This television appearance of a late-in-life Groucho is perhaps the last one where you get to glimpse a little of the old comic spark that brought delight to millions of people over a seventy-plus-year (!) career in showbiz. Here, Groucho is noticeably slower and more fragile than he was on his last Cavett appearances thanks to several minor strokes suffered in the interim, but he's the furthest thing from the senile old husk of a legend rather infamously conveyed by Gilbert Gottfried in that admittedly funny and crass impersonation he relished in doing every chance he got.
It's sad seeing Groucho being treated like a toddler here with the dreaded Erin answering questions for him, but interesting nevertheless, I didn't even realize he kept making TV apperances at this point in his life.
This television appearance of a late-in-life Groucho is perhaps the last one where you get to glimpse a little of the old comic spark that brought delight to millions of people over a seventy-plus-year (!) career in showbiz. Here, Groucho is noticeably slower and more fragile than he was on his last Cavett appearances thanks to several minor strokes suffered in the interim, but he's the furthest thing from the senile old husk of a legend rather infamously conveyed by Gilbert Gottfried in that admittedly funny and crass impersonation he relished in doing every chance he got.
Thanks for this. Hadn't seen this before.
It's sad seeing Groucho being treated like a toddler here with the dreaded Erin answering questions for him, but interesting nevertheless, I didn't even realize he kept making TV apperances at this point in his life.