, dismayed at the sheer volume of the library, contacted Guedel. Guedel, anxious to see if there was still a market for the show, sold it on a trial basis to a local station for less than $50 for each night. The show became an instant success, prompting Guedel to send the reruns into syndication almost immediately. With Guedel having "made a royalty deal with NBC to syndicate" the old shows himself, NBC still held ancillary rights of this version, thus distribution began with NBC Enterprises from 2001 to 2004. Since September 2004, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios handles syndication rights to the Marx (non-public domain) and Hackett versions. In the United States, public domain and official releases were distributed on home video by the following companies: NBC Home Video (1984–85) Ambrose Video (1988–98) Brentwood Home Video (1998–2001) Alpha Video Classics (2001–11) Goodtimes DVD (2000–02) Passion Productions (2005–present) Brentwood Communications (2005–08) BCI Navarre (2011–present) Additionally, two official DVD compilations were released by Shout! Factory and Sony Music Entertainment; the first was You Bet Your Life: The Lost Episodes, released in 2003, which contained 18 classic episodes not seen since the original broadcasts, as well as numerous bonus features, including outtakes, a behind-the-scenes piece, and rare audio clips. A second release, You Bet Your Life: The Best Episodes, followed in 2004 and included another assortment of 18 original episodes, as well as three game show pilots featuring Marx among its bonus features. Both of the DVD presentations in both of SHOUT! Factory/Sony Music Entertainment's DVD releases of Groucho Marx’s You Bet Your Life were presented uncut and unedited, remastered and restored from the original kinescopes and in its original NBC broadcast presentation. The Carsey-Werner Company owns the Cosby version, as it produced that revival with Cosby. References and notes External links You Bet Your Life with Jay Leno official Web site Illustrated web page depicting the changes in You Bet Your Life episodes when they were adapted into Best of Groucho episodes and Supplement page to preceding; these pages explain the relevance of the changes to copyright status You Bet Your Life radio shows on archive.org Episodes from the TV show (Public Domain) You Bet Your Life (Cosby) @ Carsey-Werner.net (en) Carsey-Werner - You Bet Your Life (Cosby)