Groucho Marx Profile on CBS Sunday Morning

[andros1984]

The Chico and Harpo card game in Animal Crackers is among my favorites.

[Lynisal1]

Sunday Morning is the best SHOW on TV!!!

[dnt9217]

don't let that fool you; he really is an idiot!!!

[groucho39]

THE BEST!!!!!! *****

[BardoJoe]

and now I love Elliott Gould even more

[Muppio]

I would have loved to have a conversation with Groucho.

[takineko]

8:20 OMG That's such a sad image...

[fantinlatourful]

@takineko yes, you can see that it was hard to remember having to say goodbye to his friend, it's sure that Gould loved Groucho very very much

[takineko]

3:27 The only one I can pick out is Harpo XDDD

[ihatespam2]

Unfortunately, despite the bad info here. Grouchos spirits were low. He was depressed.

[takineko]

@ihatespam2 I find it sad alot of funny people are misunderstood to be constantly in a good mood. :(

[rob2049]

Anyone who makes me laugh is a winner in my book, but Marx Brothers reached comedy levers that is hard to compete with, especially current Comedies. They lived and breathed comedy every second of their lives. Best comedians of all time!!

[seankinsellasean]

4.10

i laughed out loud

[JJL721]

I see some comments here state that it's ridiculous to project an anti-war agenda on Duck Soup, as the man in the video does. Although I feel the film speaks loudly enough, I'll let Groucho speak for himself...

"Its message was real enough to be banned in Italy by Mussolini. Was it there daring to be anti-war in those days?" - Groucho Marx on Duck Soup (From the Groucho Phile)

[megaben99]

i am not a fan of counter culture movies, but, why did they not mention "skidoo"? i, however, thought that groucho marx would not make a good God. in skidoo he is god (in the movie not in real life) but like i said i am not a fan of counter culture movies unless i am learning about it in history class.

[torchkit]

Damn, this clip is jewy.

[flyingsuperpetis]

Every time I see a Marx Bros film, it is followed by the sad realization of the utter failure of film to carry on what they started. It makes me want for a remake, to introduce the material to a new generation... until I try to imagine a Marx Bros Film without the Marx Bros. Then I'm just happy being able to watch the real deal.

[Ele3tricEye]

"he'd let me shave him"

...what!?

[fantinlatourful]

@Ele3tricEye Groucho was very weak at the end and Gould helped him with everyday things like that

[dajcei]

"today, 30 years after his death, the fans of groucho are laughing still" - is he suggesting the fans are the slowest to get the joke?

[CaptainAshra]

Haaa!

[peskasker]

@dajcei

he's suggesting his comedy is timeless, you fucking moron.

[dajcei]

you'll laugh at this in a year's time maybe, when you get it, if.

[peskasker]

@dajcei nope, still dont give a fuck.

[onebaud]

Groucho sang a duet with Bing Crosby. Yes the great Bing, called goodbye mr. ball goodbye. He is very good in it. Check it out, search goodbye mr. ball.

[pierstheoneandonly]

Margret DuMont was properly the 4th member of the 'foursome'. Chico, Harpo, were greatly gifted and indispensable as foils to the genius of Graucho. But Zeppo? He was just a good-looking protagonist in the romantic filler.

[WSenator1]

Don't downrate Zeppo! He was in the best of the Marx Brothers (Paramount) films, and except for "A Night at the Opera" perhaps, the attempts to replace him were vastly unsuccessful. While G, C, H were undeniably funny as hell, I think Zeppo was needed in the act more than even the other may have cared to admit.

[EvenEvenOdd]

I agree with you that DuMont deserves credit for being the perfect straight-woman to the Marxes. I disagree with you about Chico and Harpo being mere foils to Graucho. In my opinion each was genius in his own way. Harpo was the very first American artist to perform in the USSR immediately after the US and USSR officially recognized each other. He was not accompanied by any of his brothers. He is reported to have reaped a straight 10 minutes' worth of applause.

[STEVENDOES]

@EvenEvenOdd YOU ARE SO RIGHT; EACH MARX BROTHER IS A GENIUS IN HIS OWN RIGHT!

[MisterEvasion]

They had all of it. Slapstick, madcap, sight gags, cheeky gags, sarcastic wit, tongue in cheek, corny puns, clever puns, musical talent and on and on and on.

They respected the intelligence of the audience. So they had a keen sense of how to make their zany antics look funny and not dumb.

The Marx brothers will remain comedic popular culture icons for a long time.

[fromthesidelines]

CHICO was bad at handling money, more than Groucho was (how many times did he have to bail him out...). As to women, Groucho was married MANY times- he never could find the right woman to "settle down" with {well, if YOU had to live with him over a long period of time, you'd want a divorce, too!}. He could be VERY opinionated, sarcastic, and somewhat selfish....but that's what made him a legend.

[zapkvr]

Well Chico had a gambling problem. That will make you poor much, much quicker than a divorce.

[fromthesidelines]

He not only became "finanically secure" again because of "YOU BET YOUR LIFE", he took a poke at Wall Street when he visited the Stock Market in the early '50s, and started to sing in the middle of the trading floor. When someone politely asked him not to, he snapped, "Listen, you crooks, you wiped me out of $250,000 back in 1929. For that kind of dough, I think I'm entitled to sing if I want to".

[zapkvr]

It didn't stop him being cleaned out by his girlfriend in the seventies. He was overall very bad at handling money and women. He was a sad fellow really. It probably made him all the more determined to make others laugh.

[SeaTac411]

That is either a bad transition or the best at the end of the clip because Groucho lost alot of his money in the stock market crash of 1929.

[renesteinberg]

Yes but later he earned much more only with "you bet your life".

[sHaDoWoFsWoRdS]

groucho was very handsome as a child!

[BreezybriProductions]

All of the Marx Bros. r funny, including Zeppo, and Groucho did not start the war, Trentino started the whole thing, he started the war, then surrendered

[Tsippi]

Groucho had the one liners.

Harpo had the silence.

Chico had the accent.

Zeppo wasn't funny, but had the ladies.

[nocjays]

When Zeppo stopped appearing in the movies a reporter asked Groucho if they should be paid the same money without Zeppo. Groucho said, "No, we should get more."

[DASHILU]

Gone for 31 years today...no comedian funnier. Thank you Julius Henry Marx...my hero.

[Juliaflo]

@DASHILU Copy-cat, LOLOL--Using the full given name, as I do.

Let's also thank Adolph (Arthur) and Leonard (Chico).

[Juliaflo]

@Juliaflo I mean Adolph/Arthur (Harpo).

75th Anniversary of A Night at the Opera, and 120th anniversary of the birth of Julius Henry Marx--The one, the only GROUCHO.

[Juliaflo]

@Juliaflo I mean Adolph/Arthur (Harpo).

75th Anniversary of A Night at the Opera, and 120th anniversary of the birth of Julius Henry Marx--The one, the only GROUCHO.

[Juliaflo]

@Juliaflo I mean Adolph/Arthur (Harpo).

75th Anniversary of A Night at the Opera, and 120th anniversary of the birth of Julius Henry Marx--The one, the only GROUCHO.

[Tsippi]

I wonder who won the tennis match, Charlie or Groucho.

[Sistererica]

Groucho pissed Chaplin off and the game wasn't finished. Chaplin was taking it very seriously and got mad when Groucho refused to.

[bradley825]

Were the Marx bros. funny? You bet your life!

[joeyjojo4]

As much as I love David Steinberg his opinion is the usual knee-jerk, "I gotta say SOMETHING," and sound smart, one.

They were NOT anarchists. They made fun of authority, sure, but by making fun of it, you indirectly praise it.

Anti-war? That's almost as big a joke as, "I hear they're tearing you down and putting up a parking lot."

[reichmarshall]

It is very easy to impersonate Groucho badly.

[condensedclassics]

When talkies came in 1929 the Marx Brothers were perfect for the new medium especially for the wisecracking Groucho. Stop with the analyzing anarchist bullshit, they were genius comics with perfect timing & one purpose, to make audiences laugh and entertain not send any messages.

[Taurenformer]

Ya that dude oozes stupidity. I have watched Duck Soup dozens of times, and have never seen it as an anti war movie. In fact Groucho is the one who starts the war. It was not anit war. It was anti boredom and pro humor.

I absolutely hate people that push their beliefs and politics on other people's works.

[Lardcaptain]

the marcx brothers were generally perfect. the wisecracking and puns were brilliant but lets not forget the slapstick. they had buster keaton writing jokes for them so that was damn near perfect as well. god i wanna see their films on the big screen so much. and yes they weren't being anarchic- they were being unrepentantly silly.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Thats The Moustache For Me! I Tried Charlie Chapman's Moustache, But I Kept Getting Mistaken For A "Great Dictator."

[bchfront]

The gentleman seated at the piano in the photo where Groucho is performing, is Harry Ruby -- Groucho's best friend and the man who wrote "Hooray For Captain Spaulding!" and "Three Little Words", and who was one of the nicest men who ever lived. (Harry was also a close friend and sometime-collaborator of my grandfather's). Back in the '60's & 70's, you could rarely walk down the streets of Beverly Hills, or go into a restaurant, without seeing Harry and Groucho together!

[ParkerAllen2]

Thanks. Interesting memories.

[marcparella]

Just think how much he inspired comedians and comedy in the 20th century. When you see people like George Carlin, Don Rickles, Robin Williams... Groucho is alive and well.

[Stormybabe17]

He always had a smart remark for everything, and thats why he's my favorite of the Marx brothers:)

[navyboydjray]

He was one of a kind. I used to love watching all his old movies as a kid. What a genius. Thank goodness for him and his brothers. They all will go down as legends of comedy.

[grouchomagic]

As a professional Groucho impersonator, I have enjoyed Groucho and the brothers for over 50 years. Without a doubt, the greatest comedy team ever. Thanks, Professor Ludlow Bushmat

[thEannoyingE]

cool, did you ever have a chance to meet them?

[sander15]

Groucho isn't dead. He's in California waxing his surfboard with Bush's credibility and Lord he's enjoying the bush.

[jarretc]

Good stuff...just wish they would quit a) talking to Charlotte Chandler, who's a buffoon, and b) propagating the myth that Margaret Dumont didn't get the joke -- though, to be fair, Groucho pretended to believe that till his dying day.

[fantinlatourful]

@jarretc Charlotte Chandler - a buffoon??

[NailedBohemian]

thank you for uploading this.

[Jimvanhise]

Groucho had the misfortune to die about the same time as Elvis did. Every TV network did specials on the life of Elvis. Only one did an hour on Groucho, which was hosted by his friend Dick Cavett.

[heycorvus]

I was so mad at Elvis for that! Hardly any mention at all of Groucho.

[thefools]

great thanks.

[GiantRatSumatra]

Woo! I thought everyone had forgotten Groucho's 30 year anniversary.

[ALSmithey]

Sweeeeet...This will be my vlog for today. Thank you, davecurry!