(“Now you’re talking.” Groucho)Īrthur recounted several key moments in Groucho’s career, including the day he abandoned his primarily musical act with “The Fourth Nightingales” and moved into comedy. (“You’d better, or I’ll cut you off without a nickel.” Groucho) He’s one of the most generous men I’ve ever known. If I’ve given you the impression that my father is a miser, I’d like to correct that notion at once. And he’s a dreamer, although he likes to pass himself off as a disillusioned realist.Īrthur wrote the biography in 1954, when Groucho was the enormously popular host of the television show, “You Bet Your Life.” His father added to his son’s efforts by sticking in occasional footnotes. He’s a sentimentalist, but he’d rather be found dead than have you know it. As his son wrote in an eight-part biography of “My Old Man Groucho,” Both were unpredictable and sharp-witted, but Julius was far more sentimental and anxious than his comedic counterpart. He bore a certain similarity to the Julius Henry Marx born October 2, 1890. The character of “Groucho” was born on the vaudeville circuit sometime in 1919. Something about his humor - with its rapid-fire, irreverent wordplay - continues to appeal to the American sense of humor. Of all the people you know who were born in 1890, how many can still make you laugh? It’s been 80 years since Groucho Marx first appeared in a movie, but he’s still cracking up audiences.
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