Groucho Marx

Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. A master of quick wit, he is generally considered to be one of America's greatest comedians.
He made 13 feature films as a team with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, primarily on radio and television, most notably as the host of the game show You Bet Your Life.
His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, spectacles, cigar, a thick greasepaint mustache, and eyebrows. These exaggerated features resulted in the creation of one of the most recognizable and ubiquitous novelty disguises, known as Groucho glasses: a one-piece mask consisting of horn-rimmed glasses, a large plastic nose, bushy eyebrows and mustache.
== Links to Peel ==
In the early 70's in America, comedy albums were hitting the ranks of the Billboard charts. Comedians like George Carlin, Cheech & Chong, Robert Klein and Richard Pryor regularly had LPs in the Billboard listings. 
A revival of his films and TV appearances in America generated an interest from the new generation in Groucho Marx's work, which included an album of him performing at the Carnegie Hall, called An Evening With Groucho,.which became successful in the Billboard charts in late 1972 
Peel had a copy of that album and played a track from it called Show Me A Rose on his 20 March 1973 show. It is not known how much of the album he played on his shows - probably not a lot, as despite the widespread popularity of the Marx Brothers in the 1970s (their old films were shown on BBC TV as well as in arthouse and repertory cinemas) he stated that he wasn't very enthusiastic about their humour, preferring W.C. Fields.
== Shows Played ==
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*20 March 1973: Show Me A Rose (2xLP – An Evening With Groucho) A&M
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*IMDb
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