It's Groucho Marx's birthday!

[CBHagman]

Post your favorite clips, quotes, pictures, etc.

First of all, in the spirit of bipartisanship, there's this little gem from Horsefeathers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7cry-4pyy8&feature=related


Mods, do not lock due to provocative picture, please! :blush:

[BuelahWitch]

1. "Marriage is a wonderful institution

But who wants to be in an institution?" :hi: Happy 119th, Groucho!

[CBHagman]

2. Nice visuals there, BW.

Kukla -- whose resemblance to former Secretary of State Warren Christopher has been remarked upon -- and Ollie are always welcome here as well.

:hi:

[BuelahWitch]

21. LOL that's the first I've heard of that!

:rofl: I've heard he resembles Adlai Stevenson, but not Christopher.

[kwassa]

10. edit, wrong place

[Richardo]

3. "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read."

HBD Groucho! :party:

[rbnyc]

4. Yes it is!

How wonderful to see him remembered. Thanks!

[edbermac]

5. "Will you marry me? Did your husband leave you any money?"

"Answer the second question first!"

[Richardo]

6. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."

[Forkboy]

7. "Remember, you're fighting for this woman's honour, which is probably more than she ever did."

[Zomby Woof]

8. Happy Birthday Groucho!

"I think TV is very educational. Every time someone turns on a TV, I go in the other room and read."

[kwassa]

9. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

[kwassa]

11. Lydia the Tattooed Lady

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8

[cemaphonic]

20. I was going to post this too

The songwriter was the same guy that wrote all the Wizard of Oz songs.

[grasswire]

12. Say the secret woid, win a hundred dollars.

RIP, Groucho dahling.

[merh]

13. Last night I shot an elephant in my Pajamas

and how he got in my pajamas I'll never know.

[Auggie]

14. From Horsefeathers:

A brief scene in a canoe, with Groucho serenading Margaret Dumont:

Everyone
says I love you
But just what they say it for I never knew
It’s just inviting trouble for the poor sucker who
Says I love you.

[elshiva]

17. I'm against it!

[Orrex]

24. Blasphemy! Margaret Dumont wasn't in Horse Feathers!

In fact, Professor Wagstaff was serenading Connie Bailey, the college widow (wonderfully portrayed by Thelma Todd).

[Auggie]

25. You are so right...

I just assumed it would have been Dumont. Apologies.

[HERVEPA]

15. "You're only as old as the women you feel"

[elshiva]

16. Dumont: "This is a gala day for you."

Groucho: "A gal a day is about all I can handle."

[Richardo]

18. "I have a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it."

[Nuclear Unicorn]

19. yay marxism!

[kentauros]

22. "Either he's dead or my watch has stopped."

Don't Mind If I Do (sound-collage with Groucho clips) :D

[nolabear]

23. "I love my cigar too but I take it out of my mouth

once in a while." Said to a woman who described why she had so many children with "I love my husband."

Groucho has been my hero since I was a kid. I loves me a smart-alec man.

[KatyaR]

26. From "A Day At The Races"--

Mrs. Upjohn: "Hold me, hold me closer!"

Dr. Hackenbush (Groucho): "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you."

I may have to watch that this afternoon. I miss Groucho--he was truly an original.

And that clip of his singing "Lydia" on Dick Cavett's show is one of my all-time favorites.

[NYCGirl]

27. Here's a clip of a short duet, "It's Only Money", with Groucho singing with Sinatra

from the film, "Double Dynamite".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBvnxxigrIM

There's never been anyone like Groucho!

[surrealAmerican]

28. Time flies like an arrow ...

... fruit flies like a banana.

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[DFW]

30. I actually met him once

It was 1960 in L.A. and I was 8 years old. He told he to get lost! LOL

(Looking back, considering me at age 8, I guess I can't blame him)

[CBHagman]

31. Then again, he does get a whole section in...

...The Portable Curmudgeon. So I'll bet it wasn't necessarily about you!

Anyway, thank you for adding that bit of personal and entertainment history! :hi:

[DFW]

32. Just one of life's many footnotes

I'll bet I'm the only DUer who has met Groucho, Salvador Dalí, Bobby Kennedy Sr. and Jr. and played guitar for the Clintons!

That and $4.75 will get you a mocha at Starbucks, by the way.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

33. "Of course in Alabama, the Tuscaloosa."

"Remember there's nothing like Liberty, except for Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post."

Cabbie: Hey Mac, that's 18.90!
Groucho: That's what I thought, the 1940 models run much smoother.

"I guess you're wondering why I came to this college. The answer is simple. To get my son out of it."

"I'd horsewhip you, if I had a horse."

"I'll be in the closet, where men are empty overcoats."

Happy Birthday Julius. I owe most of what I steal to you. :)

[Yavin4]

34. For Glen Beck and Sean Hannity

"He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot, but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot. "

[Starbucks Anarchist]

35. "I have principles. If you don't like them, I have others."