For the life of me, can anyone tell me what was up with the "Do you carry tea-bags in your pocket?" question? I've googled it to success, read up on Dorthy, couldn't find anything, nor in Groucho's history about a tea-bag joke... so I'm a a loss... anyone?
@blupouncch Apparently Red Buttons carried tea bags around, or it may be some film reference of his. Dorothy Kilgallen made a reference to him after the tea-bag comment.
Best Groucho lines: (1) I never forget a face but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. (2) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (3)
Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. (4) I made a killing on Wall Street--I shot my broker. (5) Last night I shot an elephant in my Pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know. (6) I married your mother because I wanted children. Imagine my disappointment when you came along.
I just read Arthur Marx book, My Life with Groucho". He did this in everyday life. One day he was in his yard trimming his hedges. A lady puled up and asked "Oh Mr. Gardener, how much do you charge an hour?" He said I don't get any money, but the lady of the house lets me sleep with her".
btw, anybody who had been old enough to have seen "fun in hi skool" or "mr. green's reception" would have guessed groucho by his accent immediately. only the panel would have had to have been in their 70s or 80s to have seen them.
nobody was ever anywhere *near* as fast as groucho with the quick line. he was always instantly making witty remarks that most of us would take a *month* to think of, if we could at all.
Dick Cavett told a story about how Groucho was a serious depressive in real life. He said that Groucho needed one thing in his life and that was a Groucho to cheer him up and he was the only person who couldn't have one. He had his faults but I loved Groucho. You know he died three days after Elvis and so a his death never attracted as much publicity as the King of rock and roll but I know who I miss more. He was the funniest man to ever live.
Clearly Groucho succeeded in messing with Daly's head, because it's not very often that the host announces who the mystery guest is of his own accord.
John Davis was just great with this show. Kept everyone involved and the bannter was terrific. I remember asking my mom, pleading with her, to watch it every week it came on... And yes Groucho Marks was as good as it gets. I can only imagine what Thanksgiving dinner was like with that family!
@dinosammy1 Ya, and they smoked real tobacco instead of the crap in cigarettes these days. They smoked with class, with cigars and pipes, where you don't inhale, but taste the flavor of the smoke.
Try that will cigarettes these days and you will choke (unless you can't taste the toxins anymore).
Heard Alice Cooper (clever & witty guy) interviewed yesterday & he & Groucho were very good friends. Groucho would regularly hold dinner parties, after dinner every guest would be expected to perform for the rest. However you could only do something that you weren't used to doing, ie singers weren't allowed to sing etc.
He loved to take people out of their comfort zone.
@Bashimillar groucho was one of the few not shocked by alice. he said, hey, its vaudville. and loved it. and used to call alice on nights he couldn't sleep.
I remember reading a story by Jess Oppenheimer (who wrote for I Love Lucy) when he was dating one of the Marx Bros.' daughters & they all went to a Chinese restaurant in LA & when the time came for the bill, the old waiter added up the talley on an abacus. Groucho took it from him, shook it like a tamborine, and came up with a different total. He & the waiter (who was unsmiling) kept this up (with a different total by Groucho every time) until the patrons were in hysterics. Love that guy!
I think Mr. Daly gave it away. From the way I heard it, after Groucho said, "I take your job, you take mine", then Mr. Daly stated "Good deal, I'm Groucho Marx", then Arlene Francis exlaimed, "It's Groucho Marx!!!"
The funniest man in the history of comedy. Man what I wouldn't give to have met him in real life, bummer that I was only a year and a half when he passed away :/
I wonder what would happen if you stuck the Marxes, Stooges, Pythons, Charlie Chaplin, and Johnny Carson in a room toegether... oh my GOD I WANT THAT TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW! Cam you just IMAGINE Groucho, Moe, Cleese, and Carson trying to out-wit each other, or the slapstick battle between Harpo/Chico, Curly/Larry, and Chaplin... and all the other great moments... if there IS a heaven, this must be the greatest show in town...
@obiwanobiwan13 Once, Groucho was on The Tonight Show and instead of taking to Johnny, was talking to the very attractive woman who precded him. Johnny was somewhat irked and said to the woman "And say the secret word and Groucho will come over to your house". The look on Groucho's face (upset, shocked) was priceless, like he had been really one-upped. Maybe that is how it would be if the greatest comedic legends got together - utter mayhem, and I'm sure God would be thoroughly pleased too.
Groucho wore a toupee on You Bet Your Life, but after the show was over he went back and forth between wearing one and not wearing one. In the mid-late late 60's he wore a gaudy toupee on shows like Dick Cavett. In his final TV appearances he hid his baldness with some crazy hats and caps.
when groucho called tony randal stupid , that should have been the biggest clue that it could only be groucho who calls people stupid and get away with it.
The great GROUCHO on WHATS MY LINe the most famous nystery guest shot ever i was told. he was memoranle like the grandaddy of all panal shows was, IRRESPLACABLE. thanks for the memorys. tomK film tv historian.
Nobody could create comedy better then Groucho when having a so called mundane conversation with anybody. He soon controlled the tempo of every conversation. He was a genius at it! Only person ever to win a grammy for comedy as a game show host. When he started doing You Bet Your Life he thought his career was over to get downgraded to that status. Executives told Groucho the show was about him and not the quiz It was one the greatest shows ever. Nothing like it today,not even close.
@hajune Yes, it was a brilliant show. I have only ever seen it here on youtube. I was not a big Marx Bros. fan. Being born in another time period I thought that that humor was dated. When I saw "You Bet Your Life" I gained a whole new respect for Groucho.
@hajune Consider while he probably the funniest man who ever lived, he was a tragically sad person. To quote Dick Cavett, he needed a Groucho in his life and he was the only person who couldn't have one.
Hey Wkyken&all you wonderful GROUCHO fans,its TOMKES the biggest fan of WHAT MY LINE everRegarding the panlalists not guessing at 4.min rest assure tHEY knew.Grouchos accent keot slipping&they let him go on due to the laughs plus now get this..Liston to Groucho whisper to John Daly "I think they knew it was me" Of course they did.We all did WHAT A COMEDIAN what a panal show the best"17 yearsOh God I wish we had talent like this these days. Ill be back. I love it here.TOMKES tv film historian
@MrJim12341121 True. These clips make me relive the amazing legend of the 20th century Groucho Marx was, and sometimes I'd swear good Groucho is still alive.
wellch i got your e mail but i dont know what youre talking about. the groucho show here on WML is not fr rent. i got my episodes from the game show ch over the years. its still the best game show EVEr trust me i know and ill always will. thanks and long live this MEGAHIT tomkes film/tv historian
mistermastershafter yes there is GROUCHO as a panalost ij 59 on youtube wuith Colbert as a mystery guest. i got 500 episodes of this classic. its the finest gameshow EVER. witty urbane funny, sophistaced even with the great GROUCHO. one of a kind rest assure.MEGAHIT 17 years years. we need more shws like this from a bygone era. TOMKES film/tv historian
is anyone out there has any questions whatsoever regarding WHATS MY LINE feel free to contact me. Im a tv film historin but i knew also the panalists & John C Daly & i got tons of inside trade secrets of this grandaddy of tv gameshows. . Thanks. TOMKES a man who knows the tv and old films of yesrteryear.
9esterhero9 THE ANSWER MAN again knows. this is too easy. from this 1963 OCt the panalist (judge) wasnt Dick Clark but our old Odd Couple friend
& frequent panalist, TONY RANDALL . Tony was a panalist on&off since 1956 til the show ended in 67. I cherish this show and if you think Groucho is funny here, check out his 1959 panalist shot. you got to see HIM to believe him. this episode is one of the most famous mystery guest shots. Groucho without a toupee starting in 63.Thanks TOMKES historian
primelinelite i can answer your question why Daly threw all the cards over. HE GAVE UP. Didnt you hear him say I GIVE UP> The jig was up. thsts how funny GROUCHO was. i knew John Daly & the panal post 1967 and they enlightened me n secrets behind the tv panal show. this is prime example. many a time JD wiould would out of defeatismn throw the cards over signifying the END OF THE GAME .We need more shows & more geniuses like GROUCHO MARX trust me. thanks. TOMK the answer man
GROUCHO great As for the CIGAR a number of comedians smoked cigars but he was great n this the greatest of panal shows eVER I hve 500 episodes of WML . Im a film tv historian have kniwn 900 performers from 64 on. have my own website on great films&tv stsrs of yrsteryear. this is a classic scene from 1963. I LOVE THIS. GROUCHO&WHATS MY LINE what a combination. I knew Groucho. he was a gentleman cintrary to that wandering eye. god rest his soul.TOMK a man who knows comedians
No he rarely did that. Only if time was pressing or the panel was obviously stumped, or in this case, completely lost control because Groucho was Groucho!!!
"It's exhilarating to have Groucho show up on the program that you're supposed to be running, because you stop running it the minute he gets in." John Charles Daly, a reporter / anchorman who managed to be ABC's VP News & Public Affairs, clearly expressed the fears of all Groucho's TV peers.
In 1959 Groucho was kicked off the air for 2 weeks on his You Bet Your Life program. He asked the contestent if he was married. "Yes " was the reply. He then asked how many kids do you have. "13" was the reply. He then asked why so many. The embarrassed contestent said " Because I love my wife". Groucho in a classic retort replied. " Well I love my cigar, but I take it out every once in a while" . You did not say that on tv in 1959. When he said it the audience laughed non stop for 10 minutes.
Hmm ... unless there was another such exchange, that ain't the way I remember it. A woman was on and told Groucho that she had some large # of kids. He asked where her husband works, and she answered. He then said "Imagine if he worked around the house!"
Does anybody have a video of this? I'm nowhere near old enough to have seen it the first time around, and at least two biographies I've read say this story is apocryphal.
The real story is that when the constestant replied, "Because I love my wife." Groucho's lightning-fast riposte was "So does everybody else. She is a fucking total slut and a cunty whore!"
Groucho did get one line by the censors in a movie. He was leaving on his honeymoon and his new wife asks him "Are you sure you have everything?" And Groucho answers "Well I've never had any complaints before." Red Skelton got a similar line by the censors in "The Fuller Brush Man." although you wonder how. His girlfiend is caressing his hair and says "You have such lovely curly hair." And Skelton replies "Oh Yeah? But if you keep doing that you're going to straighten it out."
Be careful and put your facts together: the whole incident was taped but never aired. As Groucho made chills run down all his producers' spines because of his red-hot racy one-liners, every YBYL show was taped and censored before being aired since its radio days. Groucho said this never happened, but his ghost writer / biographer disagrees.
Odd, October 13th was a Sunday, according to a google search. I thought they did these on Fridays or Saturdays.
Madizzle90 6 days ago
@Madizzle90 sunday's at 1030pm from 1950 til 1967.
thefools 5 days ago
@thefools Welp, that explains a lot.
Madizzle90 5 days ago
i think the talk show host said mr marx name before they knew who it was listen after 4:12 to 4:20
grizzleybearz282004 2 weeks ago
who was the alternate sponsor?
MerleOberon 3 weeks ago
Groucho was the master. No one had wit like that.
Earthfart 1 month ago
Tony Randall got unusually quiet once he knew it was Groucho. I think he was in awe.
greggh 2 months ago
Groucho had hair 15 yrs. later at the Johnny Carson roast.
procommenter 2 months ago
how they know german ?
marcjusz 2 months ago
@marcjusz John Daly was born in South Africa. He knew Afrikaans, which has some German. Groucho probably knew Yiddish, which is somewhat German.
xander7ful 1 week ago
He says its groucho and let's it out of the bag! then the lady says his name...i love groucho...funniest guy ever!
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AndrewGilmore1986 2 months ago
For the life of me, can anyone tell me what was up with the "Do you carry tea-bags in your pocket?" question? I've googled it to success, read up on Dorthy, couldn't find anything, nor in Groucho's history about a tea-bag joke... so I'm a a loss... anyone?
blupouncch 3 months ago
@blupouncch Apparently Red Buttons carried tea bags around, or it may be some film reference of his. Dorothy Kilgallen made a reference to him after the tea-bag comment.
GrandMaster2350 3 months ago
@GrandMaster2350 I think it's a film reference. I think Red Buttons was in a movie at the time where he was a sailor.
xander7ful 1 week ago
@xander7ful Yes, in the 1950s Red had played a sailor in Sayonara, for which he won an Oscar.
themredweirdoshow 5 days ago
Best Groucho lines: (1) I never forget a face but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. (2) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (3)
Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. (4) I made a killing on Wall Street--I shot my broker. (5) Last night I shot an elephant in my Pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know. (6) I married your mother because I wanted children. Imagine my disappointment when you came along.
TheTubePortal 3 months ago
I just read Arthur Marx book, My Life with Groucho". He did this in everyday life. One day he was in his yard trimming his hedges. A lady puled up and asked "Oh Mr. Gardener, how much do you charge an hour?" He said I don't get any money, but the lady of the house lets me sleep with her".
Mozart1220 3 months ago
Tomorrow is Groucho's Birthday 10/02 same as mine!
DrakeGrad 4 months ago
@DrakeGrad yes... he just turned 121 years old....
VivaLasFilipinas2121 3 months ago
The reason they don't have people like this anymore is because they died.
leavetheherbitalone 4 months ago
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
Groucho Marx.
Uncrazamatic 4 months ago
"Mr. & Mrs. John Smith" hahahahahaha!
jdepps13 5 months ago
In a battle between Groucho and the Joker, I wonder who would win?
Kulumuli 5 months ago
than you are stupid hahaha
DebraSandman92 5 months ago
funny you do find that alot of comediens are sad clowns in real life? funny though
whirlyfan 5 months ago
so better than TV shows of nowadays which are only reality TV so boring and vulgar ! That was entertainement !
tousamis1 6 months ago 16
btw, anybody who had been old enough to have seen "fun in hi skool" or "mr. green's reception" would have guessed groucho by his accent immediately. only the panel would have had to have been in their 70s or 80s to have seen them.
srw6666 6 months ago 2
nobody was ever anywhere *near* as fast as groucho with the quick line. he was always instantly making witty remarks that most of us would take a *month* to think of, if we could at all.
srw6666 6 months ago 15
No one else will ever match Groucho's combination of wit and intelligence. What a great man.
cleancab 6 months ago 4
I think Chico was a mystery guest on this show.
WWEChampion16 7 months ago
"Say da secret woid and pick up an extra 50 dollars."
Yes, Groucho was a true legend . The world could use a few more like him!
DeedsResearcher 7 months ago
What did he write on the board?
yay1234567100 7 months ago
@yay1234567100 He wrote "Mr. and Mrs. John Smith".
DeedsResearcher 7 months ago
@DeedsResearcher i nocticed, thats funny
jedispaz2002 7 months ago
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DeedsResearcher 7 months ago
Dick Cavett told a story about how Groucho was a serious depressive in real life. He said that Groucho needed one thing in his life and that was a Groucho to cheer him up and he was the only person who couldn't have one. He had his faults but I loved Groucho. You know he died three days after Elvis and so a his death never attracted as much publicity as the King of rock and roll but I know who I miss more. He was the funniest man to ever live.
zapkvr 7 months ago 4
Clearly Groucho succeeded in messing with Daly's head, because it's not very often that the host announces who the mystery guest is of his own accord.
Iritscen 8 months ago
that one guy at the table sounds like elmer fudd lol
stk931 8 months ago
Ha! Classic Groucho! Has to upstage everyone!
sdgakatbk 9 months ago
"This was a wasted evening" We're still enjoying it almost a hundred years later. Nothing went to waste there.
takineko 9 months ago 5
Haha - Mr. And Mrs Smith!!!
ihatespam2 9 months ago
My first time seeing him bald
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LoveayTheolaaa386 10 months ago
Obviously..Groucho...wasn't going to sign his name on that blackboard.
TheStanbabe 10 months ago
Reminds me of the time Drew Carey said "Lets start the bid on this $1095 BBQ set
AntiTroll28 10 months ago
"Do you ever make any after-dinner speeches, in the course of your operation?"
"Yeah, only before dinner."
-Classic
ReCkLeSs248 10 months ago
John Davis was just great with this show. Kept everyone involved and the bannter was terrific. I remember asking my mom, pleading with her, to watch it every week it came on... And yes Groucho Marks was as good as it gets. I can only imagine what Thanksgiving dinner was like with that family!
mgwilliams1000 10 months ago
"rider haggard"....ride her haggard....hilariously quick and naughty.
misterusufruct 1 year ago 2
@misterusufruct Rider Haggard?
I thought he said "Bride of Haggis".
Mu91c14n 8 months ago
This is the first time I've had the privilege of seeing Groucho Marx. I'm stunned at the wit of this guy. Legend.
DaveScott69 1 year ago 2
This is great...I love these old shows where eveyone can smoke anytime anywhere...What a loser society we have now
dinosammy1 1 year ago
@dinosammy1 Ya, and they smoked real tobacco instead of the crap in cigarettes these days. They smoked with class, with cigars and pipes, where you don't inhale, but taste the flavor of the smoke.
Try that will cigarettes these days and you will choke (unless you can't taste the toxins anymore).
nilok7 11 months ago
Kilgallen: "I don't want to interrupt..."... LOL
ClarasBeau 1 year ago
I've got some red buttons, but you can't see them!
TheNewTerrific20 1 year ago 4
How many languages does John speak?? I know he speaks both German and french
pixi2nv 1 year ago
@pixi2nv Apparently some Russian as well. At the end of the German 'conversation' he says не понимаю (ne ponimayu - I don't understand).
UltimaGecko 11 months ago
@UltimaGecko When does he say that? I'm Russian.
evildevilgirl02 11 months ago
@evildevilgirl02 about 1:40 (Groucho responds with "Das versteh ich nicht" (i.e. "I don't understand" in German).
UltimaGecko 11 months ago
Yowzers! Fascinating to see Groucho without his toupee! And we find out John Daley spoke German! THANKS for posting this hilarious clip! CHEERS! :-)
JubalCalif 1 year ago
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"then you are stupid" hilarious
KatsuDe 1 year ago
I would have guessed this in seconds.
levanyzzuf 1 year ago
How many languages does John Daly speak?
OnCloudNine62 1 year ago 3
Heard Alice Cooper (clever & witty guy) interviewed yesterday & he & Groucho were very good friends. Groucho would regularly hold dinner parties, after dinner every guest would be expected to perform for the rest. However you could only do something that you weren't used to doing, ie singers weren't allowed to sing etc.
He loved to take people out of their comfort zone.
Bashimillar 1 year ago 2
@Bashimillar groucho was one of the few not shocked by alice. he said, hey, its vaudville. and loved it. and used to call alice on nights he couldn't sleep.
ajlee35 6 months ago 2
His voice falters for a second at 2:44
ShivecianMagnet 1 year ago
I remember reading a story by Jess Oppenheimer (who wrote for I Love Lucy) when he was dating one of the Marx Bros.' daughters & they all went to a Chinese restaurant in LA & when the time came for the bill, the old waiter added up the talley on an abacus. Groucho took it from him, shook it like a tamborine, and came up with a different total. He & the waiter (who was unsmiling) kept this up (with a different total by Groucho every time) until the patrons were in hysterics. Love that guy!
wlhardy 1 year ago 3
@wlhardy Great story; thanks for that!
MDKE114 1 year ago
You can tell Tony Randall had a lot of respect for him.
JKNovoa 1 year ago
He never stops! My GOD, he's nonstop! He's a bulldozer of comedy! The most amazing, astounding, unstoppable comedian ever.
BrooklynJackBlue 1 year ago
@BrooklynJackBlue Funny enough, his son made the same complaint about him: "He never turns off."
LouisLambert 1 year ago
He mentions “Memoirs of a Mangy Lover.” I have a paperback copy of that book -- somewhere.
MFPhoto1 1 year ago
They had to be pretending not to know who it was. First, didn't they smell the cigar?
valentine0591 1 year ago
"Son of Groucho" was a great book written by his son Arthur. Not sure if it is still in print, but if it is, go out and get it!
TheBlueyedblond 1 year ago
Irene Tedrow frequented the TOMMY'S restaurant in L A...she always had yellow cadilacs and she was always the nicest person
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I think Mr. Daly gave it away. From the way I heard it, after Groucho said, "I take your job, you take mine", then Mr. Daly stated "Good deal, I'm Groucho Marx", then Arlene Francis exlaimed, "It's Groucho Marx!!!"
Corridoamor 1 year ago 4
The funniest man in the history of comedy. Man what I wouldn't give to have met him in real life, bummer that I was only a year and a half when he passed away :/
filmidioten 1 year ago 5
Then you are stupid... why you make such fuzz about it
juanitomp 1 year ago
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Corridoamor 1 year ago
Groucho was ticked at Bennett Serf for not having a copy of his book to promo.
I would be too.
berezin99 1 year ago
You could tell it was Groucho after the second comment. lol
thot4 1 year ago
The scent of his cigar should have provided a hint.
ANewNormalcy 1 year ago
john smith I love it.
dagwood39 1 year ago
I wonder what would happen if you stuck the Marxes, Stooges, Pythons, Charlie Chaplin, and Johnny Carson in a room toegether... oh my GOD I WANT THAT TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW! Cam you just IMAGINE Groucho, Moe, Cleese, and Carson trying to out-wit each other, or the slapstick battle between Harpo/Chico, Curly/Larry, and Chaplin... and all the other great moments... if there IS a heaven, this must be the greatest show in town...
obiwanobiwan13 1 year ago
@obiwanobiwan13 Once, Groucho was on The Tonight Show and instead of taking to Johnny, was talking to the very attractive woman who precded him. Johnny was somewhat irked and said to the woman "And say the secret word and Groucho will come over to your house". The look on Groucho's face (upset, shocked) was priceless, like he had been really one-upped. Maybe that is how it would be if the greatest comedic legends got together - utter mayhem, and I'm sure God would be thoroughly pleased too.
7ov9 1 year ago
@obiwanobiwan13
John Cleese vs. Groucho Marx.
Just the thought of it makes my sides hurt in anticipation of the hilarity that would ensue.
KaliumMusic 1 year ago 2
It makes me sad to know I will never walk on this Earth at the same time as Groucho Marx.
ConkadeWonko 1 year ago
Groucho wore a toupee on You Bet Your Life, but after the show was over he went back and forth between wearing one and not wearing one. In the mid-late late 60's he wore a gaudy toupee on shows like Dick Cavett. In his final TV appearances he hid his baldness with some crazy hats and caps.
MegaObserver1 1 year ago
when groucho called tony randal stupid , that should have been the biggest clue that it could only be groucho who calls people stupid and get away with it.
cirosuperiore 1 year ago
Groucho 's Comedy Whether With The Marx Brothers Or By Himself Still Are Time Lee !!!!
AceDynasty79 1 year ago
The great GROUCHO on WHATS MY LINe the most famous nystery guest shot ever i was told. he was memoranle like the grandaddy of all panal shows was, IRRESPLACABLE. thanks for the memorys. tomK film tv historian.
tomkes100 1 year ago
Nobody could create comedy better then Groucho when having a so called mundane conversation with anybody. He soon controlled the tempo of every conversation. He was a genius at it! Only person ever to win a grammy for comedy as a game show host. When he started doing You Bet Your Life he thought his career was over to get downgraded to that status. Executives told Groucho the show was about him and not the quiz It was one the greatest shows ever. Nothing like it today,not even close.
hajune 1 year ago 20
@hajune Yes, it was a brilliant show. I have only ever seen it here on youtube. I was not a big Marx Bros. fan. Being born in another time period I thought that that humor was dated. When I saw "You Bet Your Life" I gained a whole new respect for Groucho.
Indygoguy 1 year ago
@hajune Consider while he probably the funniest man who ever lived, he was a tragically sad person. To quote Dick Cavett, he needed a Groucho in his life and he was the only person who couldn't have one.
zapkvr 3 months ago
Funniest American in show biz.
beatlesatshea 1 year ago 3
@beatlesatshea For me personaly I think his brother Harpo outshined ALL his brothers. But each one had talent.
missgibbdreamer 1 year ago
The one the only GROUCHO! BRAVO!
Vicmarstar 1 year ago 2
is that a kellogg's add above the sign board?
bad0or 1 year ago
"You want me to leave?Well this was a waste of an evening"..lol
Lennon4life1968 1 year ago 4
Groucho onviously didn't know much geography--he said Salzburg was in Germany, rather than in Austria.
rucksplash08 2 years ago
Well, Austria was annexed by nazi Germany so at one point it was ;-)
PompaTG 1 year ago
Salzburg is located on the Germany/Austrian border you know?
Ecksntrick8 1 year ago
Making that one mistake about Salzburg certainly doesn't necessarily mean someone "obviously didn't know much geography"
danconia3873 1 year ago
Hey Wkyken&all you wonderful GROUCHO fans,its TOMKES the biggest fan of WHAT MY LINE everRegarding the panlalists not guessing at 4.min rest assure tHEY knew.Grouchos accent keot slipping&they let him go on due to the laughs plus now get this..Liston to Groucho whisper to John Daly "I think they knew it was me" Of course they did.We all did WHAT A COMEDIAN what a panal show the best"17 yearsOh God I wish we had talent like this these days. Ill be back. I love it here.TOMKES tv film historian
tomkes100 2 years ago 2
yes, I could listen to him all day long too--what a super quick wit he was!
Georgie1954 2 years ago 4
I am stunned that a panel as bright as these four STILL didn't know who it was at the 4:00 mark. It was hilarious!
wkyken 2 years ago
@wkyken
I think everybody know as soon maistro
Groucho Marx open hi's mouth
our they smelling hi's ciggar.
I donth know who wanth to innterupt a second off that splended genious.
Sorry fore dyslektiv SwedAngloAmerikan lingvestik.
And dear friend's
"Always look on the bright side off life",
tjallew 1 year ago
Gott, that was so funny!!!!!and John starting talking German ROFL!!priceless :) and what a group of talented, classy people.
classilyette 2 years ago
Groucho was a true legend. They dont have people like this anymore. It is a shame he is no longer with us. RIP Groucho
MrJim12341121 2 years ago 71
@MrJim12341121 True. These clips make me relive the amazing legend of the 20th century Groucho Marx was, and sometimes I'd swear good Groucho is still alive.
Pitumisio 2 years ago 2
@MrJim12341121 ITS A SHAME SOME PEOPLE CANT LIVE FOREVER
mavivirgie 2 years ago 4
I could listen to Groucho bullshit all day long. So entertaining. He makes it look very easy.
foodstooge 2 years ago 6
As soon as he walked in with that cigar they would have smelled the smoke and that would have been a giant clue.
MollyMate1 2 years ago
The cigar was his prop. It wasn't lit before his identity was revealed.
TomBarristerX 2 years ago 2
@TomBarristerX
Hi Tom, check when Groucho first sat down. He blew the smoke up into the air. His cigar was certainly lit....sorry to contradict.
jimick1 2 years ago
@MollyMate1 Either him or George Burns. Both puffed those cigars.
missgibbdreamer 1 year ago
Ahh bless him Groucho with his great German Accent-act , that he became famous with before apearing in his first picture!!!
NaturalBornHedonist 2 years ago 4
"Not if he can sit down or lie down!" LOL!
senoramariposa 2 years ago 4
wellch i got your e mail but i dont know what youre talking about. the groucho show here on WML is not fr rent. i got my episodes from the game show ch over the years. its still the best game show EVEr trust me i know and ill always will. thanks and long live this MEGAHIT tomkes film/tv historian
tomkes100 2 years ago
I love when Groucho and Daly start bantering in German, priceless!
ShawDAMAN 2 years ago 3
mistermastershafter yes there is GROUCHO as a panalost ij 59 on youtube wuith Colbert as a mystery guest. i got 500 episodes of this classic. its the finest gameshow EVER. witty urbane funny, sophistaced even with the great GROUCHO. one of a kind rest assure.MEGAHIT 17 years years. we need more shws like this from a bygone era. TOMKES film/tv historian
tomkes100 2 years ago
Groucho was and is the man. If there has ever been a quicker wit -- anybody as lightning quick right off the top of his head, I've yet to see him.
I think there's a clip some place of him on here as a guest panelist, and it was just non stop laughs, even for the other panelists.
MisterMasterShafter 2 years ago 97
Colbert isn't bad. He's the only one that was funny during the writers strike. But Groucho is one and only, that's for sure.
dajcei 2 years ago 4
@MisterMasterShafter I have to agree. No one has been better off the cuff..
frank47hammer 1 year ago
@MisterMasterShafter Bobby the brain Heenan was also sharp with the wit
nexivdr 7 months ago
they cheated
toadenk 2 years ago
This is just great! He's so hilarious!
ClassicRockStays116 2 years ago
is anyone out there has any questions whatsoever regarding WHATS MY LINE feel free to contact me. Im a tv film historin but i knew also the panalists & John C Daly & i got tons of inside trade secrets of this grandaddy of tv gameshows. . Thanks. TOMKES a man who knows the tv and old films of yesrteryear.
tomkes100 2 years ago
@tomkes100 -- I looked on Blockbuster website to see if it is for rent. Sadly , it is not...at least NOT on the dotcom.
Wellch 2 years ago
9esterhero9 THE ANSWER MAN again knows. this is too easy. from this 1963 OCt the panalist (judge) wasnt Dick Clark but our old Odd Couple friend
& frequent panalist, TONY RANDALL . Tony was a panalist on&off since 1956 til the show ended in 67. I cherish this show and if you think Groucho is funny here, check out his 1959 panalist shot. you got to see HIM to believe him. this episode is one of the most famous mystery guest shots. Groucho without a toupee starting in 63.Thanks TOMKES historian
tomkes100 2 years ago
Groucho got more and more wit about him as his head went proggresively clearer... if you know what I mean.
AJRoman 2 years ago
At 1.33 does John Daly say "Russian" or "red" (I know at the time they were one and the same)
tabitha501 2 years ago
he says Russian
SwitchbladeIntensity 2 years ago
He starre in the The Mikado! He certainly is a singer!
eheaven3 2 years ago
primelinelite i can answer your question why Daly threw all the cards over. HE GAVE UP. Didnt you hear him say I GIVE UP> The jig was up. thsts how funny GROUCHO was. i knew John Daly & the panal post 1967 and they enlightened me n secrets behind the tv panal show. this is prime example. many a time JD wiould would out of defeatismn throw the cards over signifying the END OF THE GAME .We need more shows & more geniuses like GROUCHO MARX trust me. thanks. TOMK the answer man
tomkes100 2 years ago
Does anyone recognize who the judge is at 2:33 ? I know him but I cant remember for the life of me!? I feel like saying Dick Clark, but......
9esther09 2 years ago
It's Tony Randall.
blumoon531 2 years ago
thnx, to you & tomkes
9esther09 2 years ago
GROUCHO great As for the CIGAR a number of comedians smoked cigars but he was great n this the greatest of panal shows eVER I hve 500 episodes of WML . Im a film tv historian have kniwn 900 performers from 64 on. have my own website on great films&tv stsrs of yrsteryear. this is a classic scene from 1963. I LOVE THIS. GROUCHO&WHATS MY LINE what a combination. I knew Groucho. he was a gentleman cintrary to that wandering eye. god rest his soul.TOMK a man who knows comedians
tomkes100 2 years ago
Groucho for life
Faggianotti 2 years ago 3
Thanks for posting this. Groucho is fantastic!
CleoTheSim 2 years ago 2
They would have to know just by the cigar smell.
nicolevalentino1 2 years ago 6
Agreed! And his voice really wasn't disguised
ARoundOfApplause 2 years ago
why did Daily flip all the cards before all the guesses were made?
primelimelite 2 years ago 2
This has been flagged as spam show
time ran out?
RunnersPost 2 years ago
He does that when they are all out of time for the segment.
Remember, its live TV back then.
Tigerpaw10 2 years ago
He consistently did that when the panel had used what he considered enough time trying to determine the guest.
kramerpr 2 years ago
No he rarely did that. Only if time was pressing or the panel was obviously stumped, or in this case, completely lost control because Groucho was Groucho!!!
HowardOfOz3565 2 years ago
always has a smart butt come back.... yes
cheyenne86 2 years ago
you mean smart ass
slaytallicdethrax 2 years ago
Groucho is so funny
cheyenne86 2 years ago 5
"It's exhilarating to have Groucho show up on the program that you're supposed to be running, because you stop running it the minute he gets in." John Charles Daly, a reporter / anchorman who managed to be ABC's VP News & Public Affairs, clearly expressed the fears of all Groucho's TV peers.
Pitumisio 2 years ago 43
Groucho never met a Vlasic pickle he didn't like....
nonsuchfabio 2 years ago
fantastic and hilariuos :D
Shawshank23 2 years ago 2
What a badass: "Yes, out the 18th, and back again the 19th." HAHAHA
FightDPower 2 years ago 5
Is the panalist at 2:17 Tony Randall?
Because it looks and sounds like him
swingindoorspro 2 years ago
Yes it is
myturbnzdirty 2 years ago
yes, the host even says so.
llseeder 2 years ago
Yes, I didn't hear that the first time
swingindoorspro 2 years ago
it was said kind of quickly and there was talk going on above it.
llseeder 2 years ago
Yes that's Tony Randall alright. I also wonder was the first panellist the inspiration Elmer Fudd's voice in Loony Tunes!
RinceBox 2 years ago
hahaha "this has been a wasted evening".. great ending
manonmaniac 2 years ago 3
he looked upset wit the host lol
palleagle1 2 years ago
Are you a writer?
- Rider? Ja, ride 'er haggard, zey call me!
Are you known as an after-dinner speaker?
- Only before dinner!
lolz
LordlyJeremy 2 years ago
Man! His crazy hair is gone.
LFirstbasema 2 years ago
Wish he was still around!
: )
seanburke100 2 years ago 9
Wach ya Say...haa.
What ya talking about.
His got red buttons...hummmm I'm not gonna pass.
OMG... this is terrific!
laggie24 2 years ago 3
I know hajune's story. I think it's pretty funny if true--even if it isn't!
ipmoic 2 years ago
In 1959 Groucho was kicked off the air for 2 weeks on his You Bet Your Life program. He asked the contestent if he was married. "Yes " was the reply. He then asked how many kids do you have. "13" was the reply. He then asked why so many. The embarrassed contestent said " Because I love my wife". Groucho in a classic retort replied. " Well I love my cigar, but I take it out every once in a while" . You did not say that on tv in 1959. When he said it the audience laughed non stop for 10 minutes.
hajune 2 years ago 10
Hmm ... unless there was another such exchange, that ain't the way I remember it. A woman was on and told Groucho that she had some large # of kids. He asked where her husband works, and she answered. He then said "Imagine if he worked around the house!"
1borito 2 years ago 6
Does anybody have a video of this? I'm nowhere near old enough to have seen it the first time around, and at least two biographies I've read say this story is apocryphal.
dfrioli 2 years ago
This story has become true by its constant repetition. Can anyone provide the orignial. Anyone?
cochranexyz 2 years ago
The "cigar" line is debunked on snopes-dot-com.
1borito 2 years ago 8
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The real story is that when the constestant replied, "Because I love my wife." Groucho's lightning-fast riposte was "So does everybody else. She is a fucking total slut and a cunty whore!"
ootahee 2 years ago
Groucho did get one line by the censors in a movie. He was leaving on his honeymoon and his new wife asks him "Are you sure you have everything?" And Groucho answers "Well I've never had any complaints before." Red Skelton got a similar line by the censors in "The Fuller Brush Man." although you wonder how. His girlfiend is caressing his hair and says "You have such lovely curly hair." And Skelton replies "Oh Yeah? But if you keep doing that you're going to straighten it out."
smokeysport2 2 years ago
Be careful and put your facts together: the whole incident was taped but never aired. As Groucho made chills run down all his producers' spines because of his red-hot racy one-liners, every YBYL show was taped and censored before being aired since its radio days. Groucho said this never happened, but his ghost writer / biographer disagrees.
Pitumisio 2 years ago
"This was a wasted evening."
The guy was funny.
jx14aby 2 years ago 2