Expert Marx Man

Gabe Kaplan knows Groucho, and he's bringing him back to life on stage.

"...called him Julius, but to the world he was Groucho...."

Oct. 8, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Frank Ferrante's Groucho

Groucho lives in this filming of Ferrante's one man show

"...There's an old story about Groucho Marx. One day, when the Marx Brothers were still..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Josh Frank Writes Himself Into the History of the Marx Bros.

There ain't no sanity clause

"...honked car horn, the blaring trademark blast of the Marx Bros. Anytime there was a marathon of their chaotic..."

April 5, 2019 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Book Reviews

Southerners, Strange Foreigners, and Unabashed Perverts

"...Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marxby Stefan..."

June 2, 2000 Books Feature by Marc Savlov

Play It Again, Sam

All About Eve (1950)

"...D: Leo McCarey; with Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx, Margaret Dumont...."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

All Over Creation: Two-Stepping With Lyndon

To play historical figures like LBJ and Groucho, actors ought to dance with them

"...What do Lyndon Johnson and Groucho Marx have in common?..."

Aug. 10, 2012 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Duck Soup

A sublime, Surrealist comedy from the Marx Brothers, in which Groucho plays the new dictator-for-life of tiny Freedonia who declares war on a whim on neighboring Sylvania.

"...DUCK SOUPD: Leo McCarey; with the Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres. War and..."

April 19, 2002 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

Shine

"...D: Edward Buzzell (1939) with Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, Eve Arden..."

July 11, 1997 Screens Feature

Duck Soup (1933)

Four Marx Brothers

"...Hail, hail Freedonia! As Zeppo Marx's final screen appearance, 1933's Duck Soup was the last..."

May 17, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

I've Had a Wonderful Evening ...

Marx Brothers Month at the San Antonio Street Cafe

"...serves to point out the timeless relevance of Chico Marx's foul-weather non sequitur...."

June 30, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The True Value of a Seven-Cent Nickle

"...Funny Farm; it’s quite another not to like the Marx Brothers. That’s beyond my comprehension. I can understand going..."

Oct. 14, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Make Someone Happy – Someone Else, Because Chances Are It’ll Never Be You

Jimmy Durante will bring us together

"...to pinpoint exactly what my problem is with the Marx Brothers and Kaufman combined. I’m not so thick-headed as..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Hightower Report: What Does Trumponomics Actually Amount To?

Breaking down the Donald's economic plan

"...As Groucho Marx said, "To know if a man is honest,..."

Sept. 9, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Legend of Hercules

Kellan Lutz muscles his way into classical mythology.

"...is the actress so featured. Can’t help but paraphrase Groucho Marx’s famous reaction to Victor Mature in Samson and..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Forgotten Radical

Thornton's plays are Wilder than you might remember

"...as Francis Ferguson wrote, the 'marriage of Plato and Groucho Marx.' I'm not sure anyone knows who Groucho Marx..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Over Her Dead Body

In this DOA romantic comedy, Eva Longoria Parker plays a ghost who haunts her former fiancé-to-be when it's time for him to move on.

"...a huff (or a minute and a huff, as Groucho Marx would say) to demand something new and fresh...."

Feb. 1, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Legends

"...comedy writer for talk shows, working for Jack Paar, Groucho Marx, and Johnny Carson, before attempting his own career..."

March 24, 2006 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

Postscripts

Why a local representative of Random House has the most popular garage in Austin among a certain segment of book industry insiders.

"...garage affixed to the wall is a poster of Groucho Marx promoting Stefan Kanfer's biography, Groucho: The Life and..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

"...aging, Jewish, pseudo-intellectual who once stole a page from Groucho Marx's mammoth catalogue of insecurities by proclaiming, “I wouldn't..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Duck Soup

"...Directed by: Leo McCarey. Starring: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx and Margaret..."

June 30, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Smilla's Sense of Snow

"...film simply has too much to work with. As Groucho Marx would say, it's not that the film is..."

March 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Pest

"...this kind of humor well over the years, from Groucho Marx to Robin Williams, have succeeded largely because they..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

Nacogdoches has more history in its little finger than most other Texas cities have in all of their city limits

"...of the stories about the old Nacogdoches involved the Marx Brothers before their movie careers. Performing at the vaudeville..."

July 20, 2007 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Turns the Tables on Comedy Connoisseur Dick Cavett

The veteran talk-show host matters because he took the art of being funny seriously

"...Groucho Marx. Lucille Ball. Bob Hope. Dick Gregory. Mort Sahl...."

March 9, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Scanlines

"...Ever wanted to see Groucho Marx puff a fattie with John Phillip Law? How..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Screens Feature

“Best of Austin” Winner Avery Moore Isn’t Kidding Around

"Hey man, this is for you"

"...me forever. I used to do an impression of Groucho Marx when I was like 7. I mean, he's..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

Family History Gives Clifton Collins Jr. the Role of a Lifetime in Jockey

Director Clint Bentley gives the actor the inside track

"...grandfather, who was in movies with John Wayne and Groucho Marx." [inset-1-right]..."

Oct. 22, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, October 9-15

"...having fun you are doing something wrong," said comedian Groucho Marx. He was exaggerating so as to drive home..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Column by Rob Brezsny

Ha-Ha-Hitler: The Importance of Mocking Nazis in Jojo Rabbit

Taika Waititi, Stephen Merchant dissect hate in anti-Nazi satire

"...I always think about this letter that Groucho Marx wrote when his daughter went to a Beverly..."

Oct. 25, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy Review: Cavett on Comedy With Dave Hill

Dick Cavett's fave talk-show moments and friendship with Ali

"...Dick Cavett was friends with Groucho Marx, frenemies with Norman Mailer, confidant of Bette Davis,..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

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