On this Day

[Devil Doc]

On this day 1977 Comedian Groucho Marx passed away. Marx was born in New York in 1890. His mother encouraged him and his brothers Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo to enter show business at an early age. They worked the vaudeville circuit, then moved to Broadway in the early 1920s, writing their own musical comedies. One of their Broadway comedies, Coconuts, became their first film, in 1929. After the brothers stopped making films, Groucho continued to have a successful performing career. He hosted a popular radio quiz show called You Bet Your Life from 1947 to 1956, which became a TV show and ran until 1961. The show was revived briefly in 1980 with Bill Cosby as host. Groucho was still performing late in life: At the age of 82, he gave a one-man show at Carnegie Hall.


Doc.

 

[sack]

"I love to smoke cigars, but i take it out of my mouth every once in a while!" to a woman on his show with an ungodly number of children. :laugh:

 

[ChiTown_Huck]

Groucho was the best. So funny. Old school comedy at its best.