A Marxist fellow who was a bit of a Grouch....

Mr Groucho Marx may be one of the funniest men i have ever had the pleasure of watching on that tremendous website we call YouTube. He is well remembered for the Elephant joke in Animal Crackers.

You may remember that i gave a rather unfavorable review of the Marx Brothers classic Duck Soup recently, i want you to know that by know means does that mean that they weren't funny. It's just i didn't enjoy that particular film. Anyway Groucho is my favourite. He always seemed to have something to say and it was always clever and his snappy ad libs run rings around the comedy of Adam Sandler, everyone involved in The Hangover and Jerry Seinfeld (although i admit to being a fan).


Here are just a few Groucho quotes.... 

• I wish you'd keep my hands to yourself.
• Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.
• Women should be obscene and not heard.
• Ice Water? Get some Onions - that'll make your eyes water!
• Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana
• Here's to our wives and girlfriends...may they never meet!
• A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
• If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower
• Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
• Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age

i like the one about the comic strip. So anyway the guy was great and i especially like the way he talked, it was.. well it had that comic quality. Bugs Bunny! his voice had the same quality of Clark Gables that reminds me of Bugs Bunny. Just listen to the clip above of the elephant joke.


i think that i wouldn't have as much respect for classic comics (there once was a time where i thought that Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny were the be all and end all of comedy). I have to say that upon re-watching Duck Soup i enjoyed it far more, i like the songs more as well, so yes i think i like the movie as a whole. This is why i watch things twice. Stand vy for a post on my re-watching of Duck Soup.


"Anyone who says they can see through women is missing a lot" Groucho Marx