Groucho was like Mae West in that he was SO outrageous, the still-inncent, naive and gullible America public did not realize how incredibly off color these two beloved entertainers really were.
I remember one time on You Bet Your life when Groucho was interviewing a man from somewhere in the Midwest who openly boasted that he and his wife already had EIGHTEEN children, and still planned to have more.
Groucho responded: Hey! I like my cigar too, but at least I take it out once in a while."
Mae West confronted a young buck in one of her movies who claimed he was 6-feet, 8-inches.
Mae replied, "Forget about the six feet, I want to know more about the eight-inches."
America was so unsophisticated back then even the CENSORS had no idea what these people were REALLY saying.
I always found him funnier on this show than the movies. I remember seeing an interview with Edith Head after she won the Oscar for The Sting. A week later I saw her on a twenty year old re-run of You Bet Your Life and she looked exactly the same.
Love Groucho. 'I'm an old panty pincher from way back.'
ReplyDeleteDaBlade, His main leading lady, Margaret Dumont, said he was non-stop hilarious on the set when they were making movies.
DeleteGroucho was like Mae West in that he was SO outrageous, the still-inncent, naive and gullible America public did not realize how incredibly off color these two beloved entertainers really were.
ReplyDeleteI remember one time on You Bet Your life when Groucho was interviewing a man from somewhere in the Midwest who openly boasted that he and his wife already had EIGHTEEN children, and still planned to have more.
Groucho responded: Hey! I like my cigar too, but at least I take it out once in a while."
Mae West confronted a young buck in one of her movies who claimed he was 6-feet, 8-inches.
Mae replied, "Forget about the six feet, I want to know more about the eight-inches."
America was so unsophisticated back then even the CENSORS had no idea what these people were REALLY saying.
FT, Funny. I didn't care for the stooges but the Marx movies were damn funnny.
DeleteGroucho was my favorite Marx brother.
DeleteI always found him funnier on this show than the movies.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing an interview with Edith Head after she won the Oscar for The Sting.
A week later I saw her on a twenty year old re-run of You Bet Your Life and she looked exactly the same.
Ed, I find them equally funny, but the ad-lib stuff is darn good.
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