The Price is Right - Marx Brothers Showcase

[TheDp321]

none of them acted like the marx brothers 

[moneybags1972]

Why wasn't this a Bi-Centennial showcase like all the other "salutes to..." are?

[sk8ergrlsky]

Why didn't they give her a harp?

[aman1016]

I recently found out that the "old Switcheroo" cue as we affectionately call it (and I personally wish were still around) is a library piece called "Bag of Rags". I just don't know which library they licensed it from, sadly

[Grouchomx]

This is really lame...

[IceManNJD]

ah, i loved the price is right elevator and department store

[Tboneator64]

Don't remember if I saw this at the time (was most likely in school at the time- 3rd grade). Very hilarious! Twenty years to the day before our son was born! Don't think the cigar was considered to be advertising, at least at that time.

[RCPlanes59]

Lol, cigars were part of the showcase.

[XMLarry]

Too bad they don't do neat things like this on today's Price is Right

[WarioBarker88]

Original Switcheroo cue as the music bed, and the One Away horn as...the car horn.

And I love Bob's comment after the Showcase. :-)

[Pitumisio]

Forget the prize, I'd take the tributers. I got the Chico spirit in me ;)

[Blondiesurfzsl]

ok they ttly mixed up harpo and chicos personalities, I am a huge fan of the Marx brothers n they r wayy funnier then this!!! I would never laugh at this Adamneteff u have nooo sense of humor!!!

[jonnylovegrapes]

Wow, a green hornet! The DeSoto post was fun. The poster knows his Groucho!

[beatlequeen06]

Hahaha, I smiled.  Very cute.

[NDW85]

It's too bad that TPIR hasn't done any tributes to any other comedy teams like Laurel and hardy, the three stooges or Abbot and costello.

[NDW85]

Which one played which Marx brother?

[WarioBarker88]

MARX BROTHERS SHOWCASE

Anitra Ford -- Groucho

Janice Pennington -- Chico

Johnny Olson -- Harpo

Remember that this was in the two-model days - Showcase skits were used around March 1974, and Johnny was quite frequently used when a "third man" was called for, and still appeared quite often after Dian was hired and Holly replaced Anitra.

Indeed, he appeared in Showcase skits right up until his death.

[WarioBarker88]

I'm sorry -- Showcase skits BEGAN around March '74.

[next2lastmohican]

The American Motors Hornet was the funniest thing about the whole showcase.

[whitesoxfan5]

I did crack a smile

[Maffe666]

have they ever seen a marx bros movie? it's not this benny hill shit!

[Jagi79]

LOL the asian lady at 2:05 is like "WTF"

[Jerram89]

she's like lolwtf?

[laura20022004]

oh geesh *rolls eyes* What a mistake taking off that wig

[darthchaosofrspw]

Dude, that's the old Switcheroo think cue.

[James1062]

Now I thought that was a great and funny showcase. Better than that price is right showcases they have now on the 36 yr wit u know who. It's like watchin paint dry

[ShovelDuct]

The world is weird.

[Dudejerome]

The contestant, Cecilia, looks like Filipino.

[wakkakumei]

A showcase devoted to the Marx Brothers, and the car isn't even a DeSoto? 'Atsa no good.

[jhecht424]

LOL. I think they had stopped making DeSotos by this point, so even if they had put one in the showcase, the contestant probably would've been saying "'Atsa No Good".

[sdcharley]

This is classic 70's TV. - the clap board in the opening shows 2/22/74 - so that makes sense why the cigars were given away at that time - it was "okay" to smoke. - thank you so much for posting this bit of TV history!

[AdamNedeff]

No, it doesn't make sense. Tobacco advertising became a no-no on January 1, 1971.

[sdcharley]

But these were Dunhill's imported from Spain. They were expensive and were still considered a gift or some value. Even people who didn't smoke gave cigars as a gift on a special occasion.

[Extratexture4]

@AdamNedeff, I'm old enough to remember television advertising for cigars in the '90s. For awhile, you could advertise cigars but not cigarettes.

[AdamNedeff]

@Extratexture4 Wow, really? Huh...I'm old enough to remember commercials in the '90s (I'm 28) and I never saw a cigar ad. Granted I was in the Nickelodeon demographic, so I may have been looking in the wrong places. What show would one watch to see a cigar commercial in the '90s? I'm genuinely curious about this subject now.

[Extratexture4]

@AdamNedeff, I only remember cigar commercials from the '70s and maybe early '80s. After awhile, they disappeared. Not sure if they're illegal or if the companies just decided not to make them anymore.

[zachw225]

Actually it's December 22,1974

[sdcharley]

no it's 2/22/74 - that "1" in front of the 2 (for February) is a white mark on the board and you write the month in to the "box" that is formed - it just doesn't seem to go all the way to the top on this board - other boards i've seen have 3 separate lines to break it into 3 boxes - 1 for the month - 1 for the day - and 1 for the year.

[nicholasm79]

This show WAS taped on 12/22/74. It aired on 1/24/75... and Price never would have a short turnaround of two days.

[TJ665]

Wow! lol!

[aman1016]

Wow the first appearance of the old Switcheroo cue! I guess they had it long before the game was created.

[NEPatriot]

The genius of Jay Wolpert and the old Switcheroo music cue--gotta love it!

[churlyryan]

Gosh I love these videos. Its too bad all the celebrities we have these days are loose and filled with controversy. It would be no good to do tributes to, say, Britney Speers in this time.

[terjer01]

No kidding, If it were a Britney Speers tribute: the prizes would be a jukebox, but we go downhill from there: a bar, bed, baby carriage, and a car... that would run over the paparazzi's foot. That Marx Brothers tribute was classic as it was classy! 5 Stars! Thanks for yet another webgem, Adam!

[person100000]

I think you forgot just one thing...... Some scissors (never know when the contestant will wanna cut off their hair like Britney)

[EverythingInane]

@churlyryan Loose? what are you talking about? sexually? Now I love the marx brothers, nevertheless they were "loose". Chico was notorious for being especially so. Cheating on wives nonstop, etc. We're talking dozens if not hundreds of girls.

and controversy..What about all of grouchos divorces and marriages with women several decades younger than him?

Why do people always seem to think people from the past are so pristine and the people of today are so degenerate? Nothing has changed.

[AveIvy]

@EverythingInane Correct. There was just as if not more scandal back then as it is now. They just tried to cover it better than they do today.