Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers Guide to Fatherhood

David Kersh | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Fatherhood, Parenting, Marx Brothers, Humor, Parenting Advice, Sibling Rivalry, Fatherhood Advice, Parents News
David Kersh

If books based on chic French parenting styles are fetching the big bucks these days, why not make a go at it with a fatherhood book inspired by the timeless wisdom of the Marx Brothers?

Read Post

Harpo Marx and Roger Federer: An Awesome Match-Up

David Kersh | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Wimbledon, Harpo Marx, David Foster Wallace, Roger Federer, Marx Brothers, Tennis, Comedy, Culture News
David Kersh

Like Federer's kinetic beauty there is comedic beauty, and Harpo is at the front, leading the way.

Read Post

Don't Go Away Mad, Just Go Away: The Supreme Court Closes Up Shop

David Coleman | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Title VII, Wal-Mart, Marx Brothers, Colbert, Night at the Opera, Att, Clarence Thomas, Cellphone Contracts, Dick Cheney, Promotions, Cheif Justiced Roberts, Corporations, California Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Employee Rights, Leona Helmsley, Justices, Class Actions, Walmart-vs-Dukes, Supreme Court Walmart, Politics News
David Coleman

Closing down for the summer is not the Roberts Court's only disappearing act. During this past term, a disturbing trend emerged of withdrawing the courts from their historic and institutional role in providing justice for ordinary Americans.

Read Post

Chekhov Alive and Well in Hollywood: Two One-Acts at the Tres Stage Theatre

Michael Russnow | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Theatre, The Proposal, Jennifer Vincent, LA Events, The Bear, Justin Baltz, Marx Brothers, Ram Productions International, Hollywood, Little Theatre, Satire, Anton Chekhov, John Baltz, Tres Stage Theatre, Michael Russnow, La Around Town, Russ Andrade, Amazon Beard, Katherine King, LA Culture, Los Angeles News
Michael Russnow

Classical theatre may not be your thing, but this is an evening that most would find accessible and to their liking. And as an added bonus it's cheap, with tickets just ten dollars.

Read Post

Just say 'No' to a Three Stooges Movie

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Carrey, The Lizard, Farrelly Brothers, Benicio Del Toro, Bob Hope, Death at a Funeral, Marx Brothers, Paul Ben-Victor, Abbott and Costello, Sean Penn, The Three Stooges, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Johnny Knoxville, Batman, Movies, Curly Joe, Laurence Olivier, Marshall Fine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Moe, 3d, Johnny Depp, Evan Handler, Marshall Fine Commentary, Spider-Man, Michael Chiklis, Larry, Curly, Shemp, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I'm mystified by the seemingly constant frenzy online about whether or not the Farrelly brothers' longstanding urge to make a Three Stooges movie will ever get off the ground. It's toxic-remake mania taken to an extreme.

Read Post

S.J. Perelman, Humorist, Cardiology a Specialty

Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cardiology, S. J. Perelman, The New Yorker, Rare Books, Humor, Books, Woody Allen, Book Collecting, Marx Brothers, Medicine, Comedy, Books News
Stephen J. Gertz

So, you wake up at 12:20 AM in a sweat, dizzy, pressure in your chest. You've been here before, twenty-one years ago, when you were thirty-eight: you ...

Read Post

Welcoming The New Year: Your Weekend To-Do List

Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jane's House, Aero Theatre, Los Angeles Weekend Events, Hipcooks, Moca, Slidepollajax, LA Events, New Year's Day Brunches, Marx Brothers, The New-Over, Los Angeles News

You may have finalized your plans for New Year's Eve already--and if you haven't, may we suggest a few of our favorite NYE events around town--but hav...

Read Whole Story

10 Tips on Loafing Creatively

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Marx Brothers, Zen, Surgery, Zucker Brothers, Bonnie Tyler, Farrelly Brothers, Fran Lebowitz, Rotator Cuff Tear, Buddhism, Meatloaf, Jim-Steinman, Martin Scorcese, Youtube, Creative Loafing, Walt Whitman, Meditation, Acupuncture, Healthy Living News
Michael Sigman

I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. --Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself" Five years ago, I blew a ch...

Read Post

They'll Take Manhattan: Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore's cyber-comedy "You've Got Hate Mail" opens lengthy run at NYC's Triad Theatre

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jamie Lee Curtis, Brookdale Community College, Adrienne Barbeau, Olympia Dukakis, Woody Allen, Email, Marx Brothers, Comedy Writing, Slapstick, Drop Dead!, Alec Baldwin, New York City Theater, A Night at the Nutcracker, Theater Scholarship Program, Van Zandt Milmore Productions, Theater News, Triad Theatre, High School Reunion: The Musical, Bob Newhart, Newhart, David Steinberg, Don Rickles, Off Broadway, Dam Site Dinner Theatre, I Love Lucy, Martin Lawrence, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Live Comedy, Desi Arnaz, Steve Carell, Anything but Love, Comedy News, New York, You've Got Hate Mail, Jane Milmore, The Pennies, Lucie Arnaz, Farce, Pepito the Clown, Monmouth County, Silent Laughter, Merrily We Dance and Sing, Richard Lewis, Billy Van Zandt, Lucille Ball, A Dirty Farce, Ann Magnuson, A.R. Gurney?S Love Letters, Love Sex and the I.R.S., Barbara Bonilla, Glenn Jones, Danny Sanchez, Fran Solgan, Comedy News
Holly Cara Price

Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the 1979 movie, was ground breaking for many reasons. It was, for instance, the first movie created from the popular St...

Read Post

Comedy, Then and Now: Laughing With the Legends of Stand-Up From the 1800's to 2010

Steve North | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Milton Berle, Comedians, Smith and Dale, Joe Smith, Johny Carson, Friars Club, Marx Brothers, George Burns, Myron Cohen, Comedy Central, Jeff Ross, David Hasselhoff Roast, Comedy News
Steve North

How did those who started on the stage of vaudeville halls transition into the world of radio and TV, and how are today's comics dealing with the seismic transformation wrought by digital media?

Read Post

Marx Brothers' Home On Upper East Side To Become Landmark

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marx Brothers Home, Marx Brothers Classic, Upper East Side Real Estate, Marx Brothers, Upper East Side Apartments, Mark Brothers Place, Marx Borthers Movies, NYC Real Estate, Celebrity Real Estate, New York News

UPPER EAST SIDE -- Groucho Marx once quipped that he wouldn't want to be a part of any club that would accept him as a member. If that's the case, th...

Read Whole Story

Barack Obama, Green Day and the New Marxism: An Interview With Graham Nash

Mr. Fish | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nash, Marx Brothers, Csny, Csn, Marxism, Obama, Vietnam, Graham Nash, Iraq, Nuclear Power, Entertainment News
Mr. Fish

2010-03-26-Nashnew.jpg When you have a conversation with somebody as dynamic as Nash, it's easy to ping-pong wildly off topic, which we did.

Read Post

Rain Man's Kim Peek And Super Human Feats Of Reading: 2009's Most Amazing Story

blog.seattlepi.com | Stephen J. Gertz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marx Brothers, Autism, Amazing Story, Amazing Reader, Rain Man, Savant, Two Pages at Once, Super Reader, Groucho, Reading, Brain Abnormalities, Kim Peek, Rain Man Obit, Obit, Books News

Kim Peek, the savant who was the inspiration for Barry Levinson's original screenplay and film, Rain Man, died last week at age fifty-eight. The New ...

Read Whole Story

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
Jerry Zezima

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

Read Post

Obama: What He Said and What We're Getting

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House Office for Faith-Based Programs and Neighborhood Partnerships, Barack Obama Faith Based Groups, Lyndon Johnson, Marx Brothers, Separation of Church and State, Equal Opportunity Order, George W. Bush, President Obama, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

President Obama appears to be running scared -- scared of the Republican minority in Congress, scared of faith-based groups, scared of boldness.

Read Post