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Subj:.....Quotes From Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
          From: smiles on 7/8/99 (S128, S624b)
      and From: Anonymous Jr. on 12/25/2008
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 Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. 

 Room service? Send up a larger room. 

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

 Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others. 

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

 I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad 
 to make an exception. 

 A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five.

 From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down 
 I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it. 

 Ice Water? Get some Onions - that'll make your eyes water! 

 You know I could rent you out as a decoy for duck hunters?
 
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.
How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.

As soon as I get through with you, you'll have
a clear case for divorce and so will my wife.

Drawing from OneVegan.BlogSpot.com

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 You've got the brain of a four-year-old boy, and I'll bet 
 he was glad to get rid of it. 

 A man's only as old as the woman he feels. 

 Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever 
 done for me? 

 Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse. 

 Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. 

 Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. 

 There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of your fellow man. 

 I must say that I find television very educational. The minute 
 somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book. 

 I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it. 

 If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you.
 
 Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.

 Women should be obscene and not heard.

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 I must confess, I was born at a very early age. 

 I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me 
 as members. 

 It is better to have loft and lost than to never have loft at all. 

 I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. 

 Remember men, we're fighting for this woman's honour; which is 
 probably more than she ever did. 

 After his introduction on a music/variety show, Groucho and 
 the host both sat down at center stage. 
    Host: "I'm a big fan of yours, Groucho." 
    Groucho: "If it gets any hotter in here I could use a big fan." 

 Do you think I could buy back my introduction to you? 

 Why was I with her? She reminds me of you. In fact, she 
 reminds me more of you than you do! 

 Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife. 

 Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water 
 is water!  And east is east and west is west and if you take 
 cranberries and stew them like apple-sauce they taste much 
 more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell 
 me what you know.
 
Time wounds all heels.

Whatever it is,... I'm against it.

Go, and never darken my towels again.

Photo from Jocund.com

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 Marry me and I'll never look at another horse!

 I married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my 
 disappointment when you came along. 

 A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke. 

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

 Quote me as saying I was misquoted. 

From: Bawdy.Net Collage #303 on 5/28/99 

 Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. 
   -- Groucho Marx 

From: http://www.jokecenter.com on 8/18/01 
 Here's to our wives and girlfriends . . . 
 may they never meet! 

 Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot. 

 I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns 
 on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. 

 It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order 
 to be unhappy.
 
 "Call me a cab!" 
 Groucho replies, "OK, you're a cab." 
Drawing from HerndonFineArt.com...
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 There is only one way to find out if a man is honest . . . 
 ask him. If he says 'yes', you know he is crooked. 

 The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing . . . 
 if you can fake that, you've got it made. 

 I worked myself up from nothing to a state of extreme 
 poverty. 

 I don't have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. 
 They're upstairs in my socks. 

 Oh are you from Wales ?? Do you know a fella named Jonah ?? 
 He used to live in whales for a while. 

 The husband who wants a happy marriage should learn to keep 
 his mouth shut and his checkbook open. 

 Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse. 

 Look, if you don't like my parties, you can leave in a huff. 
 If that's too soon, leave in a minute and a huff. If you 
 can't find that, you can leave in a taxi. 

 We took pictures of the native girls, but they weren't 
 developed . . . But we're going back next week. 

 Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does. 

 She's afraid that if she leaves, she'll become the life 
 of the party. 

 In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, 
 and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people. 

 I could dance with you till the cows come home, on second 
 thought I'll dance with the cows till you come home. 

 When discovered by his wife, kissing the maid, Groucho 
 said "I was just whispering in her mouth." 

 I've been around so long, I knew Doris Day before 
 she was a virgin. 

 There's one thing I always wanted to do before I quit 
 . . . retire! 

 You get a canoe later and I'll paddle you. 

 Marriage is the chief cause of divorce. 

From: dogbyte on 5/9/2002 (S275c) 
 My mother loved children... she would have given anything 
 if I had been one.  -- Groucho Marx 

From: LABLaughs.com on 11/12/2002 (S302b) 
 I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it. 
   -- Groucho Marx (1895-1977) 

From: Joke-Of-The-Day on 1/8/2003 (S310b) 
 She got her looks from her father.  He's a plastic surgeon. 
   -- Groucho Marx 

From: joke-of-the-day.com on 5/6/2003 (S327b) 
 If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in 
 the shower.  -- Groucho Marx 

From: zzarry on 12/7/2003 (S358b) 
 Groucho: So, Mrs. Smith, do you have any children?
 Mrs. Smith: Yes, thirteen. 
 Groucho: Thirteen! Good lord, isn't that a burden? 
 Mrs. Smith: Well, I love my husband. 
 Groucho: Lady, I love my cigar but I take it out of my 
          mouth once in a while. 
 -- Groucho Marx, on You Bet Your Life 
 Snopes.com has declared this story an Urban legend
 at http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/groucho.htm
 

From: LABLaughs.com on 2/24/2004 (S381b) 
 Lightning, moonlight, warm winds fan western wildfires- 
 I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it. 
 -- Groucho Marx (1895-1977) 
 

From: Joke-Of-The-Day on 11/14/2005 (S460b) 
 "In Hollywood, brides keep the bouquets and throw away 
  the groom."  -- Groucho Marx
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Drawing from tom on 8/21/2009
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Subj:     Jack Benny vs. Groucho 1955 (S672b)
          From: YouTube.com
          on 11/30/2009
 Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNK1Jt4JLg
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 On Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" TV show, Jack
 Benny plays a contestant.  Irene Tedrow is between
 the two masters.  Click on the above source, or
 'HERE' for my copy to see video treasure.
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Subj:     Duck Soup Movie - Mirror Scene
          From: Wimp.com
          on 9/12/11 (S765 in Movies2-SUPP)
 Source1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdQ9jh5GvQ8
 Source2: http://www.wimp.com/classicfun/

 This is a clip from the Groucho Marx movie, Duck Soup!  It's
 the Mirror sequence with Groucho and Harpo.  Pinky (Harpo
 Marx) pretends to be Firefly's (Groucho Marx) reflection,
 matching his every move - until Chicolini (Chico Marx)
 ruins the effect.  Click on either source, or 'HERE' for
 my copy, to see this scene from this 1927 classic movie.
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Subj:     Harpo/Chico Comic Piano Duet (S779 in Music2)
          From: kgilmour2000
          on 12/15/2011
 Source1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJkL_4niC4w
 Source2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1-WEvM9spA

 This absolutely wonderful video is an excerpt from The
 Big Store (1941).  It is one of my favorite Marx Bros.
 moments.  Click on either source, or 'HERE' for my
 copy, to see this great clip.

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