Marx Brothers' Marijuana Grouch Bag
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Uploaded by FriendsOfCannabis on Sep 29, 2010
In a 1959 interview on BBC TV's Showtime, Chico Marx was asked how his brother Groucho got his name. Referring to the times when marijuana was legal and the Marx Brothers were a Vaudeville act (around 1920), he replied, "We used to wear a little bag around our neck, called a Grouch bag. In this bag we would keep our pennies, some marbles, a couple of pieces of candy, a little marijuana, whatever we could get...(laughter from the audience)... because, you know, we were studying to be musicians (big smile to the crowd). So that's where Groucho got his name." The clip, from the 1993 documentary The Unknown Marx Brothers from Winstar Home Video
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the usa's censor would say this interview is one toke over the line
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This fatty goes out to Chico and Groucho.
May they toke in peace.
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one person is named "margaret dumont"
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I think it was okay to say that on TV in England, but not the US.
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LOL Groucho's got the bag! Let's smoke him!
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awesome clip. what talent ... and now we know why :)
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well hooray for captain spalding!
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@appledeveloperweb135 "It's genie back in the BOTTLE," homie. Sounds like you've had a bottle of SOMETHING yourself, pal.
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Absolutely Delightful... to see that sweet smile on Chico's face... The straights managed to get the genii back in to the bottom not many years later. This time it isn't going to happen again. Free geniis everywhere. A super great part of history. Love it and anyone who doesn't is a likely serious threat to all geniis as well as theirself....
Laurence of Lancelot
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I would've loved to blaze up with Harpo then sit there in awe while he played Teenage wasteland on the harp.
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Marijuana...
Now in nickel, dime and grouch. :D
Boricua2k 9 months ago 16
I remember seeing the full interview a couple years ago, then when I went to look for it again, the only version I could find had this part edited out of it. Thanks for uploading this. tho it would be great if the full interview was available in its entirety
dougcapehart 1 year ago 10