Talk:Chico Marx

message: "He used an Italian accent, developed off-stage to deal with neighbourhood toughs..." That sounds like a load of crap to me. I wouldn't advise anyone, when faced with a gang of young Italian thugs, to try to mollify them by talking like Chico. Anybody have a source for this? —Chowbok 17:21, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Those would have to be some dumb roving bullies to be fooled by Chico's accent. I took it out. —Chowbok 17:42, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

text: "Hey! ATTSAmatta fo' you??? Why a duck? Why a no chicken???" No, I can't see that soothing thuggish tempers... Rizzleboffin 17:45, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it might work with the crips and the bloods, in that it might make them think that you're one crazy mother and to leave you alone. Wahkeenah 18:12, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  On the other hand, it does seem like I read this claim somewhere years ago, and thought "This must be B.S." at the time... Entertainers are notorious for making up such stories. Maybe Groucho or Chico said it. I'll keep my eyes open for a source, and if I find one, might put it back with, "so & so claimed, in such & such an interview..." as a colorful story. Though even then, it may not belong in the article. Rizzleboffin 18:29, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

text: "In England now, they call them birds." I have the "An Evening With Groucho" LP, and he says it in the present tense. From the LP (the segment "My Family, How We Got Our Names"): “Chico was what they used to call a chicken chaser. And, uh, in England now, they call them birds, which is the equivalent of a chicken chaser in America fifty years ago. He did very well with that, too.” No mention of it being a job. Chasing women was Chico’s avocation, and he was famous for his success with the fairer sex. Groucho is referring to the British custom of calling attractive women "birds." In America, we call them "chicks." In the segment "Chico At Klauber Horn & Co," Groucho tells a funny story about Chico working for a company that manufactured paper. Chico never brought home a salary, because he was always in the pool room. His father told him to bring home a salary the following week or "I'll kill you." Chico came home and said, "Dad, I got a great surprise for you." He had taken the three dollars he was supposed to bring home and bought toilet paper with it. There is no mention on the LP of Chico having a job involving actual chickens, or any other job, for that matter. Chico's name came from his womanizing ways. 66.191.43.60 (talk) 18:56, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Dubious

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message: What's this discussion of his accent doing at the very front of what you would expect to be a history of his acting career, as there would be for most actors? Wouldn't it make more sense for this piece of apparent original research to be further down, so that it has some context? --jpgordon::==( o ) 01:16, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an essential feature of his persona. It's not as if he had a varied career! Rothorpe (talk) 02:38, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, I think it belongs somewhere. But where? Most biographical articles start out with biographical stuff, rather than digging into one particular characteristic of his persona. --jpgordon::==( o ) 03:07, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of place digression on his Italian accent 

message: I have read here that Chico's real name now has "Joseph" added in it. Could we please have the source for this update? I think there is also another different person named Leonard Joseph Marx.Lczarinax (talk) 12:35, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Middle Name (?)