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For Spring, the 10 Best Road Movies Ever

John Farr | Posted 04.04.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Felicity Huffman, Academy Awards, Clark Gable, Groucho Marx, Faye Dunaway, Dennis Hopper, Best Movies, The Oscars, Brad Pitt, Warren Beatty, Susan Sarandon, David Lynch, Geena Davis, Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, Classic Films, Entertainment News
John Farr

Going all the way back to Homer's Odyssey, some of our finest stories take place on voyages or quests of some kind, where our hero (or heroine) not only experiences new sights and adventures, but also some transformation in thinking, circumstance, or attitude as a result. The road movie is the cinematic equivalent.

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Groucho Gave Secretary High Marx: Author Steve Stoliar Recalls His Days as Groucho Marx's Secretary

Steve Karras | Posted 04.07.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Paul Krassner, Steve Stoliar, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Sj-Perelman, Monkey-Business, George Burns, Chico Marx, Marx Brothers, The Coconuts, Dick Cavett, Raised Eyebrows, Yippies, George Jessel, Gummo-Marx, Duck Soup, Erin Fleming, Animal-Crackers, Zeppo Marx, Comedy News
Steve Karras

Stoliar's storied tenure as Groucho Marx's secretary is tempered with highs and lows, bookended by the psychotic Erin Fleming -- Groucho's young and mercurial life manager and companion who hitched her wagon to the star in his declining years.

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Standup Guys: The Book!

Melanie Chartoff | Posted 02.16.2013 | Books
Read More: Lincoln, Catch a Rising Star, The Improv, Woody Allen, Letterman, Caro?S Passage of Power, Andy Kaufman, Johnny Carson, John-Debellis, Kerns? Team of Rivals, Ptsd, Michael Richards, Jay Leno, Larry David, Jackie Mason, Rita Rudner, Elayne Boosler, Sardi's, Lbj, Groucho Marx, Bette, Books News
Melanie Chartoff

"There probably was no one more combative than Larry David, nor courageous. He bombed more than anyone, because of the nature of his material, which was way offbeat, borderline insane."

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Dick Cavett on Duck Soup

Dan Persons | Posted 01.09.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Forum on Law Culture & Society, Groucho Marx, Dick Cavett, Thane Rosenbaum, Duck Soup, Forum Film Festival, The Marx Brothers, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

The late '60s had its share of momentous events: Nixon attaining the presidency; the manned moon landing; and most important of all, Dick Cavett interviewing the 78-year-old, and still blisteringly funny, Groucho Marx on his late-night TV show.

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Libya, Oh Libya: A Little Foreign Policy Ditty for Debate Number Three

Bill Santiago | Posted 12.22.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Libya, 2012 Election, President Barack Obama, Groucho Marx, Mitt Romney, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, Presidential Debates, Ambassador Stevens, Osama Bin Laden, Republicans, Foreign Policy, Satire, Comedy, Comedy News
Bill Santiago

Lybia oh Lybia, what happened in Lybia At the American embassy? Who'd have thought we were abhorred so? In Benghazi, even more so

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Romney, Marx and the GOP Brand

Bennet Kelley | Posted 12.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Bush Lies, John Dean, Obama-Zombification, Groucho Marx, Mitt Romney Debate, Romney Debate Lies, Tom Davis, Mitt Romney Debates, GOP Platform, Republican Platform, Debates 2012, Elections 2012, Presidential Debates, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

What do you call using millions in unregulated campaign funds to sell the American people dog food by telling them it's something else? That is precisely what happened in Denver, as Gov. Romney rebranded his entire platform.

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PHOTO: That Time Groucho Marx Ate Marijuana For A Month

Posted 10.08.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Groucho Marx Letter, Video, Groucho Marx Ate Marijuana, Funny Pictures, Groucho Marx Marijuana Letter, Groucho Marx, Letters of Note, Comedy News

Letters Of Note will shortly be published in book form, but until then, enjoy this adorable letter from Groucho Marx to US Troops in Suriname, wherein...

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Groucho Marx's Apology Letter To Woody Allen From 1967

The Huffington Post | Ross Luippold | Posted 09.19.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Video, Groucho Marx Letter, Woody Allen, Groucho Marx, Groucho Marx Woody Allen Letter, Annie Hall, Jewish-Comedians, New York, New York Comedians, Woody Allen Letter, Comedy News

Without Groucho Marx, there would have been no Woody Allen. Groucho (and the rest of the Marx Brothers) pioneered the modern New York Jewish brand of ...

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Why Stare at the Floor in an Elevator When You Can Have a Conversation?

Maureen Anderson | Posted 09.16.2012 | Travel
Read More: Groucho Marx, Travel, Elevator Etiquette, Travel News
Maureen Anderson

Career consultants are fond of suggesting you be careful what you say and do because people are always watching. Are you giving them a good show?

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Why I Loved My Ultra-Religious Wedding

Judy Batalion | Posted 07.03.2012 | Weddings
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
Judy Batalion

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 | Fifty
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
John Blumenthal

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 | Sports
Read More: Groucho Marx, Sports, Mcqueary, Penn State Scandal, Pedophile, Sandusky, Sports News
Mark W. Schleisner

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 | Comedy
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
Jerry Zezima

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 | Business
Read More: Groucho Marx, GOP Candidates 2012, American Jobs Act, Unemployment, Republican Party, Tea Party, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

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 | Media
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
Michael Sigman

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 | Arts
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
George Heymont

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 | Comedy
Read More: Gummo Marx, Bill Marx, President Obama, Norman Cousins, Groucho Marx, Saturday Review, Bob Hilliard, Barbara Ehrenreich, Chico Marx, Carl Sigman, The Marx Brothers, Jesus, Harpo Marx, Howie Richmond, Zeppo Marx, Mrs. Rittenhouse, Irving Thalberg, CGH Society, Audley Upton, Comedy News
Michael Sigman

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

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 | Los Angeles
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 | Politics
Read More: Groucho Marx, Bernie Sanders, Polarization, Class Warfare, Rush Limbaugh, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Bob Burnett

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 | Entertainment
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
Tamar Abrams

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

The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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
The Everlasting Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

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

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 | Healthy Living
Read More: Aclu, St. Louis, Ronald Reagan, Humor, Mustache, Thomas E. Dewey, Robert Goulet, Bill Geist, Groucho Marx, George Clooney, Cbs, Eric Holder, Brad Pitt, Stamford, Harry S. Truman, Attorney General, Humorist, Walter Cronkite, Banks, Lincoln Tunnel, William Howard Taft, Family, Fashion, Healthy Living News
Jerry Zezima

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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