Julius Henry “Groucho” Marx (October 2, 1890 — August 19, 1977) was an American comedian and film and television star. He is known as a master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. More Groucho: https://www.amazon.com/gp/search?ie=UTF8&tag=tra0c7-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=84a0d6405b054f2ff355af28161498bc&camp=1789&creative=9325&index=dvd&keywords=groucho
Groucho’s three marriages all ended in divorce. His first wife was chorus girl Ruth Johnson. He was 29 and she 19 at the time of their wedding. The couple had two children, Arthur Marx and Miriam Marx. His second wife was Kay Marvis (m. 1945–51), née Catherine Dittig, former wife of Leo Gorcey. Groucho was 54 and Kay 21 at the time of their marriage. They had a daughter, Melinda Marx. His third wife was actress Eden Hartford. She was 24 when she married the 63-year-old Groucho.
During the early 1950s, Groucho described his perfect woman: “Someone who looks like Marilyn Monroe and talks like George S. Kaufman.”
Often when the Marxes arrived at restaurants, there would be a long wait for a table. “Just tell the maître d’ who we are,” his wife would say. (In his pre-mustache days, he was rarely recognized in public.) Groucho would say, “OK, OK. Good evening, sir. My name is Jones. This is Mrs. Jones, and here are all the little Joneses.” Now his wife would be furious and insist that he tell the maître d’ the truth. “Oh, all right,” said Groucho. “My name is Smith. This is Mrs. Smith, and here are all the little Smiths.”
Similar anecdotes are corroborated by Groucho’s friends, not one of whom went without being publicly embarrassed by Groucho on at least one occasion. Once, at a restaurant (the most common location of Groucho’s antics), a fan came up to him and said, “Excuse me, but aren’t you Groucho Marx?” “Yes,” Groucho answered annoyedly. “Oh, I’m your biggest fan! Could I ask you a favor?” the man asked. “Sure, what is it?” asked the even-more annoyed Groucho. “See my wife sitting over there? She’s an even bigger fan of yours than I am! Would you be willing to insult her?” Groucho replied, “Sir, if my wife looked like that, I wouldn’t need any help thinking of insults!”
Groucho’s son Arthur published a brief account of an incident that occurred when Arthur was a child. The family was going through customs and, while filling out a form, Groucho listed his name as “Julius Henry Marx” and his occupation as “smuggler.” Thereafter, chaos ensued.
Later in life, Groucho would sometimes note to talk-show hosts, not entirely jokingly, that he was unable to actually insult anyone, because the target of his comment assumed it was a Groucho-esque joke and would laugh.
Despite his lack of formal education, he wrote many books, including his autobiography, Groucho and Me (1959) and Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (1963). He was personal friends with such literary figures as T. S. Eliot and Carl Sandburg. Much of his personal correspondence with those and other figures is featured in the book The Groucho Letters (1967) with an introduction and commentary on the letters written by Groucho, who donated his letters to the Library of Congress.
Irving Berlin quipped, “The world would not be in such a snarl, had Marx been Groucho instead of Karl.” In his book The Groucho Phile, Marx says “I’ve been a liberal Democrat all my life”, and “I frankly find Democrats a better, more sympathetic crowd…. I’ll continue to believe that Democrats have a greater regard for the common man than Republicans do”. Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings was published in 2005; the book records similar sayings between Groucho Marx and John Lennon.
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So every one of these were scripted… that's amazing.
Groucho, head out of bucket, other comics pail before him.
A cistern is not a well someone need to get that 70$ back 🤣
The shoe tree joke Groucho did was pretty good.
That 1950s Plymouth car had push button drive, reverse, seems like it was ahead of it's time.
Ok we all know that the show was “You Bet Your Life.” The actual quiz part wasn’t fake, but the contestant interviews that took up a good portion of the programme were at least semi-scripted. But I don't care and you shouldn't either cause in reality the show is just plain funny.
A cistern is not a well, but a tank (typically underground) for holding water.
Such small amounts of money!
The one and only Groucho. If you can't appreciate Groucho, go find a nice island you can live on and make it great. Thanks for sharing Mr. Marx.
Grouchy Marx said that he was a liberal Democrat , because the were more like the common working man !! Which at one time I thought that too !! But now ; as things are under the fake leadership of Biden and the rest of the NAZI democrats : I will never vote for anyone who is a democrat !! They have proven themselves to be liars cheaters , swindlers traitors to our nation , which is a terrible crime and punishment is what needs to take place !! We citizens own this country !! We pay taxes to keep it going , and now we are getting punished by a. want to be dictator !! A tyrant and a known criminal !! How did this happen in AMERICA !! what has happened to the CONSTITUTION ??? does FREEDOM allow the law of the land to be distroyed?? If that be the case , it wasn't worth the paper it was written on !!!
Thisbis isbthe age of the euphemism.todsy.A coup is an "insurevyion"!
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WOW he is the BEST guest! Chairman of English at Pepperdine! I LOVE THIS ONE
17.16 a WHAT tree?…and would have been a WHAT tree?
He was a classic entertainer
That s not really e nry Aaron . He was black this guy isn't.
The mayor spelled fluorescent right first – when spelling for the woman , then wrong.
Some contestants got paper and pen to WRITER the spelling of words – making it easier to answer.
One couple left with 25 dollars, while those who don't win anything always get an idiot-question for 100 dollars so as not to go away broke. Alas, it's too late to complaint I guess.
1.14.00 what's Groucho asking?
Strange that automatic transmission only came to Europe decades later. Some American car-thieves were caught because they didn't succeed in starting European cars they broke into.
The text is not funny. Ignore it. Hmm 7 percent funny. It is not a translation. Hearing impaired can't watch unless they can read lips somehow, after possibly adjusting the picture sharpness. The show has many great moments through the interaction of Groucho and his invited guests. All can be comical.
16:22 that was a crack at his wife, who changed her name from Edna to Eden to sound more exotic
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subh
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obair geasa…
Hey, táim ag leanúint suas tú Is breá an Dr Sabo ❤️ litriú trí Facebook oigheann do
lá agus buíochas as a léiriú le do chroí ar fad….
An té lena raibh mé
Tá scartha ar ais liom anois tar éis míonna…
subh
go mór-bhuíoch gan é a cheangal agus ar a thoil saor
chuir sé téacs chugam 2 ar deireadh
laethanta ar ais agus dúirt sé go bhfuil grá aige dom go bhfuil sé ag iarraidh a bheith leis
liom. Is é seo an rud álainn laistigh de mhí. Do
obair geasa…
Shíl mé go raibh sé seo ina joke nuair a bhí duine éigin
ag postáil meas faoin bhfear seo, ba mhaith liom
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mo phósadh
Shíl mé go raibh sé seo ina joke nuair a bhí duine éigin
ag postáil meas faoin bhfear seo, ba mhaith liom
a rá Buíochas mór le DR SABO LOVE a
cuidigh liom seal a chaitheamh anois tá áthas orm arís.in
mo phósadh
part of learning things was being made fun of so you remembered what counted.
Boy, George's hair sure looked slick and greasy.
Q1
I understand why DeSoto went under. Ugliest car ever.
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