The Marx Brothers thread

[Talbot]

They just weren't the same without Zeppo.

But the Aerospace industry can thank him for the Marman Clamp!

http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/Oldies__Oddities_Zeppos_Gizmo.html

 

[Kiri]

The infamous "Gookie":

 

[Chas]

Ah, Lydia....

 

[Derek WC]

lol Harpo was definately a character!

 

[Kiri]

I asked my mom for Harpo Speaks for my birthday. Now I just have to wait 3 months.

 

[Paisley]

One of the lines that my best friend and I like to share was inspired by A Night at the Opera (I think): "5x5x5 crap in a 4x4x4 space." She was trying to fit all of her stuff in a small apartment at the time we coined this.

 

[davidraphael]

I asked my mom for Harpo Speaks for my birthday. Now I just have to wait 3 months.

I promise you'll enjoy it! Especially the story about his time as a spy in the soviet union!

 

[Mahagonny Bill]

Many people don't know that Harpo was a member of the infamous Algonquin Round Table, but for some reason you don't hear much from him

 

[LizzieMaine]

Many people don't know that Harpo actually had a speaking role in a film before the Marx Brothers themselves made their first picture. It was a Richard Dix comedy called "Too Many Kisses," and since it was made in 1925, it was a silent picture.

 

[skyvue]

I'm on the organizing committee for a very exciting series of events coming up in May of this year: Marxfest, a month-long celebration of all things Marx Brothers in the brothers’ hometown, NYC.

You can check out the calendar of events at marxfest.com (some of the festival's most exciting events aren't listed yet, but they will be added very shortly). The one I'm looking forward to most (the one I'm free to talk about, anyway)? The first performance (a staged reading) in 90 years of the Marxes' first Broadway play, "I'll Say She Is."

You can also listen to our streaming radio station, which is loaded with an appealing blend of songs associated with the Marxes and, of course, comedy routines. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

We’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to help cover expenses (this is a labor of love, not a commercial or for-profit endeavor), so please, view the video below and chip in if you can. Any amount is appreciated, but there are some very cool premiums available at various levels of support.

And by all means, please share this with every Marx Brothers fan (in other words, every right-thinking citizen of the world) you know!

[video=youtube_share;D8rx817f7SA]http://youtu.be/D8rx817f7SA[/video]