Groucho and Me

With impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho tells the saga of the Marx Brothers: the poverty of their childhood in New York's Upper East Side; the crooked world of small-time vaudeville (where they learned to carry blackjacks); how a pretzel magnate and the graceless dancer of his dreams led to the Marx Brothers' first Broadway hit, I'll Say She Is!; how the stock market crash in 1929 proved a godsend for Groucho (even though he lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars); the adventures of the Marx Brothers in Hollywood, the making of their hilarious films, and Groucho's triumphant television series,You Bet Your Life! Here is the life and lunatic times of the great eccentric genius, Groucho, a.k.a. Julius Henry Marx.

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Posted: Jan-14-2009

Groucho is unwilling to reveal his later life honestly

If you can ignore the tired witticisms, the writing isn't bad. Although he tells much about his early life struggle with poverty and vaudeville, Groucho is unwilling to reveal his later life honestly and so the last third of the book descends into funny stories and a comic routine, which really...

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Posted: Sep-04-2008

Groucho at his witty best!

As I am a 1930's re-enactor, I have been trying to study the movie stars of the time period. Who better than the fabulous Marx Brothers! You can actually see Groucho wiggling his eyebrows as you read his words. I never knew he was an author and philosopher, as well as great comedian....

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Posted: Jul-11-2008

Funny

I thought Groucho did a good job of telling about growing up and there are some great stories about knocking around on the vaudville circuit. It was a quick and easy read, but most enjoyable. Harpo Speaks by Harpo Marx goes more into depth and also some of the same stories are told from a...

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Posted: May-24-2007

If you like Groucho, or entertainment history

Excellent book, well written with Groucho's unique wit and sarcasm

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Posted: Jan-11-2007

Interesting

I Liked the book and was fascinated by it. It met most of my expectations. MP

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Posted: Nov-05-2006

On the Marx

A very easy read. A nice blend of information and funny Groucho stories. If you are a fan of their movies, then you should enjoy Groucho's accounts.

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Posted: Jul-20-2005

A touching biography of a celebrated comic

This biography of Groucho is as touching as is through. The reader is wisked away into the comic world of one of America's greatest performers. The book is filled with humorous stories from Groucho's life. The author has woven in some of Groucho's most personal views and we hear his outspoken...

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Posted: May-17-2005

Very funny fast read

Even though, as others have mentioned, this isn't really a true autobiography per se, it's a very involving, fast, funny read. There are a lot of personal reflections, anecdotes, and the wonderful chapters about the Marx family when their boys were young and then their early vaudeville days, but...

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Posted: Jan-19-2005

Is being funny enough?

As a number of other Amazon reviewers have pointed out this is not a real autobiography. Groucho is not interested in telling the reader about his inner life and self, or about the character of his relations with others. What he does do is be Groucho, and tell in his own inimitable tone a lot of...

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Posted: May-22-2003

Groucho's own voice

This "autobiography" is largely anecdotal and is far from a scholarly study of the Marx bros. and their contribution to American cultural history. That said it is a rare opportunity to "hear" Groucho tell some hysterically funny stories and voice his opinions on a variety of subjects in the...

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