Groucho Marx Last Show

Groucho Marx Last Show

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• billy
• cosby

[Lockemeister]

I don't think the commentator knows what he is talking about. Obviously this routine between Cosby and Groucho was mostly worked out beforehand. The way they greeted each other, a la "The Cocoanuts" was obviously worked out beforehand. Groucho seems to like and respect Bill Cosby. If he didn't why would he bother to go on his show in the first place. The way Cosby ontroduced Groucho as the characters, that's how Groucho acted. He was in character. It's a rehearsed routine. DUH!

[JLogic72]

This is not Groucho's last TV appearance. His final was on the Bob Hope Special, with George Burns.

[ConfusedSponge]

Year?

[MIKECNW]

@gilgamess I wonder why it failed?

TV Party.com claims it was sceduled opposite of Monday Night Football but since that is only for a few months, I can't see why that would have been the main reason.

[rajinirulez]

bill cosby at gd pysique.,he is hot!

[tschrempvideo]

Groucho gots dat don't give a fuck swag.

[leafyutube]

Two guys who showed you can be funny without cursing or being vulgar.

[yryriza]

Wow. 2 legends!

[felixjazzage]

@purvicide

Yes, in 1972, the Cos was all bent out of shape by some stray movie routines from 1929 & 1930. Seriously, it's not as if Groucho were part of "Amos and Andy" or "Mack & Moran." It wasn't the main part of the Marx's shtick by any means. If you had a time machine and went back to that era, you'd find that that sort of minstrel imagery was fairly common in a lot of media.

[gilgamess]

From "The New Bill Cosby Show" (1972). I saw this when it was first broadcast and this is the first time I have seen this since. I remember this, because the opening dancers/singers sang "Hooray for Captain Spaulding". Usually the show started with the theme and one of the dancers saying something like, "...and here he is, William H. (and the "H" stands for Hamhocks) Cosby! Not the greatest of shows, but at least we got Cosby and a bit more Groucho. Thanks!

[TheTubePortal]

@Lockemeister Yes, I agree that it was obviously rehearsed. In fact, if you watch Groucho's eyes he is reading from a cue card on a few occasions. He was almost 83 here (it was 1973) and had already had his first stroke so he was not as quick on his feet. Unfortunately for Cosby fans however it was indeed written in one of Groucho's biographies that he did not care for Cosby. Let me add that IMHO George Schlatter's comments were not only disrespectful, but also unfunny and totally inaccurate.

[purvicide]

Given the amount of Jim Crow imagery found in the Marx Brothers' films ("Who dat man," anyone?), it's amazing that Cosby would want to see past all that for the humor. Gotta give Mr. Jell-O Kodak Pepsi some props.