The Wonderful Insults of Groucho Marx

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    Groucho's jokes were written by the likes of George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, S.J. Perelman, Will B. Johnstone, Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin.
    In memory of Julius Marx who departed our world in 1977.
    I don't think will will ever see the likes of this type of comedy again. This is my tribute from phagl productions.
    Edited by Paul Hagl.

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  • @markstreetdesign115
    @markstreetdesign115 4 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    "I didn't come here to be insulted." "Where do you usually go?"

  • @chetmorrison7542
    @chetmorrison7542 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1999

    From what I understand, he was like that in real life too. Always on. Right up until the day he died. he tells a story of eating in a LA restaurant, late in life, and some couple comes up to him, and the man says' We are such big fans. Groucho, please, insult my wife". Well, he just looks coolly at both of them and says "Sir, I am surprised at you...with a wife like that you should be able to come up with a few good insults yourself!"

    • @JClark-34695
      @JClark-34695 7 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      "Time flies like an eagle... fruit flies like a banana..."

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Chet Morrison Even Rodney Dangerfield & Robin Williams would be hard pressed to keep up with Groucho!

    • @jamievenezia1617
      @jamievenezia1617 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Matthew Hamersly I agree with you!Despite the love I have for both of those actors, Groucho was miles ahead of everyone. I don’t think there’s one person in history with a quicker wit than Groucho’s.

    • @THE-HammerMan
      @THE-HammerMan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Jamie Venezia You're no doubt right.
      "...That's the nastiest remark I ever heard. Come up to my room tonight and show me you mean it!"

    • @Dorelaxen
      @Dorelaxen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      The story goes that on one of his last days, his friend George Fenneman, who was his announcer on You Bet Your Life, was helping him from his wheelchair to his bed, when Groucho whispered in his ear "You always were a lousy dancer." Just amazing. Only maybe Dangerfield could match his zingers, and his delivery would be much slower.

  • @joekrolikowski8637
    @joekrolikowski8637 7 ปีที่แล้ว +875

    On one occasion while leaving a party, Groucho said to the host: "I've had a lovely evening, but this wasn't it."

    • @deathshead357
      @deathshead357 7 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      On another occasion, he took his son swimming but was refused entry to a swimming pool because he was Jewish. He replied : "Well my son's only half-Jewish, can he go in up to his waist?"

    • @eugenebell3166
      @eugenebell3166 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Hahahahaha, what a cool guy.

    • @jonathangreenblume8583
      @jonathangreenblume8583 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The variant I heard was, 'I had a wonderful time, but I must have left it at home.'

    • @dynjarren7523
      @dynjarren7523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      deathshead357
      That is brilliant and funny! Only Groucho could come up with something like that!

    • @mattparr3038
      @mattparr3038 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deathshead357 😂🤣 halerious

  • @shadowking1380
    @shadowking1380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +723

    “What experience do you have in a department store?”
    “I was a shoplifter for 3 years” 😂

    • @josemoreno3334
      @josemoreno3334 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Use that line when your trying to get a job at Wal-Mart.

    • @wh4193
      @wh4193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@josemoreno3334 Once this whole Virus thing cools down I will! 😂😂😂

    • @jst7714
      @jst7714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What film is that from? It's a brilliant line.

    • @davidekstrand8544
      @davidekstrand8544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      “You didn’t think I was a real detective, did you?”
      “If you’re a detective, I’m a monkey’s uncle!”
      “Keep your family out of this!”
      🤣

    • @mindriot91_96
      @mindriot91_96 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jst7714 The Big Store (1941)

  • @TimeandMonotony
    @TimeandMonotony 5 ปีที่แล้ว +741

    Left out one of my favorites: "Will you marry me? How much money did your husband leave you? Answer the second question first."
    What a comic genius.

    • @odarn8911
      @odarn8911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Also, "Marry me and I'll never look at another horse again!"

    • @libertygiveme1987
      @libertygiveme1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      TimeandMonotony - Actually, the 'Writers' were GENIUS, but yes, Groucho's delivery was "GENIUS" as well.

    • @Deejaay83urj38
      @Deejaay83urj38 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right you are there

    • @davidekstrand8544
      @davidekstrand8544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      “I’ll marry both of you!”
      “But that’s bigamy!”
      “Well, that’s bigamy, too!”
      🤣

    • @davidekstrand8544
      @davidekstrand8544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “You can marry me and I can take a vacation. I’ll need a vacation if I’m going to get married!”
      🤣

  • @zaphodbeatlebrox4906
    @zaphodbeatlebrox4906 6 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx

  • @dansm1422
    @dansm1422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1542

    Groucho: How did you manage to have 16 children? Woman: I love my husband very much. Groucho: Well, I love a good cigar but I take it out of my mouth once in awhile.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      You couldn't say that line today except maybe in a private setting! The overly-sensative women of today may not like the innuendo!

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @RUFUS T. FIREFLY Possibly true, knowing his wit and his proclivity for great comebacks.

    • @MiTmite9
      @MiTmite9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      My Mom loved that joke. She told it to me when I started as a volunteer for Planned Parenthood.

    • @thewomble1509
      @thewomble1509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@freeguy77 To deploy some groucho esque wit; Screw 'em!

    • @koolmckool7039
      @koolmckool7039 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      You think that's bad, someone on my family tree had 21 children.

  • @georgesmith4476
    @georgesmith4476 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1262

    "You should be ashamed! This lady is my wife!"
    "If that's your wife YOU should be ashamed"

    • @glencadieux886
      @glencadieux886 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The "INCREDIBLE WIT", back in the 1920's - 30's .....American Icons
      Groucho, Chico, & Harpo"...!!! Each guy had a meaning - Groucho, the oldest,
      "the comedy", & "the Brains" of the Brothers, Harpo - NEVER SPOKE,
      "a symbol" of the silent movies, Chico - an "Immigrant", THE LARGE MIGRATION TO AMERICA in the early 1900's more comedy, & with Harpo, provided music, that was first very popular, when the movies, first had audio, "Zeppo", wasn't really into it, & only appeared in a few films, the "good - looking guy", The "Rudolf Valentino", of their movies.

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Glen Cadieux And "LARGE IMMIGRATION" has exactly WHAT to do with this?
      My god. Stop making every damned thing POLITICAL.
      IF you want to bring up what the Marx Bros did each in their own talented way, fine. But were they here illegally? NO. Did they assimilate, retain their roots without PUSHING & DEMANDING rights YES. Did they succeed with hard work & loads of talent? YES. After ALL these years, are they legendary for WHO they were & what they contributed to show biz & to everyone who loved them? YES. Are they STILL respected? YES.
      DOES ANYONE EXCEPT TYPES LIKE YOU MAKE IT ABOUT A STUPID NON-ISSUE? NO.
      Thanks for screwing up a great little film, in true form, for selfish, myopic reasons.

    • @bobtaylor170
      @bobtaylor170 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Kathy Florcruz Kathy, the commenter was citing Chico's comic character, not making a political point. In fact, in one of their films, after Chico's first line, Groucho turns and addresses the camera: "There it is, the case against immigration."

    • @PhilBagels
      @PhilBagels 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Actually, Chico was the oldest, and Harpo second. Groucho was third, followed by Gummo and Zeppo. Gummo was never in any of the movies, but was in their Vaudeville and Broadway stage shows. Zeppo essentially replaced him in the movies (for a while).

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "I blame the minister who let you marry the monster."

  • @escaperoomleander1948
    @escaperoomleander1948 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    "You're the man I've been dreaming of!"
    "What do you eat before you go to bed?"

    • @austinthyme2296
      @austinthyme2296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      With the wonderful Eve Arden - a pretty funny lady in her own right.

    • @Branton_S
      @Branton_S 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😉

    • @BruceAlarie
      @BruceAlarie ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the humor is so impossibly advanced

    • @skippykaufman4436
      @skippykaufman4436 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@austinthyme2296Anatomy of a Murder. Also a great actress:

  • @ekathe85
    @ekathe85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    Apparently he could just throw stuff like this at you at will. No matter what you said, he always had a lightning fast comeback. One night, back before they were a celebrated comedy act, when they worked vaudeville theatre, Chico decided to test Groucho. Halfway through the performance, he ignored the script they had and just said a random line, "the garbage truck is here". Groucho immediately replied, "tell them we don't want any more".

    • @steelbear4887
      @steelbear4887 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Exactly - and in interviews, and tv-shows etc… He was truly a masterclass comedian 👌🏻❤️

    • @ashleyp.4932
      @ashleyp.4932 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I have always had the theory that the top comedians think up one liners and witticisms and store them away for when they are being interviewed (I mean after all, being funny is their job). They get interviewed so many times that they know all the questions they're likely to be asked, and so think up funny responses and use them at just the right moment, and they appear to be improvised.
      And to be honest in many cases the interviews are set up, you can just tell from how the interviewer always happens to have the right "feed line" so the comedian can respond. After all, it benefits them both, the comedian is seen as "naturally very funny" and the interviewer's show gets talked about the next day ("Hey, did you see so-and-so's show last night. They had XYZ on and it was just hilarious") so more people likely to watch the next week. Here in Britain in the seventies and eighties we had three interviewers who were known for doing exactly this.

    • @riverraisin1
      @riverraisin1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ashleyp.4932 That's pretty common on any late night talk show. The conversations are basically scripted.

    • @jerichogonzales1290
      @jerichogonzales1290 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@ashleyp.4932what's the matter they couldn't afford the rest of the alphabet. Here's a twenty go out and by them a vowel.
      Eh?
      I dont care if it's oh, just as long as you get a good deal.

    • @d2dar459
      @d2dar459 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@ashleyp.4932
      Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.
      The key to it is making it look like it always IS off the cuff.

  • @allspice_and_company
    @allspice_and_company 7 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    Her: "He's had a change of heart." Groucho: "Lot of good that'll do him, he's still got the same face."priceless.

    • @davidforman9024
      @davidforman9024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Groucho and kinnison would rip open the pc of today!

  • @aai3661
    @aai3661 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    Groucho in Duck Soup is, by far, one of the most incredible performances in film history. He was just so completely bonkers and over the top it's magical. He was over the top and you can tell he as the character knew full well he was over the top, but that awareness brought the audience in on the joke as well. Nobody got left behind. Genius.

    • @jacklow9611
      @jacklow9611 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm not sure, but he may have pioneered breaking the 4th wall.

    • @avgjoe-cz7cb
      @avgjoe-cz7cb ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jacklow9611 Probably not, but he was a Master at it.

    • @wearetomorrowspast.5617
      @wearetomorrowspast.5617 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The broken mirror scene with Groucho and Chico is still up there as Cinema greatness for me.

    • @meh8982
      @meh8982 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jacklow9611 Breaking the 4th wall, especially in comedy, goes back to before theatres had walls.

  • @TheStapleGunKid
    @TheStapleGunKid 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1746

    You didn't include my favorite Groucho routine. From Duck Soup:
    "Not that I care but where is your husband anyway?"
    "Why he's dead"
    "I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse."
    "I stayed with him till the very end."
    "Hmm, no wonder he passed away."
    "I held him in my arms and kissed him."
    "Oh I see, so it was murder!"

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      TheStapleGunKid Groucho: give him five years In Leavenworth or ten years I. twelves worth. Chico: I take five to ten at Woolworth's.

    • @ericmartin3448
      @ericmartin3448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      "Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first."
      "He left me his entire fortune."
      "Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you? I love you!"

    • @lynnpeterson9418
      @lynnpeterson9418 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheStapleGunKid on

    • @graffitifoxx4420
      @graffitifoxx4420 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh yes I love that one!

    • @1mantisco
      @1mantisco 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was one of his funniest

  • @RisenHellFire
    @RisenHellFire ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Happy 133rd Birthday Groucho. You'll always be one of, if not, the GOAT comedians.

  • @JO-vj9kn
    @JO-vj9kn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +455

    Man: "If you're a detective I'm a monkeys uncle!"
    Groucho: "Keep your family out of this!"

    • @Branton_S
      @Branton_S 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😘❤️

    • @AssistantCommanderAlisha
      @AssistantCommanderAlisha 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      J O Groucho Perry: I should totally say that to Perry! He would be shocked XD

    • @mma1st105
      @mma1st105 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I laughed out loud.

    • @davidekstrand8544
      @davidekstrand8544 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh, snap! 🤣

  • @roweenie
    @roweenie 7 ปีที่แล้ว +468

    "I married your mother to have children.....imagine my disappointment when you arrived".

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      roweenie OUCH!

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Imagine MY disappointment when I found out you married my mother.

    • @leestu7988
      @leestu7988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm not in this business for LOVE ..I once was in love and she got the Business "

    • @paxhumana2015
      @paxhumana2015 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      roweenie, I would say this savage line in response, "If I am a disappointment to you, then my mother should have been disappointed in the choice that she made when she met you." Alternatively, to be a bit more modern, I would have said, "Well, at least I am revenge for how much that you disappointed your own parents."

    • @ianboard544
      @ianboard544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paxhumana2015 Too wordy. Try to tighten it up a bit.

  • @Dorelaxen
    @Dorelaxen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    "Come back in a half hour and I'll give ya another look at it!" Literally had me laughing out loud. Groucho was so great.

    • @mindriot91_96
      @mindriot91_96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love that bit!

    • @jeanbaumgartner4052
      @jeanbaumgartner4052 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@mindriot91_96THE SAME HERE ABOUT GROUCHO MARX 🥸😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂🙃😉😊🥰😍🤩😘😗☺️😚😙🥲😋😛😜🤪😝🤑🤗🤭😏😎😺😸😹😻😼😽

  • @tfb9126042
    @tfb9126042 7 ปีที่แล้ว +474

    "Why I've never been so offended in all my life" "We'll it's early yet"

    • @CoffeeBeforePants
      @CoffeeBeforePants 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      my favorite

    • @dawnslater1065
      @dawnslater1065 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Priest to Groucho: "I want to thank you for all they joy you've brought into this world". Groucho to priest: "And I want to thank you for all the joy you've taken out of this world".

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      tfb9126042 Most of these had me gut-busting laughing

    • @kurtb8474
      @kurtb8474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A Day at the Races. One of their best.

    • @derycktrahair8108
      @derycktrahair8108 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "I didn't come here to be insulted"...."Yeh?..where do you usually go?..." (You can always get a laugh with a Groucho impression).

  • @LD-hs9iv
    @LD-hs9iv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    "When I invite a woman on a date, I expect her to look at me. Its the price she has to pay."
    Oh my GODDDD I LOVE IT

  • @TallSilentGuy
    @TallSilentGuy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    **Police officer frisks Groucho's female companion**
    Groucho: "If you're looking for my fingerprints then you're a little early!"

    • @jessicathethreestoogesfan2635
      @jessicathethreestoogesfan2635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No wonder why Groucho is the most recognized comedian

    • @davidekstrand8544
      @davidekstrand8544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Groucho: “You remember Conductor Hennessy?”
      Policeman: “It’s Inspector!”
      Groucho: “Inspector yourself!”
      🤣

    • @jessicathethreestoogesfan2635
      @jessicathethreestoogesfan2635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Ekstrand lmao

    • @anylawliet1473
      @anylawliet1473 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's a phrase from a movie A Day at the Races.....not from real life

  • @johnhoward1939
    @johnhoward1939 7 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    "Remember boys your fighting for this lady's honour. which is probably more them she ever did. "
    What a line

    • @Concetta20
      @Concetta20 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      John Howard Now that kind of innuendo is funny.

    • @gixxerfixxer4159
      @gixxerfixxer4159 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Howard English isn't my first language. Can you explain what it means?

    • @foljs5858
      @foljs5858 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Gixxer Fixxer They're fighting to protect the good name of some lady (her "honor") that someone has insulted. Groucho implies that she never put a fight for her own honor herself (e.g. she is "easy").

    • @blaQI_roch
      @blaQI_roch 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@foljs5858 "She offered her honour, he honoured her offer! All evening long he was on her and off her!"

    • @OldSilkRoad
      @OldSilkRoad 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Blacky T. Roach Priceless!

  • @HobGungan
    @HobGungan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    "Come now, you wouldn't say 'no' to a Lady!"
    "I dunno why not; they always say 'no' to me!"

  • @samueljohnson900
    @samueljohnson900 7 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    "We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed. But we're going back in a couple of weeks." All I can say is "absolute brilliance".

    • @2explore1
      @2explore1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      many young ones today don't understand these play one words. Then cameras and film had to be developed. The Native girls not developed (matured). But we're going back in a couple of weeks. Yes. Brilliant!

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@2explore1 Groucho should have said "...in a couple of months!" to make it a little more obvious what he was trying to see on those undeveloped girls.

    • @WaywardPondering
      @WaywardPondering 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This one made my jaw drop. I couldn’t believe he made this joke, wow. The quick timing and delivery I am not surprised that people missed it.

    • @sourgreendolly7685
      @sourgreendolly7685 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Michael7 Cline2 lmao I’m not a younger one but the idea that young people have never heard of film cameras is laughable. Their parents probably still have negative from photos from when they were younger - I know I have plenty and I’m only 30.

    • @BettyJoBialofski
      @BettyJoBialofski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sourgreendolly7685 There's not a roll of Kodak in sight at any film school today.

  • @flacorocks2513
    @flacorocks2513 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's 2023 and I've used that "I wouldn't pay that if I was you" line at dinner with my girl numerous times. Oh man, the server's face every time! Long live Groucho!

  • @snipedude4953
    @snipedude4953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well I have others"

  • @snookslayer4559
    @snookslayer4559 6 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    "I was married by a judge... I shoulda asked for a jury."

  • @berserkley
    @berserkley 7 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Groucho: "And if anyone calls, tell them nobody's home." Chico: "What if they don't believe me?" Groucho: "They will when you open your mouth."

  • @Hansthatjudicious
    @Hansthatjudicious 8 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    Brilliant. i could watch this until the cows come home. Or I could watch the cows till this comes home.

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or if I was a farmer I could watch the cows at home.

    • @johnny07652
      @johnny07652 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I could watch this in my pajamas. I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How did I get into my pajamas, I don't ever know!

    • @bhupinsingh5
      @bhupinsingh5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wasnt that WC Fields?

  • @Groucho87
    @Groucho87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    My favorite one from the big store:
    *Groucho takes one look at a lady and her 8 kids*
    "What other hobbies you got?"

  • @tjmusa
    @tjmusa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +227

    one of his best line is, i would never join a club that would have me as a member.

    • @thexalon
      @thexalon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That wasn't on film, that was a telegrammed reply to a club that invited him to join but wouldn't allow Jewish members.

    • @CliffDaddy
      @CliffDaddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@thexalon This is an oft-misquoted line. In his book, "Groucho and Me", he says that he had joined (after "considerable urging") a theatrical organization whose members were unscrupulous and rude (he had thought the club was of higher class). After one annoying evening he sent them a wire stating "PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER".

    • @ge2623
      @ge2623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I use that all the time to this day.

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "I'd like to join a club and beat you over the head with it!" --paraphrasing one of his lines, but you get the point!

    • @nicolenewsome4863
      @nicolenewsome4863 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thexalon wow. But, he is Jewish his parents and brothers are Jewish.

  • @MrMichaeljay1965
    @MrMichaeljay1965 7 ปีที่แล้ว +479

    Groucho
    Marx said in an interview that anybody can say something dirty and get a laugh.
    He then added the challenge, "Say something clean and get a laugh. That
    requires a comedian". The comedians of that era were far more resourceful
    than those of today, and they got good, honest laughs.

    • @Concetta20
      @Concetta20 7 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Michael Jay Exactly. It doesn't take talent to tell a dirty joke, it takes talent to make a clean joke or skirt around the edges of a dirty joke. Clever innuendos, like Groucho did, are so more funny than bold-faced crass.

    • @h0gwartz
      @h0gwartz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Richard Pryor of all people once said the same thing. He said too many comedians use profanity to get a cheap laugh.

    • @RagnarokMic
      @RagnarokMic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Depends on the joke. A dirty joke can be every bit as clever as a clean joke.
      Still, it takes talent to tell any kind of joke well.

    • @kurtb8474
      @kurtb8474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes. But dirty humor laced with profanity anyone can do. Getting laughs without it takes real talent.

    • @typhoonzebra
      @typhoonzebra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@kurtb8474 That's like saying that hopping 100 meters takes real talent therefore Usain Bolt is not a good runner since he uses both legs. Yes, getting a laugh without profanity requires talent but that doesn't mean that everyone who does use profanity isn't talented

  • @victorvaiopoulos2873
    @victorvaiopoulos2873 7 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    "I can see you bending over a hot stove but I can't see the stove"

  • @zerofail.455
    @zerofail.455 5 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    It's 2019 and I think this material is more hilarious than ever.

    • @mindriot91_96
      @mindriot91_96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Groucho was certainly ahead of his time.

    • @davidekstrand8544
      @davidekstrand8544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Zeppo: “Anything further, Father?”
      Groucho: “ ‘Anything further, Father,’ that can’t be right. Isn’t anything farther further?
      🤣

    • @TFABMN
      @TFABMN ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, it was even funnier in 2018

    • @tomsmith5216
      @tomsmith5216 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was a century ahead of his time. He got away with a lot of innuendo because the censors had no clue...and neither did most of audiences.

  • @LeeKD93
    @LeeKD93 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    “A lady’s diamond earring has been lost. It looks exactly like this. In fact this is it.” Actually made me laugh out loud 😂

  • @leastlikedcritic7529
    @leastlikedcritic7529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    He was a class act in the world of comedy, often imitated but never duplicated.

  • @ProjectFlashlight612
    @ProjectFlashlight612 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Julius had great writers, but it was his delivery, hyper-fast wit and above all mastery of timing that made these gags immortal. A legend, and an epic...EPIC....troll. *Groucho Marx 1890-1977*

  • @coralroper6876
    @coralroper6876 5 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    This man was one of the cornerstones of my childhood. The fact that I was born nearly 25 years ago tells you a lot about my parents.

    • @coralroper6876
      @coralroper6876 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jonfungg They're not *that* old. Yet.

    • @SGood54
      @SGood54 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      My 25 yr old daughter too.
      Her other favorite is Cary Grant.
      And Mozart.

    • @ronwhite8503
      @ronwhite8503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That makes your parents about my age therefore totally understandable. Parents of fine taste.

    • @jonrudd4733
      @jonrudd4733 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I got to grow up when Groucho was still alive, and saw him on numerous talk shows. He was hilarious!! Watch him on "What's My Line." He has the whole panel cracking up!! My Dad turned me on to he and the Marx Brothers. If they were on, we watched it. Duck Soup and A Day at the Races is my fave!

    • @michaelward9880
      @michaelward9880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm 63 and shaved loved the Marx Brothers for at least 53 years, if not more. If you don't "get" the Marx Brothers, you have no heart, soul, intellect or sense of humor. Long Live Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo and last, but not least, Margaret Dumont! Comic geniuses all!

  • @amc042759
    @amc042759 8 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    What a riot he was. He didn't hold back on any subject. Ahead of his time.

    • @lucyfisher8347
      @lucyfisher8347 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      We're just behind the times.

    • @camilogarciaylasaari1857
      @camilogarciaylasaari1857 7 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      It must be horrible to be ahead of your time. How do you manage without the rest of your body?

    • @neal2399
      @neal2399 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Camilo Garcia Ylasaari and the legend lives on...

    • @kpeters909
      @kpeters909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not really a "legend" if it "lives on" now is it?

    • @alanr4447a
      @alanr4447a 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It's a living legend that will live on long after other living legends have died.

  • @anthonylees9029
    @anthonylees9029 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Clever and very quick-witted . A comedy genius . Probably the original wise-cracking comedian. I heard these jokes 40 years ago and he still makes me laugh !

  • @karenjones30
    @karenjones30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The video could end with Grocho singing, "Hello, I Must Be Going."

  • @patrickmurphy7636
    @patrickmurphy7636 7 ปีที่แล้ว +667

    The 115 who voted this down need to get their heads examined. Quick, find a proctologist!

    • @Visplight
      @Visplight 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The 155 who downvoted are the ghosts of those Groucho Marx insulted.

    • @stefanschleps8758
      @stefanschleps8758 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yay!! Finally we find a student of Groucho's !! Congratulations sir. Simply mail me a check for three hundred dollars and we will send you the $64.00 prize via Western Union. ( That was a good one. Keep 'em coming!)
      Peace.

    • @timbuktu8069
      @timbuktu8069 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LMAO

    • @koolmckool7039
      @koolmckool7039 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Better yet get his books of wit.

    • @marcelgardner8497
      @marcelgardner8497 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why would they need a proct......oh!!!! I get it.

  • @andymassingham
    @andymassingham 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    How have I missed "Mind if I don't smoke?"
    Great line!

    • @ryogto
      @ryogto 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      rofl yeah that one got me, using it

  • @valeera5415
    @valeera5415 5 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    I worked myself up from nothing to extreme poverty * ahahaha

  • @mjanderson4
    @mjanderson4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    comic genius. Once said on the Dick Cavett show "Anyone can make someone laugh by being dirty and vulgar. Making someone laugh by doing it clean takes a true comedian."

    • @scotthodgins7975
      @scotthodgins7975 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That's exactly the reason why I hated people that used the phrase "That's what she said". Too easy, no effort.

  • @thedudeunderyourbed8474
    @thedudeunderyourbed8474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    *Chico plays piano*
    Jennings: "Oh, I love good music"
    Groucho: "So do I, let's get out of here"

    • @johnhughes2653
      @johnhughes2653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Chico (playing piano): I can't think of the end
      Groucho: That's funny, I can't think of anything else!
      Chico: You know what? I think I go past it.
      Groucho: Well next time it comes around, jump off!

    • @crisantemadeharo7774
      @crisantemadeharo7774 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Max brothers jenios🤣😆🤡💐🐰📺en blanco y Negro ❤️🐰💐 mecago en mis calzones 😅un poquito cuando ve alos max brothers est🤡😁😄😃😀🙃😊☺️😉 con todos los comediantes de lantaño del pasado no de oy🤬😤😠🤮💩bindo en oceanside 🐳🚅coaster⛱️☮️🆗🆒🌬️ la conedia de oy vale fregada grosera rea💩para mi no es chistosa🤬😠🤮

    • @thedudeunderyourbed8474
      @thedudeunderyourbed8474 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crisantemadeharo7774 Hay buenas comedias para todas las épocas, solo hay que tener la mente abierta. Los hermanos Marx también eran "groseros" para su época.

    • @crisantemadeharo7774
      @crisantemadeharo7774 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thedudeunderyourbed8474 para mi son groseros y mi mente esta abierta pero grosero es grosero a ora y siempre en todo tiempo 🌹🌈💐🦋🆗🐰😁🤬😡

    • @thedudeunderyourbed8474
      @thedudeunderyourbed8474 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@crisantemadeharo7774 El tiempo altera la percepción de lo grosero. Los mismos hermanos Marx llegaron a ser criticados por tener un contenido "demasiado sexual", que hoy en día pasaría desapercibido. Además hay comedias limpias hoy en día también.

  • @thedon978
    @thedon978 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "I don't think I've ever seen four more beautiful eyes in my life - well, three, anyway."
    Great line, perfect timing, impeccable delivery.

    • @aaaab384
      @aaaab384 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't understand it.

    • @professionalmemeenthusiast2117
      @professionalmemeenthusiast2117 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aaaab384
      He was saying one of them had a something wrong with an eye

    • @premanadi
      @premanadi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aaaab384 He was flirting simultaneously with two women, but insulting them at the same time.

    • @christopherlundgren3499
      @christopherlundgren3499 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've used this line so many times over the years. It is one of my all time favorites

    • @befdoglover1
      @befdoglover1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Why you are the most beautiful woman I ever met and that is not saying much for you!"

  • @TheNightWatcher1385
    @TheNightWatcher1385 7 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    "You're the man I've been dreaming of!"
    "What do you eat before you go to bed!?"
    Haha!

    • @jazzman1626
      @jazzman1626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      “Your the girl of my dreams...my, I gotta stop eating cheese before bed”

  • @jayrosen6663
    @jayrosen6663 7 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend.Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read-Groucho Marx

    • @leestu7988
      @leestu7988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Televison now days is so educational , everytime some one turns it on ,I go read a book "

    • @PurpleBulbous
      @PurpleBulbous 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mark Twain

    • @barbaragodwin6710
      @barbaragodwin6710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have that quote on my refrigerator.

  • @jakre10
    @jakre10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Margaret Dumont was the perfect foil for Groucho. Loved them together

    • @cards0486
      @cards0486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A NIGHT AT THE OPERA:
      “Alright! I’ll be at your stateroom at 11 o’clock!”
      “If you’re not I’ll be back here at 11:05. With squeaky shoes on.”

    • @ianwallace16
      @ianwallace16 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How Margaret keeps a straight face while in Groucho’s company is priceless 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @steveladue
    @steveladue 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    "I never forget a face. But in your case I'll make an exception."

  • @Jeff_Lichtman
    @Jeff_Lichtman 7 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Henderson: You live here all alone?
    Groucho: Yes. Just me and my memories. I'm practically a hermit.
    Henderson: Oh. A hermit. I notice the table's set for four.
    Groucho: That's nothing - my alarm clock is set for eight. That doesn't prove a thing.

  • @chiefdog6909
    @chiefdog6909 7 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    "And don't point that beard at me, it might go off!" Damn, why have I never watched this stuff before?

    • @PaulHagl
      @PaulHagl  7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I'm glad you discovered this then. This is the reason I made it.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Groucho's a gift for very new generation that comes along.

  • @grouchomarx7703
    @grouchomarx7703 7 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    The Marx Brothers have saved me from committing suicide. May they live forever!
    I'm a MARXIST for all eternity!

    • @lite4919
      @lite4919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Comedy and laughter ARE the best medicine

    • @Kit_Bear
      @Kit_Bear 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm so sorry to hear that, keep trying.

    • @Avidcomp
      @Avidcomp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh I see, so that's Marxism, well that's not so bad. I guess Lennon must have penned the words to the songs that Harpo never sang.

    • @psymon777
      @psymon777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Aw that's too bad, you should have stuck with it if you were committed.

    • @neilrhind407
      @neilrhind407 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "je suis marxiste, tendance groucho"

  • @jancoley9051
    @jancoley9051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Groucho is hilarious. I was laughing out loud. I've never watched him before. Now I just love the sharp witted man.

  • @guitarmatricide4834
    @guitarmatricide4834 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    You could just make a whole video out of “Duck Soup” alone, but this one is one of my favorites:
    “I say we take up the tax!”
    “I say we take up the carpet!”
    “I STILL insist we must take up the tax!”
    “He’s right, you know, you have to take up the tacks before you can take up the carpet.”
    “Sir, you try my patience!”
    “Don’t mind if I do, you must come over and try mine some time!”

    • @timbuktu8069
      @timbuktu8069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They did, it was called Duck Soup.

    • @robhendrikx2198
      @robhendrikx2198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We're three men and a woman. Send help! If you can't send help, send two more women!

  • @SueLyons1
    @SueLyons1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    "Come back in another half hour and I'll give you another look at it" ha ha :)

    • @carlpen850
      @carlpen850 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @ Sue... that's been one of my favorites that I've used on people since my college daze. Just before Christmas I was at my friends house and his teenage son was standing on the porch watching his dad and I unloading some stuff out of my van... so I stopped, pulled a $20 out of my wallet and said to the kid "see this? help us get the rest of this stuff into the house and I'll show it to you again"... well he helped us and when we were done he said "hey, where's that twenty? so I pulled it out and showed it to him again... he didn't get it but my buddy sure did... he didn't stop laughing, he still laughs about it to this day.

    • @higherground711
      @higherground711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That joke was one of the best! X-D

    • @mikigalshou7806
      @mikigalshou7806 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      i have used that gag numerous times

    • @georgeplagianos6487
      @georgeplagianos6487 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Carl Pen if you did that to me I would have punched you in the face..

    • @optimisticwhovian1726
      @optimisticwhovian1726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That was my favourite, I pretty much knew he wasn't giving that guy the money but I still laughed cos it was always Grouchos sarcastic delivery that made the film.

  • @Cluv22
    @Cluv22 7 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    9 dollars and 40 cents? This is an outrage! If i was you, i wouldn't pay it! Lmao! Classic!

    • @kingzach74
      @kingzach74 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      If he was outraged with $9.40, imagine how he would react to the prices of food at restaurants today.

    • @creaketh
      @creaketh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      $9 was around $160 nowadays looool
      It's old, but gold!

    • @stephensylvester2006
      @stephensylvester2006 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cluv22 my favorite of all of Groucho's cracks. I still use this with my wife

    • @tolkienfan4815
      @tolkienfan4815 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      👍

    • @larryhovekamp4318
      @larryhovekamp4318 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's current US economics in a nut shell!

  • @MomijifanLowKI
    @MomijifanLowKI 7 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    "Are you a man or a mouse?"
    "You put a piece of cheese down there & you'll find out" XD

  • @subliteral
    @subliteral ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Groucho was unmatched. He was a star across all media he performed on in through his life - from vaudeville , Broadway , radio , and was one of the most popular TV personalities of all time. The man's wit is simply timeless.

  • @jlid1
    @jlid1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    That was the best 6 and a half minutes I ever spent on here!!

  • @mhoover
    @mhoover 7 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    His best insult...how much would you take to stand at the wrong end of a shooting gallery?

    • @stanleycrim
      @stanleycrim 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Ya suppose I could buy back my introduction to you?

    • @davidharrison6615
      @davidharrison6615 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      bighoov1 i am getting that on a tee shirt for when i do archery with the wife !!! Thanks lol .

    • @amongstthepigeons1020
      @amongstthepigeons1020 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I would never join a club that would have me as a member

    • @vinnynj78
      @vinnynj78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Lee-Darin I've used that one!

    • @coasternut3091
      @coasternut3091 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How much would it take to get you to walk into an open manhole

  • @ETH5626
    @ETH5626 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Groucho Marx: "I could dance with you 'til the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows 'til you came home." LOL love that line

  • @Sou1defiler
    @Sou1defiler 7 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    "Why you're one of the most beautiful women I've ever met. And that's not saying much for you.."

    • @christophertsiliacos8958
      @christophertsiliacos8958 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One for the insult column: "Heaven must be absent one angel, because you look like you died a long time ago." No, Groucho didn't say it -- but it sounds like something Groucho could've said. 😉

  • @BrightSeaStar
    @BrightSeaStar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Imagining their life together -"I can see see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove, but I can't see the stove."
    Beautiful !

  • @treebore28
    @treebore28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    What I love about Groucho is that while he's quick to insult others, he wouldn't think twice about making himself the butt of a joke! Oh, Julius...

  • @williamhulser7354
    @williamhulser7354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Two of my favorite Groucho quips:
    "You're only as old as the woman you feel."
    "I'm not a vegetarian, but I eat animals that are."

  • @dreaminginnoother
    @dreaminginnoother 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    oh man. I loved the marx brothers as a kid, but now I know how funny this guy really was.

    • @carlpen850
      @carlpen850 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @ dreaming etc... that's just it about the Marx Bro's... they appeal to our inner child no matter what the age or level of understanding.
      I see old sit-com re-runs that I remember laughing at when I was 8 and going boy was that ever stupid but it was done on the level of an 8 to 10 year old and nothing more.
      Where as the marx bro's are timeless.

    • @jamesanthony8438
      @jamesanthony8438 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The slapstick appeals to us as kids but the innuendos drag us back after we've grown. :)

  • @ronlevovitz7088
    @ronlevovitz7088 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    "Here's one I picked up in a dance hall."
    (He does a little dance step, then Margaret Dumont enters the picture)
    "Here's another one I picked up in a dance hall."

    • @margotbronski6847
      @margotbronski6847 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Margaret Dumont was such a great straight woman.

    • @thomascampbell5633
      @thomascampbell5633 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@no-one-in-particular LOL, sounds about right!

  • @Lengsel7
    @Lengsel7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Alan Alda owes the entire success of his character in MASH to Groucho.

  • @freedomisntfree2089
    @freedomisntfree2089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    He was the man, years ahead of his time, paved the way for so many others

    • @JonesNate
      @JonesNate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I always liked it when Hawkeye did the Groucho Marx impressions on M*A*S*H

    • @TFABMN
      @TFABMN ปีที่แล้ว +2

      who weren't men

    • @reshuram4353
      @reshuram4353 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TFABMNwhat

  • @senorkaboom
    @senorkaboom 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    "I don't want to belong of any club that would accept me as one of its members." Groucho Marx's letter of resignation to the Friars Club.

  • @nevik9199
    @nevik9199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Margaret Dumont should be remembered as an honorary marx brother (or sister). she was wonderful, even though she didn't quite get their humor. best straight person for groucho!

    • @DrLipkin
      @DrLipkin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      She absolutely got their humor, she was just very good at her job. They once did a live recital and Groucho managed to make her crack up.

    • @mdteletom1288
      @mdteletom1288 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Stimulator7 I also read where she went to a revival of one of the Marx Brothers' plays (most of their earlier movies were plays adapted for film, particularly The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers) and laughed at all of funny parts, so yes she got the jokes.

    • @paulputnam8211
      @paulputnam8211 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I believe Groucho referred to Margaret as 'old ironsides'. He remains my comedy hero and I often use the "nine dollars & forty cents, I wouldn't pay it if I were you !" gag & it always gets a laugh !

    • @suprememasteroftheuniverse
      @suprememasteroftheuniverse 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why? All the other were gay?

    • @timothyross308
      @timothyross308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Well, if you think Ms. Dumont should be considered an honorary Marx sibling, let's call her Margo.

  • @DarioAntonio626
    @DarioAntonio626 7 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    "I welcome you with open arms". "Is that so, how late do you stay open?"Bwaaahaaahaaahaaaa!

  • @sle2470
    @sle2470 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    "What are you doing with that cigar in your mouth?"
    "Why? You know another way to smoke it?"
    😄

  • @Lammy4ever7
    @Lammy4ever7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    There's this one from "A Night at the Opera":
    "I was with her because she reminds me of you. That's why I'm with you. Because YOU remind me of you. Your hair, your lips, your eyes. Everything about you reminds me of you......except you. (aside) If she gets that one, she's good."

    • @missimin
      @missimin 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So that's where they got the lyrics for the song You Remind Me of You from the broadway play Minnie's Boys.

  • @Broonzied
    @Broonzied 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    'I can see you in the kitchen bending over a hot stove.......only I can't see the stove'. Brilliant!

  • @deanchristensen4783
    @deanchristensen4783 7 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I use a lot of Groucho's lines, especially his " they can't be all good, you got to expect that once in a while" when I made a really bad joke.

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dean Christensen Groucho Marx was the man.

    • @rickrick5041
      @rickrick5041 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Dean Christensen You must get tired of saying that

    • @bigdaddydiesel5520
      @bigdaddydiesel5520 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@rickrick5041 Savage! lol

    • @theunrealtimemm
      @theunrealtimemm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of my fave Groucho lines which despite people's false memories, did NOT air on 'You Bet Your Life' - a woman guest had 12 children. Groucho asked why she had so many. She said: 'I love my husband.' He responded: 'I love my cigar, but I take it out once in a while.' That was understandably NOT going to air.

    • @Branton_S
      @Branton_S 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuckin thief’s

  • @billgedeon9645
    @billgedeon9645 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    "3 years ago I came to Florida without a nickel in my pocket..Now I've got a nickel in my pocket"..

    • @leestu7988
      @leestu7988 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I worked my up from nothing to extreme poverty

  • @alyssajones4368
    @alyssajones4368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    "Come back in a half hour and I'll give you another look at it." LOL Groucho was a trip 🤣

    • @B1GK1NG
      @B1GK1NG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alyssa Jones that line had me dying. 😂😂😂

    • @alyssajones4368
      @alyssajones4368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@B1GK1NG lol right!!

    • @B1GK1NG
      @B1GK1NG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Alyssa Jones my other favourite line is what experience you got in a department store?. “ I got 3 years shop lifting.”

    • @alyssajones4368
      @alyssajones4368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@B1GK1NG lol ikr? Hilarious

    • @mindriot91_96
      @mindriot91_96 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Probably my favorite line. LOL

  • @kimberlytaylor5886
    @kimberlytaylor5886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I was born in 1968 and just LOVE watching him. Pure genius!

  • @monkeymouse
    @monkeymouse 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    They left out one of my favorites: "This insurance policy will provide for your old age, which should be here in two weeks if I'm any judge of horse flesh."

  • @jeffw1267
    @jeffw1267 7 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    The best thing I read about Groucho was a story about his chronic insomnia. The insomnia itself wasn't funny. But because he couldn't sleep, he needed ways to pass the time. So he'd call up his friends and insult them.

    • @rustyrelicsfarm2406
      @rustyrelicsfarm2406 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      jeffw1267 He would also drink beer and watch mobies with Alice Cooper.

    • @raddguy1
      @raddguy1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He said whenever he had insomnia he'd sleep it off.

    • @MiTmite9
      @MiTmite9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And I read once that someone recommended pine oil in a hot bath, telling him that would relax him so he could sleep. He said it worked great: "I almost drowned."

  • @OlympicLeprechaun
    @OlympicLeprechaun 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Groucho had the best delivery of any comic I have ever seen.

  • @patearly9492
    @patearly9492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic glimpse into entertainment of the past. Thank you for sharing and God bless everyone

  • @Deedee-ee1sg
    @Deedee-ee1sg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    That drink sketch with the waiter is fkng genius! Used to love watching The Marx Brothers with my mum many years ago, we would both have tears rolling down our faces , laughing
    so much at the ridiculous jokes

  • @MyBachful
    @MyBachful 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    My favorite: Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana!

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes and maybe it is one that you have to think about for a few seconds

    • @oneton7292
      @oneton7292 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Editor Fred R. Shapiro has researched this quote and says “There is no reason to believe that Groucho actually said this. It appeared in the Usenet news group net.jokes, 9 July 1982.”
      I first came across this line in a book by Ogden Nash, so I always attributed it to him. However, oddly enough it has traced to a quotation of an early researcher in artificial intelligence in 1966. Anthony Oettinger, who was trying to get a computer to manipulate the English language. quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/time-flies-arrow/

    • @georgealderson4424
      @georgealderson4424 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oneton7292 Apparently many of the quotes attributed to Sir Winston Churchill are erroneous which perhaps suggests that when celebrities say "I never said...." they are stating fact or maybe it was someone else who said "I never said..." At that rate we will never know who said anything!

  • @vernwallen4246
    @vernwallen4246 7 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I knew a girl that swallowed a pin at 6yrs old and she didn't feel a prick till she was 16.Groucho. lol

    • @micahchambers5096
      @micahchambers5096 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      vern wallen WOAH! When did he say THAT?!? Savage af

    • @Kruso
      @Kruso 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      vern wallen i feel like it’s a funny ass roast and sorry for necroposting but could you explain quickly?

    • @ibnyahud
      @ibnyahud 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Krusoplay on words ...prick = penis
      She was a virgin until 16

    • @Kruso
      @Kruso 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alfred Morris lmao how did i miss that

    • @hakrj12
      @hakrj12 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kruso ... "necroposting" I like that. I'm going to use it.

  • @Your.Uncle.AngMoh
    @Your.Uncle.AngMoh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    “Ah, Lulubelle, I didn’t recognise you standing up.” From ‘Go West’.
    “Women are like pianos; when they’re not upright, they’re grand.

  • @victormelendez1074
    @victormelendez1074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    He was unmatched in his wit and delivery. He would crush nearly every comic out there.....

  • @mvies77
    @mvies77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    How he got in my pajamas I'll never know. - The classic Groucho line. The Marx Bro's were wonderfully insane, unique and nonstop entertaining. Still after all of this time, no one compares to them. The last and this centuries top rated comedy stars. Never grow tired of watching their movies. Perfect timing and continual comedy improvisation never grows tired.

    • @antrimlariot2386
      @antrimlariot2386 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      U can't just say the punchline. You have to set it up.

    • @Imprison45
      @Imprison45 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      everybody knows in Alabama the Tuscaloosa

    • @digitalnomad9985
      @digitalnomad9985 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@antrimlariot2386 It's in the vid.

  • @johnschroeder7845
    @johnschroeder7845 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Groucho marx had his own brand of comedy completely hilarious. Groucho has always been a thinking person's comedian . I'm only 37 and I love watching old time comedy. Groucho marx wit and one liner's are priceless. Some of the best talents have already passed on . We will never have another groucho. Rip ! Your comedy won't be forgotten as long as I continue to breathe air.

  • @danielnunley8521
    @danielnunley8521 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    elorank Margaret Dumont (in Duck Soup): This is a gala day for you! Groucho: Well a gal a day is enough for me, I don't think I can handle any more! Heh, heh, heh, heh.

  • @idleonlooker1078
    @idleonlooker1078 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    NOW I understand why he's considered a comic genius and was ahead of his time! Thanks for sharing! 👍

  • @ntcrwler
    @ntcrwler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Unbelievable! The wit, the intelligence, the humor! There is no one like that alive today!

    • @TFABMN
      @TFABMN ปีที่แล้ว

      Coming from a necrophile, you should be grateful

  • @briancoffey4581
    @briancoffey4581 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I recall seeing a "You Bet Your Life" outtake where one of the contestants was a felt salesman and was extolling the benefits of the material, declaring "America runs on felt". Groucho replied "Most women I know are felt, then run".

  • @tolkienfan4815
    @tolkienfan4815 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    perfection. every line is absolutely perfect. the timing the tone the context! true magnificents in comedy.

  • @WillHal1000
    @WillHal1000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Groucho to waiter: Nine dollars and forty cents!? This is an outrage!
    Groucho to date: If I were you I wouldn't pay it.
    LOL

  • @robertcunningham1730
    @robertcunningham1730 7 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    No such thing as a sanity clause.

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Robert Cunningham classic line

    • @nevik9199
      @nevik9199 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      that was chico's line, not groucho

    • @BettyJoBialofski
      @BettyJoBialofski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It says the uh... The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part.

    • @mt3930
      @mt3930 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love that scene

  • @rogerhall6077
    @rogerhall6077 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simply masterful timing and delivery.