Groucho Marx
Groucho Marx Trivia
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Trivia
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When the Republic of Abkhazia (part of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia) the issued two stamps with Marx & Lennon, Groucho and John instead of Karl and Vladimir.
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On behalf of the Marx Brothers, Groucho accepted an Honorary Academy Award in 1974.
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Early in life, he wanted to be a doctor, but the family's need for money forced him into show business.
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Groucho's hit TV show You Bet Your Life was on radio for four years before going to television, giving it a fifteen year total run.
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The Marx Brothers, as a group, were voted in at #62 on Entertainment Weekly's "Greatest Movie Star of all time" list.
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It is often erroneously claimed that the epitaph on his grave reads "excuse me, I can't stand up", but his marker has only his name and years of birth and death.
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Groucho began using his trademark greasepaint mustache because he didn't like removing his fake mustache every night.
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After death Groucho was cremated and his ashes are interred at Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills, California.
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Groucho once got in trouble at an airport when he listed his occupation on a customs form as "smuggler."
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In the 1970s Groucho became close friends with rock star Alice Cooper.
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When Groucho caught his teenage son smoking a corncob pipe in his room, he gave the boy one of his own pipes and some good pipe tobacco.
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A 2005 poll by Channel Four (UK) to find the all-time favorite comedians' comedian, had Groucho Marx in fifth over-all.
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An early silent Marx Brothers film was never released, and Groucho claimed to have destroyed all copies so no one would ever see it.
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He received an Emmy Award in 1951 as "Most Outstanding Personality".
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His first book, Beds, By Groucho Marx was published in 1930.
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His 1972 album An Evening with Groucho was nominated for a Grammy Award (as Best Comedy Recording).
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He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio at 6821 Hollywood Blvd and a star for his television work at 1751 Vine Street.
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Groucho was the third born of five brothers.
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Groucho hosted You Bet Your Life on radio from 1947 to 1956 and on television from 1950 to 1961.
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Groucho won one Emmy award and a special Oscar award.
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Quotes
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Groucho: Go, and never darken my towels again.
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Groucho: One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife.
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Groucho: Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
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Groucho: Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.
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Groucho: I knew a girl from Minneapolis-St. Paul. She was known as "The Tail of Two Cities".
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Groucho: Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
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Groucho: In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people.
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Groucho: Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows--marriage does.
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Groucho: Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?
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Groucho: Quote me as saying I was misquoted.
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Groucho: The only game I like to play is Old Maid...provided she's not TOO old.
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Groucho: My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one.
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Groucho: Behind every successful man stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.
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Groucho: I drink to make other people interesting.
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Groucho: It looks as if Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.
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Groucho: You're only as young as the woman you feel.
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Groucho: I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
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Groucho: If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower.
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Groucho: There's one way to find out if a man is honest. Ask him; if he says 'yes,' you know he is crooked.
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Groucho: (after being told a swimming pool was off-limits to Jews) My son is half-Jewish; can he wade in up to his knees?
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Groucho: Those are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others.
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Groucho: Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live in an institution?
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Groucho: Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend, and inside a dog it's too dark to read.
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Groucho: Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy.
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Groucho: Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
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Groucho: It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.
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Groucho: I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
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Groucho: I sent the club a wire stating, "Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member."
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Groucho: I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
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Groucho: I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
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Groucho: From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
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Groucho: Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
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