Harpo had adopted children, and his daughter. She was being given a hard time for being adopted. He quashed that quickly when harpo said his daughter was chosen, unlike other children. Their influence remains, the + and -.
Great job as always, guys! This is long but it will be useful to people listening and want to know - In reference to the drinking habits of Harpo Marx: From “Harpo Speaks,” page 14: “My only alcohol problem is that I don’t particularly care for the stuff.” Page 397: “There was something wrong with my chemistry. Alcohol and Harpo didn’t mix. For this reason I was never asked to join (Gene) Fowler’s mob, whose members included John Decker, John Barrymore and W.C. Fields, and whose common bond was the kind that bourbon was bottled in.” Page 249: Harpo’s account of getting drunk with actress Ruth Gordon on the Riviera in 1928: “What we were served - after a soup with wine in it - was an omelette doused with rum. We lapped up the soup and the omelet. Ruth, it turned out, was just as vulnerable to alcohol as I was. When we finished the omelet, we were higher than two kites. The innkeeper insisted we have crepe suzettes. When we finished the crepe suzettes, which were prepared with brandy, we were skunk drunk. I remember staggering forth from the restaurant - Ruth and I helping each other up the flight of stone steps, which had lengthened considerably during lunch - and then walking around the village square so I could sober up enough to drive. I remember driving down the mountain and laughing like hell because the car had no brakes. I remember stopping to ask the natives the way to Galveston, Texas.” HONK!
Harpo had adopted children, and his daughter. She was being given a hard time for being adopted. He quashed
that quickly when harpo said his daughter was chosen, unlike other children. Their influence remains, the + and -.
Great job as always, guys! This is long but it will be useful to people listening and want to know -
In reference to the drinking habits of Harpo Marx:
From “Harpo Speaks,” page 14: “My only alcohol problem is that I don’t particularly care for the stuff.”
Page 397: “There was something wrong with my chemistry. Alcohol and Harpo didn’t mix. For this reason I was never asked to join (Gene) Fowler’s mob, whose members included John Decker, John Barrymore and W.C. Fields, and whose common bond was the kind that bourbon was bottled in.”
Page 249: Harpo’s account of getting drunk with actress Ruth Gordon on the Riviera in 1928: “What we were served - after a soup with wine in it - was an omelette doused with rum. We lapped up the soup and the omelet. Ruth, it turned out, was just as vulnerable to alcohol as I was. When we finished the omelet, we were higher than two kites. The innkeeper insisted we have crepe suzettes. When we finished the crepe suzettes, which were prepared with brandy, we were skunk drunk.
I remember staggering forth from the restaurant - Ruth and I helping each other up the flight of stone steps, which had lengthened considerably during lunch - and then walking around the village square so I could sober up enough to drive. I remember driving down the mountain and laughing like hell because the car had no brakes. I remember stopping to ask the natives the way to Galveston, Texas.”
HONK!
Does anyone happen to know if a potential biopic of marx bros is held up from copyrights held by marx offspring?
Great show, guys! But alas -- now the Gummo scales have fallen from eyes!
Let us not forget.... Nat Bonx.
Bob underestimates his contribution on air and he certainly has more to say. Hello, I must not be going…
Bob has Zeppo'd the podcast
I'd like to hear Bob sing When The Clock Strikes 10 first before I decide.
Great job, guys. You had me right up until Lydia!