Groucho Marx

Why I Loved My Ultra-Religious Wedding

Judy Batalion | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Sephardic, Traditional Wedding, Judy Chicago, Gender and Religion, Jewish Wedding, Gender and Sexuality, Groucho Marx, Bevis Marks Synagogue, Judy Blume, Religious Wedding, Orthodox Wedding, Real Weddings, Weddings News

My big fat Orthodox Sephardi wedding taught me that there are things in Jewish tradition and law about femininity, gender and sexuality that are relevant, resonant and hugely interesting to me.

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Why Aren't Men More Outraged by the Oral Contraceptives Debate?

John Blumenthal | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Arsenic, Prophylactics, Chivalry, Rush Limbaugh, Oral Contraception, Roy Blunt, Viagra, Rick Santorum, Sluts, Diaphragms, Groucho Marx, Sandra Fluke, Spermicides, 1958, Oral Contraceptives, Fifty News

So here's the question, guys: Why is this considered a "women's issue"?

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What Do Groucho Marx and Jerry Sandusky Now Have in Common?

Mark W. Schleisner | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Groucho Marx, Sports, Mcqueary, Penn State Scandal, Pedophile, Sandusky, Sports News

At least Groucho Marx was only acting in a movie when he made the "lying eyes" quote. What is Sandusky's reasoning for using the same defense? I personally have no idea, but I'd give anything to have his brain studied in the name of science.

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'How Now Waxed Brow'

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Stamford Advocate, Madame Tussauds, Wax, Humor, Weed Whacker, Salon, New York, California, Bikini, Joan Crawford, Spa, Pruning Shears, Speedos, Groucho Marx, Museum, Stamford, Eyebrows, Comedy News

Before undergoing this increasingly common masculine procedure, which women get all the time, I had, indeed, only one eyebrow.

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The New GOP: Anti-Kids, Anti-Jobs, Anti-Business... And Anti-Republican

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Groucho Marx, GOP Candidates 2012, American Jobs Act, Unemployment, Republican Party, Tea Party, Business News

Republicans from Taft to Bush have done the right thing for their country. But today's Republicans are a nihilistic pack who would turn against everything their predecessors believed in, in the name of selfishness and greed.

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Satirist Paul Krassner Turning 80, Going Strong

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Ken Kesey, Paul Krassner, The Realist, Ram Dass, Jerry-Rubin, Gaorge Carlin, Groucho Marx, Fbi, Tom Hayden, Jesse Jackson, Lsd, Abbie Hoffman, Media News

There's irony in the fact that Paul Krassner sees "increasing insanity" in our current politics and culture. The 1960s activist whom the FBI once tagg...

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The Mikado Project (Trouble In Titipu)

George Heymont | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Quan Phung, The Mikado Project, Film, Ken Narasaki, Lodestone Theatre, Helen Traubel, Gilbert & Sullivan, Angry Buddha, Miss Saigon, Doris Baizley, Groucho Marx, The Mikado, Chil Kong, National Endowment for the Arts, Minidoka, Arts News

In all those many years of loving Gilbert & Sullivan's operetta, I never once thought about how Asian Americans might react to The Mikado.

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Hello, The Marx Brothers Must Be Coming

Michael Sigman | Posted 06.20.2011

My passion for the absurd may derive from early childhood exposure to my mom's twisted song parodies. My fave was "I've Got the World on a String," in...

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Obama, the Marxist?

Alex Castellanos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Wall Street, Groucho Marx, Obama Economic Policy, Health Care Reform, Obama Economy, Health Care, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Politics News

Since he debuted on the political stage with the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention, Republicans have suspected that Barack Obama was a Marxist. It turns out they were right: He's Groucho.

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SOLD: Groucho Marx's Former Home For $5.8 Million (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Groucho Marx, La Real Estate, Beverly Hills Real Estate, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles News

The LA Times reports that Groucho Marx's former home, which went on the market last August for $6.995 million, has just sold for $5.8 million. Sally F...

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2010: America Held Hostage

Bob Burnett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Groucho Marx, Bernie Sanders, Polarization, Class Warfare, Rush Limbaugh, Economic Crisis, Politics News

Our fellow citizens suffer from a collective psychosis: Americans think the US can't operate without the rich. We are, in effect, protecting them.

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Dick Cavett: Get This Man a Show!

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Snooki, New Yorker, Dick Cavett, Norman Mailer, Lester Maddox, John Lennon, Janet Flanner, Orson Welles, Yoko Ono, Groucho Marx, Gore Vidal, Timothy Leary, Jack Paar, Entertainment News

Dick Cavett does his homework. He's a witty conversationalist. His writing is as sharp, witty and engaging as his talk show hosting was. All this begs the question: Why is this man not currently hosting a TV show?

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Dog Ears Music: Born in October Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Jackson Browne (& David Lindley), Daryl Hall (& John Oates), Mahalia Jackson, John Mellencamp, Cliff Richard, Thelonious Monk, Paul Simon, Dizzy Gillespie, Danielle Evin, Sean Lennon, Music, Tom Petty, Sting (the Police), Richard Hell (& the Voidoids), Vladimir Horowitz, Ivory Joe Hunter, Gwen Stefani (No Doubt), mp3s, John Lennon, Donny Hathaway, Phil Ramone, Franz Liszt (Performed by Claudio Arrau), Groucho Marx, Lenny Bruce, Dog Ears, Booker Ervin, Entertainment News

This week we feature music by Paul Simon, Gwen Stefani, Sting, Hall & Oates, John Lennon, and more.

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PHOTOS: Groucho Marx's Former Beverly Hills Spanish Estate On Market For $6.9 Million

Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Groucho Marx, Beverly Hills Real Estate, Slidepollajax, Los Angeles News

Via Curbed LA: Pour one out for prolific comedian Groucho Marx; today is the 33rd anniversary of his passing at Cedar-Sinai Hospital in 1977. Just rec...

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From Moscow to Montclair to Lawn Maintenance

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: St. Basil's Cathedral, Red Square, Montclair, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Harpo Marx, Russian Spies, Groucho Marx, Legos, Comedy News

Looking back, there were clues I didn't take seriously enough. Were they Russian spies? Or a couple that revolutionized yardwork?

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The Mustache Movement

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

I may not be British, but for the past three decades, I have kept a stiff upper lip. Now, after all these years of hair-raising adventure, I am celebrating the 30th anniversary of my mustache.

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Touchdown: For New Year's, My Favorite Football Movies

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Caan, Ned Beatty, Football, Groucho Marx, Best Movies on DVD, Documentary Film, Nick Nolte, Football Movies, Best Movies by Farr, College Football Bowl Games, Billy Dee Williams, Burt Reynolds, Sean Astin, The Marx Brothers, Cameron Crowe, Duck Soup, Tom Cruise, Entertainment News

Countless films have explored the inherent drama and heroic quality of organized sports in general, and football in particular. In fact, Hollywood has turned the feel-good sports movie into a tried-and-true formula.

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Price Dropped on Groucho Marx House, Still Jaw Dropping (PICTURES)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Groucho Marx, Real Estate, Los-Angeles-Real-Estate, Slidepoll, Los Angeles News

Via Curbed LA comes this listing for a 1956 Beverly Hills home designed by Wallace Neff for Groucho Marx. While the price was recently chopped, it is ...

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The Audacity of Nope: The GOP Channels Groucho Marx: "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It"

Joseph Romm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Groucho Marx, Health Care Reform, Political Humor, Climate Bill, Politics News

The GOP reminds me of Groucho Marx in Horsefeathers -- though more Groucho than Marx brother, I'm afraid.

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Paralysis In Albany

Bill Cunningham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uft, NY Senate Stalemate, Mayoral Control of Schools, Governor Rockefeller, Groucho Marx, New York News

Unfortunately almost a million school children are being held hostage to the game of political chicken that is being played out in the state Senate.

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Father, I Forgive You

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Holiday, Children, Freedom, u.s. Census Bureau, Forgiveness, Groucho Marx, Father's Day, America, Healthy Living News

What is it with Father's Day? And, what is the blessing and curse of being a father?

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Guys Who Wear Bow Ties: Love It Or Lose It? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 05.25.2011

Two weeks ago when we asked "Who's the best-dressed Supreme Court Justice?", your answer was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for her signature lace jabot....

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Beating Around the Bush

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Plants, Bush, Children, Humor, Satire, Butterflies, War, Landscaping, Flowers, Marx Brothers, Monster, Lawns, Groucho Marx, Comedy, Zeppo Marx, Gardens, Green Living, Healthy Living News

My green thumb is really a fungus. That's why, under my tender care, the lawn looks like it was manicured with a flamethrower.

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Where Have All the Grownups Gone?

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Where's the gravitas? Where are the leaders? This is no time for our most experienced men and women to be on the bench.

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Interview with an Investigative Satirist

Paul Krassner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Lsd, Atheism, Weather Underground Press, Cia, 9/11, Disneyland, Yippies, Counterculture, Timothy Leary, The Realist, Satire, Charles Manson, Groucho Marx, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garca, Media News

I thought that some of you might enjoy this Q&A with me in The Sun magazine, an oasis in the desert of gossip mongering And while I'm here in Blogsvi...

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