You really need to see the movies to get the whole context. Also, he did a game show called “You Bet Your Life”. Mainly a vehicle for Groucho’s one liners.
The Marx Brothers were pure gold--which made it hell when it came time to film them in black and white. Frankly I recommend an actual day at the races; a night at the opera is too expensive unless your horse comes in.
Coconuts and Horsefeathers weren't bad either. I grew up watching those guys, Abbott and Costello and the Three Stooges . As a kid I watched the Marx Brothers and thought it was funny by what they were doing, but when I got older and understood what they, especially Groucho, was saying I thought they were hysterical.
I'm absolutely thrilled that you have discovered Groucho. It is one of the sad parts of today's world that Groucho and his brothers (Harpo, Chico and Zeppo) have been largely forgotten. The Marx Brothers are comedy gold.
She was as much a treasure as the Marx Brothers. It's all very well to be funny, but you need to have the "straight man" to play those jokes off against. How she kept from cracking up is anyone's guess.
Well, there was that one time when Groucho's father beat Groucho, but the next day no one could find him and there were 36 extra cans of "duck soup" in the house.
Agreed. But Winston Churchill comes close. Once. a lady looked at him & said "You're drunk!" He replied, "Yes, I'm drunk. And you're ugly. I'll be sober in the morning, but you'll be ugly the rest of your life!" For a so-called "English gentleman" to do this shows either insanity or balls, Winnie had both. 😝🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏P.s. His mother was American, so the Brits have an out.
On "You Bet Your Life", a contestant said he had 8 kids. Groucho asked "Why so many?" "Because I love children." Groucho replied, "I love my cigar too, but I take mine out every once in a while."
Yup I’m 75 years old and remember when he was on Tv when I was a kid used to watch my parents watching him and getting into fights my dad loved it but my mom was always upset 😂😂😂😂Thanks For Sharing 👍🙏💯😎❤️
Groucho was the master of the quick one-or two-liners. You have to be listening fast to get half his stuff. Plus, it helps to be old enough to catch some of his references--things that preceded your lifetime by many decades. But thanks for being willing to try him, being as how old these clips are.
Sadly, Groucho died trying to deliver the world's first three-liner. He sprained his tongue and choked to death. The joke survived. It was eight pounds twelve ounces.
I absolutely love the Marx Brothers. I used to watch their movies on Sundays and laughed so hard to the point of tears. I also enjoyed repeats of his game show You Bet Your Life. There will never be another like Groucho and his brothers.
Groucho was one of the brothers in the famous comedy team known as The Marx Brothers. His brothers were Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. You should watch some of the videos of the whole team; they are hilarious.
I saw Groucho on his last big tour, San Francisco, 1972 An Evening With Groucho Marx what a treat, they recorded the only 2 shows, one in San Fran and one in New York i have the record,,,,,look it up..its also on You Tube ,, my 14 year old self Loved the Marx Brothers
Groucho Marx was on The Johnny Carson Show one night in the early 70s and had been interviewed. He was seated over on the couch out of the camera view. Carson was talking to a U.S. Senator & during the talk, Carson asked the Senator "...with all the legislation in Washington you have to pass Senator which probably keeps you busy -- how did you manage to have 8 children?" The Senator replied sincerely, "Well, Mr. Carson I love my wife." Off camera, you could hear Groucho Marx clearly say "I love my cigar but I take it out of my mouth every now & then."
@@23catzilla - What you say may be true but Marx said it again on the Carson Show in the early 70s because I saw it. Groucho often recycled great lines if the opportunity came up. Why not? An audience that didn't hear it the first time in the '50s hears it twenty years later. You can understand that. I often tell the same joke with years between it, if it seems appropriate.
The Marx Brothers are one of my favorite comedy teams. You had a great list of some of their films at the end. They started in live theater, ended up on Broadway and then into movies. Groucho had a comedy Quiz show on radio and on TV called You Bet Your Life.
Some of Groucho's stuff was pretty daring by the standards of the day. It's hard to calculate his real scope of influence, because cartoons like the Animaniacs were still using Groucho jokes when I was a kid, just like Looney Tunes did in previous generations. The man was a legend.
Welcome to the world of sophisticated comedy! Glad you appreciate these classics. All the Marx Brothers movies are classics, but make it a point to see Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, and A Night at the Opera. Those are three of the most gut bustingly funny movies ever made. If absolutely nothing else, see the stateroom scene from A Night At The Opera. It's the funniest thing ever put on film. I would love to see your reaction to any of these. It's always fun to watch someone finding out about and appreciating aspects of our culture he never knew about before. Subscribed.
Horse Feathers is my favorite Marx Brothers movie. I won't go into details, just in case somebody reads this who hasn't seen it yet. It is best seen for the first time with fresh eyes. (But that whole kidnapping attempt scene ... I tell you ...) Last night (Friday about two weeks after your post) I went out to a Marx Brothers double feature. Up in the balcony with popcorn, a bag of chocolate chip sweet potato cookies from the bakery across the street, and a roll of Necco wafers, I was supremely treated to a pre-show theatre organ concert, "Duck Soup", a between-show theatre organ mini-concert with a raffle drawing, and "A Night At The Opera" -- all for a total of $19.50. I splurged a bit, because this kind of opportunity comes along, well, ONCE so far for me. I got home after 11:30pm, and slept nine blissful hours. It was great to hear the live audience reactions. Get this -- when Harpo finished his harp solo in "Night", the crowd broke out in wild applause! 😊
Where they are lighting cigars and he says he doesn’t do “Three on a midget.” The actual saying is “Three on a match.” During WWII, it was bad luck to light 3 cigarettes using one match because the match would have to be lit for too long during blackouts and you’d risk being seen by the enemy. I learned that from my mom who was a teenager during the war.
the explanation is: first person getting a light gives away their location, second person getting a light allows sniper to aim, third person getting a light gets shot
@greggaxley8390 Actually, she did. Watch the part from Animal Crackers again - the magnificent chest part. That looks like an ad-lib, and Margaret actually breaks character and laughs because she wasn't expecting him to deviate from the script. Her role was to play the stately sophisticated straight-woman who wasn't in on the joke, and that so many people think that she actually didn't just shows how successful she was.
He has a famous hilarious song called "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". It's comedy gold. Also the movies "Horsefeathers" "A Night at the Opera", "Duck Soup", and "Monkey Business". He became friends with Elton John, but he kept calling him "John Elton". True story. Here's the Lydia song: th-cam.com/video/uVBBxptpSY8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pNdNhdPAQTJRQytb
"Lydia the Tattooed Lady" is from the Marx Brothers film "At The Circus". Loved Groucho, but loved Harpo more -- heck, I loved them all! ❤❤❤ Totally legendary, totally irreplaceable, completely one of a kind. ❤
My grandfather watch the show every week back in the late 50s early 60s that’s all I got to watch it. Hilarious show lotta jokes well over a child said well it should’ve been anyway. My grandpa was always in trouble for telling me stuff😊
If I were forced to choose, Groucho Marx gets my vote as the number one wittiest comedian of them all. Even when he was very old his mind was still very sharp. Among his great lines - It was Groucho Marx who first said to women “If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?” All of the Marx Brothers were absolutely brilliant. They were very inspirational for all comedy that came after them. The cartoon character Bugs Bunny was modeled after their work.
I remember a story about a woman contestant with eight children who said she just likes to keep having children, to which Groucho replied "Well I like a good cigar but I take it out once in a while."
KingSupreme! I am soooo gratified that you have discovered the Marx Brothers!! I am 73 years old and my father introduced us to the Marx Brothers years ago. King, watch his quiz show, "You bet Your Life" to pick up more of his witticisms!!
I showed their movies to this girl I know. When he made the native girls joke, I started counting. I got up to 11 seconds and she finally had me stop the movie and rewind it. I asked her if it was the native girls joke. She said yes. She watched it again and asked me this, " Did he mean the pictures weren't developed or the girls weren't developed?" I asked her what would she think if I made that joke. She said the girls. I told her that was what he meant. That is known as a double entendre which is when something can have two meanings like that. I said it is like when I told her that I would like to hang my coat up on her rack. She has a large chest. It could be a coat rack or hers. He made a ton of those in his carer. After that movie which was our third Marx Brothers film, she paid closer attention to his risque jokes in the next 4 films.
Thank you for that wonderful compilation! The Marx Brothers were brilliant - especially Groucho. You must watch their first ever film, "The Coconuts", from 1929. I believe it was one of the first "talkies" after the Silent Film era.
It missed a great line in 'A Day at the Races' where he was pretending to be a doctor. He was checking a man's pulse while looking at his watch, he said "Well either this man's dead or my watch has stopped".
The follow up was was just as brilliant, thecwatch was put in the doctors bowl filled with liquid, groucho grabbed it from the bowl saying "I'd rather have it rusty than missing". Pure class timing.
I remember Groucho getting interviewed once and he told the interviewer about a priest talking to him in an elevator. He said the priest expressed admiration for Groucho's work and thanked him for all the joy he had brought into the world. Groucho said that he told the priest that he was a big fan of the priest's work and thanked him for all the joy that he had taken out of the world.
Priceless. .... even though Mr.Alda is, at best, a mediocre member of the fine ... AWE WHO'M MY TRYIN TA SHIT, he was only good in M.A.S.H. It IS what it is.
In one of their classic films, "A Night at the Opera," the three Marx Brothers need to travel from Europe to the U.S. on a ship, but they don't have money for the tickets. So, they impersonate some pilots who have become famous for doing something for the first time. When the ship arrives, they are asked to give a speech about their accomplishment. Chico Marx, who spoke with a fake Italian accent, says this: "So now I tell you how we fly to America. The first time we started we got-a half way there when we run out a gasoline, and we gotta go back. Then I take-a twice as much gasoline. This time we're just about to land, maybe three feet, when what do you think: we run out of gasoline again. And-a back-a we go again to get-a more gas. This time I take-a plenty gas. Well, we get-a half way over, when what do you think happens: we forgot-a the airplane. So, we gotta sit down and we talk it over. Then I get-a the great idea. We no take-a gasoline, we no take-a the airplane. We take steamship, and that, friends, is how we fly across the ocean."
@@sourisvoleur4854 Chico played the piano like nobody's business. And still make you laugh watching his finger movements. Harpo played the harp and made it look fun and easy. Both are magnificent musicians.
Groucho was quite intelligent. He wrote several books and was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show and The Dick Cavett Show. Excerpts of both shows can be found on TH-cam. Thanks for the compilation.
Excellent stuff. My favourite wasn't in there, though. On leaving a very mediocre party once, apparently he left by saying to the host.... "I've had a wonderful evening......but this wasn't it!!" Absolute genius. Used it many times myself. Lol.
I used to watch You Bet Your Life on dvd with my kids. Then my daughter wanted some of my favourite movies and promised to give them back. Never got them back. That show was brilliantly funny.
Groucho was still sharp as a tack when he hosted his own TV game show "You Bet Your Life". Listen to Groucho sing "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" or "Hooray for Captain Spaulding".
In the 40s (on radio) and in the 50s he was given a TV show called You Bet Your Life. Ostensibly a quiz show where contestants would win money by answering trivia questions, the real meat of the show was Groucho's interviews with the contestants ahead of the quiz, with Groucho ad-libbing hilarious comments along the way.
The Marx Brothers movies are still available online. I recommend watching their first few movies made at Paramount, plus Night at the Opera. Duck Soup is the most watchable movie. But remember these were some of the first sound movies and they’re nearly 100 years old. So it was a new medium and they were working out the potential of the medium. The Marx brothers started in vaudeville and became a big Broadway successes before the movies. Many of their early movies started out as Broadway plays, and then were turned into movies. What that meant were these were polished performances before they were filmed. All the jokes worked and because they were first performed live in front of an audience and they knew where the laughs were and put in pauses in the movies at those points. Also they were very witty with great language play, musical numbers (Harpo Marx was a world class harp player and they all played musical instruments) plus some slapstick and absurdity and surrealism. Much of it is still outrageous today and they certainly were outrageous back then.
Even after Broadway, some of their scenes were practiced in front of live audiences. In addition to other things, this allowed them to make time for the laughs!
Thank you!!! I was in my 20’s around the 1980s when I discovered the Marx Brothers. I loved them then and I still find them freaking hilarious. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂. And the Abbott and Costello baseball episode?!? JUST FREAKING AWESOME 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂
I believe Groucho once said he had a hair-trigger wit but couldn't always control it. Got him into trouble when he was the host of a radio quiz show. Made a joke that apparently was just a little too suggestive for the radio at that time.
The best Groucho that I’ve heard: when asked why he didn’t belong to any of the social clubs and organizations in Hollywood he said that he’d never join an organization that would be foolish enough to have him as a member.
Look for the Marx Brothers' movies. I have most of them on DVD, so they should certainly be available on some streaming service somewhere. "A Night at the Opera"and "A Day at the Races" are two of the best known. Groucho was not really known by his birth name of Julius. His two brothers/sidekicks also went by their stage names, Harpo and Chico. Harpo played the harp and never spoke. Chico was an amazing pianist. People actually thought Harpo was mute, but he could speak perfectly well when he chose to. (There are some audio clips online of him speaking.) The story I remember reading was that very early in their vaudeville career, he figured out that there was no way he could ever out-talk Groucho and Chico, so he went silent.
These are clips from Marx Brothers movies. Groucho hosted a game show called You Bet Your Life. Pure comedy gold. His brothers Harpo, Chico and Zeppo were also very talented comedians and musicians.
My favorite Groucho quip was from Duck Soup: “- Freedonia's Secretary of War #1: That's the last straw, I resign! I wash my hands of the whole business! - Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho): Good idea, you can wash your neck, too!” 😆
Grew up on the Marx Bros, watch their movies every Christmas and New Year. Every one of the brothers specializes in a different type of comedy, from wisecracks to slapstick. Night At The Opera is my fav, madness man
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an effort." - Groucho Marx.
I think the quote is, "…but in your case I'll make an EXCEPTION"
The Marx Brothers were pure gold. I recommend the movies "Duck Soup", "A Night At The Opera," and "A Day At The Races."
You really need to see the movies to get the whole context. Also, he did a game show called “You Bet Your Life”. Mainly a vehicle for Groucho’s one liners.
Horsefeathers.
The Marx Brothers were pure gold--which made it hell when it came time to film them in black and white. Frankly I recommend an actual day at the races; a night at the opera is too expensive unless your horse comes in.
Coconuts and Horsefeathers weren't bad either. I grew up watching those guys, Abbott and Costello and the Three Stooges . As a kid I watched the Marx Brothers and thought it was funny by what they were doing, but when I got older and understood what they, especially Groucho, was saying I thought they were hysterical.
Don't forget WC Fields!!!
Groucho was one of a kind. "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
I've got that on a T-shirt. 😂
My favorite Grouchy quotation.
There was a second Groucho named "Groucho 2" but the audience kept saying "Gesundheit!!!" throughout the movie so it finished in the red.
My favorite saying.
@@elizabethrogers8306 I see. No need to ask if there are any nurses in the audience.
I'm absolutely thrilled that you have discovered Groucho. It is one of the sad parts of today's world that Groucho and his brothers (Harpo, Chico and Zeppo) have been largely forgotten. The Marx Brothers are comedy gold.
poor Gummo
yeah as a kid in the 70s I went as him for Halloween
I wish I had Groucho’s wit to think of and deliver comebacks/one-liners. (I’m usually the one who unintentionally SETS UP others for comebacks)
His brothers Harpo and Chico were brilliant along with him
Zeppo,Gummo..
The woman repeatedly seen in these clips is Margaret Dumont. She was the straight foil for Groucho in many of his films.
I've heard that she didn't get most of the insults lobbed her way. She was pretty forgiving though I guess.
She got the jokes, but she was too much of a professional to let them phase her.
Her foil was so good she once wrapped six glazed hams before intermission.
She was as much a treasure as the Marx Brothers. It's all very well to be funny, but you need to have the "straight man" to play those jokes off against. How she kept from cracking up is anyone's guess.
The fact that you used the word "foil" makes me ... I don't know why ... but ... HAPPY AS A LARK. I want these times back. Is that too much to ask?
Dude, NOBODY beats Groucho when it comes to being quick-witted! He was the best.
You're right. He is even quicker than Andy Bradbury.
Well, there was that one time when Groucho's father beat Groucho, but the next day no one could find him and there were 36 extra cans of "duck soup" in the house.
Agreed. But Winston Churchill comes close. Once. a lady looked at him & said "You're drunk!" He replied, "Yes, I'm drunk. And you're ugly. I'll be sober in the morning, but you'll be ugly the rest of your life!" For a so-called "English gentleman" to do this shows either insanity or balls, Winnie had both. 😝🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏P.s. His mother was American, so the Brits have an out.
1 of my favorite lines said in a cartoon-ah there’s nothing like taking when travel. I took a train once but they made me put it back
I am very impressed with 4 "likes" at the mention of Andy Bradbury.
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - G. Marx
I say avoid the jury and just ask where the piers are.
A county judge I knew once told me, "If it was up to me, you would need a jury trial to get married and a blood test to get divorced.
@@999Patriots So, putting the carte before the whores? Never trust a judge who's that eager to give people the needle.
He once said he'd never belong to a club that would have him as a member.
That's why when someone asks me what my politics are, I say I'm a Marxist, a Groucho Marxist, I wouldn't join a Party that would have me as a member.
@@captainnerd6452Can I use that, please?
@@2892Productions Help yourself!
After he saw Arnold Palmer's member he never touched a club again.
I think he made that joke at the Friar's Club in New York at a roast for one of the members.
"What are you doing with that cigar in your mouth?" - "Why, do you know another way to smoke it?"
Bill Clinton: "I've got an idea."
Smoking is bad. Unless you need to clear out a room. In which case smoking is highly recommended.
The Marx Brothers' "A Night At the Opera" was one of the funniest movies ever made. I highly, highly recommend that gem.
When the orchestra breaks out in "Take me out to the ball game" in the middle of the opera is so hilarious.
@@elizabethrogers8306 - My favorite part is when Harpo climbs all the way to the top of the stage curtain to escape his persuers.
@@joshs4594 That is another good one.
The stateroom scene can never be matched.
@@HannibalFan52 - Ever. 👍
Favorite Groucho quote " I'm not crazy about reality, but it's the only place to get a decent meal"
On "You Bet Your Life", a contestant said he had 8 kids. Groucho asked "Why so many?" "Because I love children." Groucho replied, "I love my cigar too, but I take mine out every once in a while."
Groucho is like Deadpool's non-homicidal great great grandfather. Sharp, quick, no filter, and breaks the fourth wall often.
We all need more Groucho
Actually they have a shot for that now.
@@dirtydevotee i usually like to keep the politics out of the comments - but in this case i'll make an exception. YESSSSSSSSS !
Yup I’m 75 years old and remember when he was on Tv when I was a kid used to watch my parents watching him and getting into fights my dad loved it but my mom was always upset 😂😂😂😂Thanks For Sharing 👍🙏💯😎❤️
When looking into him further… Don’t focus on the “Julius.” He’s known only as “Groucho Marx” or “Groucho.”
Yes, "Julius Marx" will get you a visit from the government.
KingSupreme, welcome to the hilarious world of The Marx Brothers! Chico, Harpo, Groucho and Zeppo were simply the best there ever was.
Groucho was the master of the quick one-or two-liners. You have to be listening fast to get half his stuff. Plus, it helps to be old enough to catch some of his references--things that preceded your lifetime by many decades. But thanks for being willing to try him, being as how old these clips are.
Sadly, Groucho died trying to deliver the world's first three-liner. He sprained his tongue and choked to death. The joke survived. It was eight pounds twelve ounces.
I absolutely love the Marx Brothers. I used to watch their movies on Sundays and laughed so hard to the point of tears. I also enjoyed repeats of his game show You Bet Your Life. There will never be another like Groucho and his brothers.
There are so many great Marx Bros films, BUT you have to see DUCK SOUP
True! You haven't lived until you've seen a full-grown man stare at a bowl of soup for one hour and twenty eight minutes.
I named my dog Rufus T. Firefly. He doesn't respond to the T. Firefly part though.
@@johnmaynardable A dog who hates tea, fire, and flies. Shocked. Shocked I say.
@@dirtydevotee A dog that flies? Sign him up for the Big Show!
@@23catzilla The Big Show was a no go. They wouldn't give him a pilots license. That dog will have to sit in coach just like the rest of us.
"Remember you're fighting for this woman's honor, which is probably more than she ever did..."
😂facts🎉
Gotta remember, most of this stuff is 90yrs old!!😂😂😂😂
Groucho was one of the brothers in the famous comedy team known as The Marx Brothers. His brothers were Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo. You should watch some of the videos of the whole team; they are hilarious.
you forgot Gummo .. wasn't in any of the movies but was in the early stage shows
I saw Groucho on his last big tour, San Francisco, 1972 An Evening With Groucho Marx what a treat, they recorded the only 2 shows, one in San Fran and one in New York i have the record,,,,,look it up..its also on You Tube ,, my 14 year old self Loved the Marx Brothers
What a great memory, to witness comedy history live!
Truly
Groucho Marx was on The Johnny Carson Show one night in the early 70s and had been interviewed.
He was seated over on the couch out of the camera view.
Carson was talking to a U.S. Senator & during the talk, Carson asked the Senator "...with all the legislation in Washington you have to pass Senator which probably keeps you busy -- how did you manage to have 8 children?"
The Senator replied sincerely, "Well, Mr. Carson I love my wife."
Off camera, you could hear Groucho Marx clearly say "I love my cigar but I take it out of my mouth every now & then."
I'm prety sure that line was delivered to a contestant on his quiz show, You Bet Your Life. th-cam.com/users/results?search_query=you+bet+your+life
@@23catzilla - What you say may be true but Marx said it again on the Carson Show in the early 70s because I saw it.
Groucho often recycled great lines if the opportunity came up. Why not? An audience that didn't hear it the first time in the '50s hears it twenty years later. You can understand that.
I often tell the same joke with years between it, if it seems appropriate.
The Marx Brothers are one of my favorite comedy teams. You had a great list of some of their films at the end. They started in live theater, ended up on Broadway and then into movies. Groucho had a comedy Quiz show on radio and on TV called You Bet Your Life.
Some of Groucho's stuff was pretty daring by the standards of the day. It's hard to calculate his real scope of influence, because cartoons like the Animaniacs were still using Groucho jokes when I was a kid, just like Looney Tunes did in previous generations. The man was a legend.
I often think of the line: "If she wants a Quakenbush, she'll get a quack in the bush". Makes me laugh every time.
I just realized it was his delivery that was so good. Total commitment.
Look for Groucho and Chico doing Sanity Clause.
This is the Internet. It'd be faster if he looked for Santa Claus and a chick.
My all time favorite bit
My favorite is Chico and Harpo stealing the painting. "Where's a de flesh?"
@@ScottWiecenski Art theft is, traditionally, the funniest of all crimes.
Welcome to the world of sophisticated comedy! Glad you appreciate these classics. All the Marx Brothers movies are classics, but make it a point to see Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, and A Night at the Opera. Those are three of the most gut bustingly funny movies ever made. If absolutely nothing else, see the stateroom scene from A Night At The Opera. It's the funniest thing ever put on film. I would love to see your reaction to any of these. It's always fun to watch someone finding out about and appreciating aspects of our culture he never knew about before. Subscribed.
Horse Feathers is my favorite Marx Brothers movie. I won't go into details, just in case somebody reads this who hasn't seen it yet. It is best seen for the first time with fresh eyes. (But that whole kidnapping attempt scene ... I tell you ...)
Last night (Friday about two weeks after your post) I went out to a Marx Brothers double feature. Up in the balcony with popcorn, a bag of chocolate chip sweet potato cookies from the bakery across the street, and a roll of Necco wafers, I was supremely treated to a pre-show theatre organ concert, "Duck Soup", a between-show theatre organ mini-concert with a raffle drawing, and "A Night At The Opera" -- all for a total of $19.50. I splurged a bit, because this kind of opportunity comes along, well, ONCE so far for me. I got home after 11:30pm, and slept nine blissful hours.
It was great to hear the live audience reactions. Get this -- when Harpo finished his harp solo in "Night", the crowd broke out in wild applause! 😊
My dad was a huge fan back in the day. He's smiling from heaven at this
I was so delighted to watch you enjoy Groucho for the first time! He was a true master of wordplay!
Where they are lighting cigars and he says he doesn’t do “Three on a midget.” The actual saying is “Three on a match.”
During WWII, it was bad luck to light 3 cigarettes using one match because the match would have to be lit for too long during blackouts and you’d risk being seen by the enemy.
I learned that from my mom who was a teenager during the war.
the explanation is: first person getting a light gives away their location, second person getting a light allows sniper to aim, third person getting a light gets shot
Margaret Dumont, the tall, stately woman, was absolutely essential to the Marx brothers team. They knew it and respected her for her part.
True. Dumont was so stately they came up with the nickname "Her Confederacy".
But for the life of her, she never understood their humor. Then again she didn't need to.
@greggaxley8390 Actually, she did. Watch the part from Animal Crackers again - the magnificent chest part. That looks like an ad-lib, and Margaret actually breaks character and laughs because she wasn't expecting him to deviate from the script. Her role was to play the stately sophisticated straight-woman who wasn't in on the joke, and that so many people think that she actually didn't just shows how successful she was.
@@chocolatestraw3971 I will gladly watch the part with Margaret's magnificent chest again as you requested. Thank you for the to-do list item.
Groucho! The master from way back in the day. ("I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy") Thank you, King.
Hmmm. I thought the "lobotomy" line came from W. C. Fields.
@@bl3313 You could be right.
He has a famous hilarious song called "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". It's comedy gold. Also the movies "Horsefeathers" "A Night at the Opera", "Duck Soup", and "Monkey Business". He became friends with Elton John, but he kept calling him "John Elton". True story. Here's the Lydia song: th-cam.com/video/uVBBxptpSY8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pNdNhdPAQTJRQytb
"Lydia the Tattooed Lady" is from the Marx Brothers film "At The Circus". Loved Groucho, but loved Harpo more -- heck, I loved them all! ❤❤❤ Totally legendary, totally irreplaceable, completely one of a kind. ❤
My grandfather watch the show every week back in the late 50s early 60s that’s all I got to watch it. Hilarious show lotta jokes well over a child said well it should’ve been anyway. My grandpa was always in trouble for telling me stuff😊
Groucho was a genius. Margaret Dumont would often break into a slight laugh when she shouldn't. That just added to the superb comedy.
Groucho said she never laughed. She'd always ask "What does that mean?"
If I were forced to choose, Groucho Marx gets my vote as the number one wittiest comedian of them all. Even when he was very old his mind was still very sharp. Among his great lines - It was Groucho Marx who first said to women “If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?”
All of the Marx Brothers were absolutely brilliant. They were very inspirational for all comedy that came after them. The cartoon character Bugs Bunny was modeled after their work.
The Marx Brother movies still hold up remarkably well. Their sense of humour is timeless, and yes Groucho was the center of it as always,.
Groucho's most FAMOUS line "I would NEVER join a club...that would have ME as a MEMBER!!!"
HE WAS SOOOOO FUNNY DOING HIS GAME SHOW......
"YOU BET YOUR LIFE" !!
I remember a story about a woman contestant with eight children who said she just likes to keep having children, to which Groucho replied "Well I like a good cigar but I take it out once in a while."
The Marx Brothers movies have always been the ones that can fix any bad day I have. Always so funny it fixes it quick )
I loved it when Margaret Dumont said "Oh you impotent head." kills me very time
KingSupreme! I am soooo gratified that you have discovered the Marx Brothers!! I am 73 years old and my father introduced us to the Marx Brothers years ago. King, watch his quiz show, "You bet Your Life" to pick up more of his witticisms!!
"Duck Soup" is a classic.
Peace on earth.
Good video, King Supreme. 👍🏼
❤ed your reaction. It was fun laughing at these jokes again while you got introduced to them.
I showed their movies to this girl I know. When he made the native girls joke, I started counting. I got up to 11 seconds and she finally had me stop the movie and rewind it. I asked her if it was the native girls joke. She said yes. She watched it again and asked me this, " Did he mean the pictures weren't developed or the girls weren't developed?" I asked her what would she think if I made that joke. She said the girls. I told her that was what he meant. That is known as a double entendre which is when something can have two meanings like that. I said it is like when I told her that I would like to hang my coat up on her rack. She has a large chest. It could be a coat rack or hers. He made a ton of those in his carer. After that movie which was our third Marx Brothers film, she paid closer attention to his risque jokes in the next 4 films.
I haven't seen this for years! Hilarious!!
Thank you for that wonderful compilation! The Marx Brothers were brilliant - especially Groucho. You must watch their first ever film, "The Coconuts", from 1929. I believe it was one of the first "talkies" after the Silent Film era.
It missed a great line in 'A Day at the Races' where he was pretending to be a doctor. He was checking a man's pulse while looking at his watch, he said "Well either this man's dead or my watch has stopped".
The follow up was was just as brilliant, thecwatch was put in the doctors bowl filled with liquid, groucho grabbed it from the bowl saying "I'd rather have it rusty than missing". Pure class timing.
Love Groucho Marx! More please.
Good comedy never ages for people who have a sense of humor.
I remember Groucho getting interviewed once and he told the interviewer about a priest talking to him in an elevator. He said the priest expressed admiration for Groucho's work and thanked him for all the joy he had brought into the world. Groucho said that he told the priest that he was a big fan of the priest's work and thanked him for all the joy that he had taken out of the world.
Alan Alda's M.A.S.H character is a direct mimic of Groucho Marx. My favorite Grouch saying? "I would not join a club that would have me for a member".
Priceless. .... even though Mr.Alda is, at best, a mediocre member of the fine ... AWE WHO'M MY TRYIN TA SHIT, he was only good in M.A.S.H. It IS what it is.
In one of their classic films, "A Night at the Opera," the three Marx Brothers need to travel from Europe to the U.S. on a ship, but they don't have money for the tickets. So, they impersonate some pilots who have become famous for doing something for the first time. When the ship arrives, they are asked to give a speech about their accomplishment. Chico Marx, who spoke with a fake Italian accent, says this:
"So now I tell you how we fly to America. The first time we started we got-a half way there when we run out a gasoline, and we gotta go back. Then I take-a twice as much gasoline. This time we're just about to land, maybe three feet, when what do you think: we run out of gasoline again. And-a back-a we go again to get-a more gas. This time I take-a plenty gas. Well, we get-a half way over, when what do you think happens: we forgot-a the airplane. So, we gotta sit down and we talk it over. Then I get-a the great idea. We no take-a gasoline, we no take-a the airplane. We take steamship, and that, friends, is how we fly across the ocean."
I love seeing the younger generations appreciate the humor and talent of the past. ❤️
I always loved watching the antics of his brother Harpo. Harpo never spoke a word in their movies but his actions were so funny.
And he could play the piano like nobody's business.
@@sourisvoleur4854 Chico played the piano like nobody's business. And still make you laugh watching his finger movements. Harpo played the harp and made it look fun and easy. Both are magnificent musicians.
He was on I Love Lucy when they all went to Hollywood. It was the most hysterical episode I have ever seen. It still gets me even today.
@@armlovesmetal1036 I remember watching that episode when it first aired.
Harpo was a gifted mime & had an incredible sense of comedic timing - plus, he taught himself to play the harp. My favorite Marx! ❤
"Television is very educational. Every time someone turns it on I go into the next room and read a good book."
"I refuse to join a club that would have me as a member."
Groucho was quite intelligent. He wrote several books and was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show and The Dick Cavett Show. Excerpts of both shows can be found on TH-cam.
Thanks for the compilation.
He once said I got married by a judge,I should have asked for a jury
An insane wit who influenced possibly all that came after him. There are few occasions where you can say that.
I’m very happy that you discovered one of my favorite heroes. Enjoy.
The Marx Brothers, a comedic gift to the world, just so far ahead of their time👏🏻
"A man is only as young as the woman he feels"
This quote should've caved the freakin Internet and all it's cohorts. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
A master of the double entendre.
He did try the triple entendre that one time, but he was laid up for weeks.
Every comedian today can trace their roots back to Groucho. He was the original and greatest of all-time.
Yes, it's like Aristophanes said in 425 BC, "If you don't have black shoe polish under your lip, I don't know what you're doing with your life."
Harpo had a horn he used and gave you his leg in shaking hands..I think that's what he did.
@@olivervandebeer7492 You'd be appalled at what he gave you if you asked to shake his leg.
@@dirtydevotee pretty much
Just call him Groucho lol. Great reaction.
Excellent stuff.
My favourite wasn't in there, though.
On leaving a very mediocre party once, apparently he left by saying to the host....
"I've had a wonderful evening......but this wasn't it!!"
Absolute genius.
Used it many times myself.
Lol.
I used to watch You Bet Your Life on dvd with my kids. Then my daughter wanted some of my favourite movies and promised to give them back. Never got them back. That show was brilliantly funny.
Groucho was still sharp as a tack when he hosted his own TV game show "You Bet Your Life". Listen to Groucho sing "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" or "Hooray for Captain Spaulding".
Try W.C. Fields
Ah, Yes!
You'll find him between "felanderer" and "fosferus" in your family dictionary.
As a child W. C . Fields was silly fun. Now I'm older, he's very clever.
@@dirtydevotee philanderer and phosphorous
@@DavidRichards-lh2hw It's a thinker.
In the 40s (on radio) and in the 50s he was given a TV show called You Bet Your Life. Ostensibly a quiz show where contestants would win money by answering trivia questions, the real meat of the show was Groucho's interviews with the contestants ahead of the quiz, with Groucho ad-libbing hilarious comments along the way.
Fire 🔥🔥🔥
Harpo is my favorite Marx brother. He never spoke but his facial expressions and body language said a LOT!
I recall reading that he said he developed his silent act when he forgot a line and just started miming.
I believe the actor with Groucho at 9:55 was his brother "Zeppo" who played "strait" roles in contrast to the comedic roles of the other brothers.
"Are all those children yours?"
"Why, yes!"
"See this cigar? I like it a lot but sometimes I take it out of my mouth!"
The Marx Brothers movies are still available online. I recommend watching their first few movies made at Paramount, plus Night at the Opera. Duck Soup is the most watchable movie. But remember these were some of the first sound movies and they’re nearly 100 years old. So it was a new medium and they were working out the potential of the medium. The Marx brothers started in vaudeville and became a big Broadway successes before the movies. Many of their early movies started out as Broadway plays, and then were turned into movies. What that meant were these were polished performances before they were filmed. All the jokes worked and because they were first performed live in front of an audience and they knew where the laughs were and put in pauses in the movies at those points. Also they were very witty with great language play, musical numbers (Harpo Marx was a world class harp player and they all played musical instruments) plus some slapstick and absurdity and surrealism. Much of it is still outrageous today and they certainly were outrageous back then.
Even after Broadway, some of their scenes were practiced in front of live audiences. In addition to other things, this allowed them to make time for the laughs!
Thank you!!! I was in my 20’s around the 1980s when I discovered the Marx Brothers. I loved them then and I still find them freaking hilarious. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂.
And the Abbott and Costello baseball episode?!? JUST FREAKING AWESOME 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😂😂😂
I believe Groucho once said he had a hair-trigger wit but couldn't always control it. Got him into trouble when he was the host of a radio quiz show. Made a joke that apparently was just a little too suggestive for the radio at that time.
Groucho Marx! 🎥 🤞🥸👍
I'm pretty sure no other human being in history has ever had comic timing like Groucho's. It was otherworldly.
Groucho had a television show in the 1950s called "You Bet Your Life".
Look up those videos. He was unbelievably quick witted. He's a legend.
Groucho was amazing. Watch some of their movies. His brothers were Harpo, Chico, sometimes Zeppo, and never Gummo.
The best Groucho that I’ve heard: when asked why he didn’t belong to any of the social clubs and organizations in Hollywood he said that he’d never join an organization that would be foolish enough to have him as a member.
Thanks….lots of fun!
Groucho was an incredible wit
"Duck Soup"!
One of the 10 Funniest Films ever made .... And Number 1 by the Date of release!
“I have nothing but confidence in you ... and very little of that.”
- Groucho Marx
I saw him on TV when, late in life, he was a guest on the Bill Cosby show. (Not the sitcom; a talk/variety show.)
The Marx Brothers, comedy gold. Duck soup comedy classic
You should just find all his movies. They are wonderful. The Marx Brothers are still in my repeating movie Playlist.
Margaret Dumont was his favorite target. :D. She was in a lot of their movies that were funny as hell.
Look for the Marx Brothers' movies. I have most of them on DVD, so they should certainly be available on some streaming service somewhere. "A Night at the Opera"and "A Day at the Races" are two of the best known. Groucho was not really known by his birth name of Julius. His two brothers/sidekicks also went by their stage names, Harpo and Chico. Harpo played the harp and never spoke. Chico was an amazing pianist. People actually thought Harpo was mute, but he could speak perfectly well when he chose to. (There are some audio clips online of him speaking.) The story I remember reading was that very early in their vaudeville career, he figured out that there was no way he could ever out-talk Groucho and Chico, so he went silent.
These are clips from Marx Brothers movies. Groucho hosted a game show called You Bet Your Life. Pure comedy gold. His brothers Harpo, Chico and Zeppo were also very talented comedians and musicians.
The Marx Brothers' "Duck Soup" is the greatest comedy film ever made.
My favorite Groucho quip was from Duck Soup:
“- Freedonia's Secretary of War #1: That's the last straw, I resign! I wash my hands of the whole business!
- Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho): Good idea, you can wash your neck, too!” 😆
The Marx Brothers were the best.
Grew up on the Marx Bros, watch their movies every Christmas and New Year. Every one of the brothers specializes in a different type of comedy, from wisecracks to slapstick. Night At The Opera is my fav, madness man