He was born in 1888. So he was indeed 71 in this video. I can't believe I am laughing at the zany antics of someone from the 1800's. Don't get no better than this. Love you, Harpo. None like you before, and none like you since. You were one of a kind. And the very best kind, too.
In Harpo Speaks, he said some boys kept throwing him out the window of his second grade classroom. One day he just kept going and never came back. So I guess education isn't everything when you are as talented as he was. RIP, Harpo. You were one of the greatest comedians of all time.
It is a real shame that the likes of these great talented comedians of yesteryear are gone and the world will never see them again but at least we can watch them on film and enjoy and laugh along to
The Marx Brothers are Comedy Legends. I'm going to have a guess Theresa that you are an American too. 'The best comedians of all time?' Sorry no. That has to be the late, great Sir Norman Wisdom. He was Charlie Chaplin's favourite comedian.
I’m taking up clarinet again (after a 50 year break) and this was just perfect. True, well timed, well seasoned comedy, with all the trimmings. The bubbles are perfect. My fall-back, if my audience boos me …
From "Harpo Speaks," I learned he created the bubbles through a clarinet trick bit while doing Vaudeville in the 1920's. A wonderful Go-To bit he kept.
All of March brothers were unique in their own way and yet together they were fabulous. Harpo in my opinion is one of the most funniest of the whole group. And what a musician he is as well. Wow.
@@incognito4825 🚨 . That's actually what I said yet Google or UA-cam doesn't spell the words properly as I say them for some reason. As long as you know what I meant that's all that matters. M a r x. It's unfortunate that I actually have to spell it. Google microphone is almost worthless anymore. I'm so frustrated with it.
@@incognito4825 I don't blame you. Although I have arthritis and cannot use my thumbs or fingers very well or fast at all. And thank you and you do the same as well. I would agree with you about the Marx Brothers except I also really liked Laurel and Hardy. But it's a toss-up between the two. And I also liked Abbott and Costello. It's so hard to choose from any one of those. But the Marx brothers were probably the most talented of all.
@@douglashall2141 I know how it is with arthritis, I'm having the worst bout with Raynauds right now. My index finger hurt so bad I wanted to cut it off.
@@kevinbutler1955NYC In his book,Groucho said Chico's idea of piano practise was to put his hands in hot water.And it seems a harpist said Harpo's playing was about the best she'd ever seen even if he didn't play it the usual way.I would love to have seen Harpo play with Peter Tork who also played about seven instruments.
According to an interview that Harpo's son..Mr.Bill Marx had stated for a Marx Brothers documentary..His Uncle Chico..would only practice his piano playing..prior to performing..Not Harpo..he always praticed and Harpo worked diligently in developing his technique on the harp, the piano, the clarinet, and the harmonica.
I'm not sure if Zeppo played any instruments, but he was a very good singer, and also an excellent mimic. I love the scene in Monkey Business when he imitates Maurice Chevalier, but most surprising to people is that during the blackout scene in Animal Crackers it's Zeppo, not Groucho, playing Capt. Spalding.
Just finished reading his bio, Harpo Speaks; their early lives and struggles are fascinating to read about, a totally different world. The clarinet producing bubbles was one of their earliest Vaudeville bits.
Harpo probably played everything. Prestidigitator ( slight of hand ), magician, mime, actor, comic, and don't forget the smoke tricks. There is video of Sam Snead ( golfer ) and his celebrity golf show where Harpo was guest golfer and he doesn't say anything the whole show just whistles and jesters and he does putt shots between his legs ( that's how he shot golf )
GRANDISSIMI, CON LA LORO COMICITÀ SURREALE, FANTASTICA ,ESILARANTE, TROPPO AVANTI PER LA LORO EPOCA . IMMENSI . I LORO FM DA VEDERE E RIVEDERE SEMPRE. LEGGERE LA LORO STORIA, LA VITA SUI PALCOSCENICI DI TUTT L'AMERICA.
Didn't you notice that he mimed drinking, snorting cocaine and shooting up heroin? Also implied having sex with a woman (but it turned out to be a bottle of coke).
Harpo did hair color commercial or something for hair where he is checking out all the chick's. Even though pretty old. He did good commercials. Probably on youtube.
@@lendrury2771 I've been casually studying the Marx Bros for decades and never came across so much as a hint about that. If you're alleging it right out of the blue you need to show some grounds. Link please.
He was so talented but also such a sweet, kind man. I also think it’s lovely that all the Marx brothers’ daughters have names beginning with M as a tribute to their mother Minnie.
Harpo & his wife were known as two of the kindest & most generous couples in show biz. They loved children & adopted many kids. He once said in an interview that he wished he was wealthy enough to adopt every child that needed a loving home. What an incredibly heartwarming thing to say !!
@@premanadi Indeed it is! My late mom gave me a DVD set which includes that movie. I vaguely remember him playing the clarinet. I will have to watch it again. Indeed, so true. I also didn't know he self taught himself to play that. Truly a musical genius he was. I do remember when I was a boy watching a documentary on Harpo. They said he loved coming home seeing a child in every window
@@Christbepraised Yes! All of his children were adopted. I don't think I have ever heard why - maybe he or his wife were infertile. He was self-taught on everything, including the harp.
I never seen his old TV show, only seen him on other people's shows and never thought he was funny. In fact, if you were watching a show and everyone else was funny and Berle came on he was so ' not funny '. He always sucked. Then I saw him on the old Dr. Ruth Westheimer sex talk show and all he did was seriously talk about his life and was mostly quite serious , even kind of sad and the whole place was on the floor and all Dr. Ruth could do was just this half choking laugh all the time he was talking. It was crazy.
71 here! Harpo looked fantastic. Comedic genius. Berle also great
He was born in 1888. So he was indeed 71 in this video. I can't believe I am laughing at the zany antics of someone from the 1800's. Don't get no better than this. Love you, Harpo. None like you before, and none like you since. You were one of a kind. And the very best kind, too.
He played the harp , piano and clarinet. Was a grade school dropout who never had a formal music lesson. ( And there was no UA-cam.)
In Harpo Speaks, he said some boys kept throwing him out the window of his second grade classroom. One day he just kept going and never came back. So I guess education isn't everything when you are as talented as he was. RIP, Harpo. You were one of the greatest comedians of all time.
Milton is such a ham.
Loved this.
Glad to have been alive for the Great Era of Comedy! They are all gone.
It is a real shame that the likes of these great talented comedians of yesteryear are gone and the world will never see them again but at least we can watch them on film and enjoy and laugh along to
We have new folks like Jimmy Fallon!
Omg yes well said!!
Harpo was an excellent comic he is by far one of the best comedians of all time very talented. Love Harpo, Groucho, Chico and Zeppo ❤❤❤❤
Love these guys
Love these guys 😍😆😆
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Zeppo always had a spark.
The Marx Brothers are Comedy Legends.
I'm going to have a guess Theresa that you are an American too.
'The best comedians of all time?'
Sorry no.
That has to be the late, great
Sir Norman Wisdom.
He was Charlie Chaplin's favourite comedian.
Harpo was/is one of the best comedians EVER.🗽👍
Hooray for Harpo.
Always loved Harpo. He was the best!
I never saw this. I loved the movies. What a talent Harpo was.
Harpo’s heroin And cocaine references are hilarious especially when you consider this was American TV in 1959 very hip!
thats the funniest part lol
Amazing he got away with that
@@rickrick5041 it was funny as hell tho! lol
@@rickrick5041 I'm guessing the producers thought it would go over most of the audience's heads, and they were probably right.
I was in stitches. 😂😂that reference was hilarious. Great comedy😂👍👍
When you think back years ago when both parents was alive and people had more time for each other. This is emotional to watch.
I’m taking up clarinet again (after a 50 year break) and this was just perfect. True, well timed, well seasoned comedy, with all the trimmings. The bubbles are perfect. My fall-back, if my audience boos me …
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From "Harpo Speaks," I learned he created the bubbles through a clarinet trick bit while doing Vaudeville in the 1920's. A wonderful Go-To bit he kept.
This My Grandparents Time Back In The
40's I Watched Sometimes In Late 70's
& Early 80's. I Laughed & More Laugh.
Soooooo funny. I needed this to start my day. Love Harpo.
Its the only thing you need for you look good.😀
My parrot . bird. Is named,, Chico. He is 65 years.
This is beyond marvellous!!
I had never seen this one.
Thanks for posting it.
These entertainers of the past were multi talented.
"What's that?"
"That's the 'sanity clause'."
"Ha! You don't fool me. Everybody knows there ain't no sanata claus."
"Do you like cheese? Not me!" when Harpo bites him.
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant spot of comedy.
@MikeDonovan He was implying that Mr. Berle was cheesy. And cheesy means that Mr. Berle was not a good performer. All in fun and joking around.
Two of my all-time Heroes may they rest in peace
Me and my brothers, mum & dad loved the Marx brothers. They were a very talented family and very funny. Not like today’s wannabes. 👍👍👍
Their communist brother Karl had no sense of humor.....
exactly.
The skit with Lucillie Ball and Harpo the best I've ever seen
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Harpo was so incredibly talented. Fav❤
Oh my goodness! I had forgotten that a comedy act can actually truly be funny.
4:23 In case anyone didn't understand... the band plays "Tiger Rag".
Hold that Tiger!
@@danh.8490 Tiger Rag.
All of March brothers were unique in their own way and yet together they were fabulous. Harpo in my opinion is one of the most funniest of the whole group. And what a musician he is as well. Wow.
Marx.
@@incognito4825 🚨 . That's actually what I said yet Google or UA-cam doesn't spell the words properly as I say them for some reason. As long as you know what I meant that's all that matters. M a r x. It's unfortunate that I actually have to spell it. Google microphone is almost worthless anymore. I'm so frustrated with it.
@@douglashall2141 I never use the microphone. The Marx brothers were the best of all comedy teams. Hope the best for you.
@@incognito4825 I don't blame you. Although I have arthritis and cannot use my thumbs or fingers very well or fast at all. And thank you and you do the same as well. I would agree with you about the Marx Brothers except I also really liked Laurel and Hardy. But it's a toss-up between the two. And I also liked Abbott and Costello. It's so hard to choose from any one of those. But the Marx brothers were probably the most talented of all.
@@douglashall2141 I know how it is with arthritis, I'm having the worst bout with Raynauds right now. My index finger hurt so bad I wanted to cut it off.
We were starving for entertainment with Bearle
Yep, the guests were the only ones feeding us
Des talents comme.ça , il n'y en a plus!
Harpo is great harpist. Super talented man.
I was one when this is done loved their films
Whilst Chico was a great pianist, Harpo played six different instruments . A gifted fly. indeed !
As Chico's daughter, Maxine Marx, said "My dad was a piano player but Uncle Harpo was a musician."
@@Mxyzptlksac What a good story. And Maxine´s answer was in the Marx bros. vein. Thanks !
Harpo was a much more disciplined and talented musician than Groucho and Chico.
@@kevinbutler1955NYC In his book,Groucho said Chico's idea of piano practise was to put his hands in hot water.And it seems a harpist said Harpo's playing was about the best she'd ever seen even if he didn't play it the usual way.I would love to have seen Harpo play with Peter Tork who also played about seven instruments.
According to an interview that Harpo's son..Mr.Bill Marx had stated for a Marx Brothers documentary..His Uncle Chico..would only practice his piano playing..prior to performing..Not Harpo..he always praticed and Harpo worked diligently in developing his technique on the harp, the piano, the clarinet, and the harmonica.
Love Harpo.
I never saw this clip, it's great
Thanku for the upload
Amazing talent and timing back then
So fabulous!
My favorite comedian! Harpo Marx!
Mr Television. Sadly nobody remembers him today
Milton who?
Wish id seen Harpo live ... i did see GROUCHO IN '72 perform ,, and Milton in the 90s!
Fave Marx brother.
Harpo is the craziest comedian ever
harpo was immensely talented...
Milton Berle, Harpo Marx, Billy May….Wow! Those were the days 👍🤣
Two talented men
Try to recreate this
THAT Phrase "A Man Of Few Words" was MADE just for Harpo.. What a Class Act he was..
All the Marx Brothers, were super talented
Always love the Marx brothers monkey business duck soup horsefeathers night at the opera outstanding comedy to this day
Wow! I didn't know this clip existed. It's priceless! Thanks for sharing. :)
Surprising and wonderful.
all the marx brothers were great musicians
I'm not sure if Zeppo played any instruments, but he was a very good singer, and also an excellent mimic. I love the scene in Monkey Business when he imitates Maurice Chevalier, but most surprising to people is that during the blackout scene in Animal Crackers it's Zeppo, not Groucho, playing Capt. Spalding.
Just finished reading his bio, Harpo Speaks; their early lives and struggles are fascinating to read about, a totally different world. The clarinet producing bubbles was one of their earliest Vaudeville bits.
Unbelievable he plays the clarinet!
He played many different instruments.
Clarinetto
That had me in stitches
Harpo is a lot easier to remember than "clarineto".
LOL!
Billie May composed " I tawt I taw a puddy tat ".
Thanks Vladimir
When comedians didn't have to swear to be funny....
G R A N D E HARPO MARX E OTTIMO
DIRETTORE CONDUTTORE!!!!!
Never knew Harpo played the clarinet.
Harpo probably played everything.
Prestidigitator ( slight of hand ), magician, mime, actor, comic, and don't forget the smoke tricks.
There is video of Sam Snead ( golfer ) and his celebrity golf show where Harpo was guest golfer and he doesn't say anything the whole show just whistles and jesters and he does putt shots between his legs ( that's how he shot golf )
Harpo played the clarinet in the Marx Brothers first movie "The Cocoanuts".
Harpo can play
So much talent
GRANDISSIMI, CON LA LORO COMICITÀ SURREALE, FANTASTICA ,ESILARANTE, TROPPO AVANTI PER LA LORO EPOCA . IMMENSI . I LORO FM DA VEDERE E RIVEDERE SEMPRE. LEGGERE LA LORO STORIA, LA VITA SUI PALCOSCENICI DI TUTT L'AMERICA.
👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏I'd love. Amei.
They were all multi- talented. Most of the old timers were. Singing dancing comedy musician even serious work, and they respected their audiences.
Thanks
Delightful!
Best part of this is Harpo acts almost accidentally wholesome, almost rejecting the future depravity of comedy
Depravity? What do you mean? As in comedians today that aren’t funny?
Didn't you notice that he mimed drinking, snorting cocaine and shooting up heroin? Also implied having sex with a woman (but it turned out to be a bottle of coke).
@@premanadi LMAOOO
🌹🌹🌹❤️R.I.P.
Black-and-white videotape of a color show ....
Billy May was one of the great arrangers. That was an all-star lineup.
thoroughly entertaining. Harpo still had it after all those years
my fav part when harpo suggested milton had 5 drinks shot up herion n did crack lmao!!!
Real entertainment from the year of my birth.
He and groucho are my favs among brothers
So sorry it didn’t include the commercial. For Kraft Kitchens potatoes and cheese
Glad it didn't. Not everyone likes ads. Some of us see none at all, unless they're embedded, even on TV.
Harpo did hair color commercial or something for hair where he is checking out all the chick's. Even though pretty old. He did good commercials.
Probably on youtube.
love how Harpo keep putting his leg up, like it's normal xD
I can't believe that he mimicked shooting up and sniffing cocaine on TV that long ago!
Oh yes he did! 2:45
thank god harpo became a silent because he would not have got away with that if he actually said that.
@@rossdelain1645 actually Harpo was a big time coke head and heroin addict
@@lendrury2771 I think you're mixing up Harpo with Oprah.
@@lendrury2771 I've been casually studying the Marx Bros for decades and never came across so much as a hint about that. If you're alleging it right out of the blue you need to show some grounds. Link please.
My first time seeing this! I didn't know Harpo played anything but the harp or at best, piano..
awesome
Maravilhoso.👍👍👍👍👍👍
He was so talented but also such a sweet, kind man. I also think it’s lovely that all the Marx brothers’ daughters have names beginning with M as a tribute to their mother Minnie.
Harpo & his wife were known as two of the kindest & most generous couples in show biz. They loved children & adopted many kids. He once said in an interview that he wished he was wealthy enough to adopt every child that needed a loving home. What an incredibly heartwarming thing to say !!
imma great music director
harpo 😫
LMAO!!!😂😂😂
Wonderful, really wonderful. Could you post all of these Milton Berle Kraft Music Hall episodes in full?
Good clean entertainment you don't see this anymore and we wonder why we have such massive social problems in our society today.
You must have missed Harpo miming drinking, sniffing cocaine and shooting up heroin.
I didn't know he could play more than the Harp. Let alone so many others
He plays the clarinet in their first film, Cocoanuts.
@@premanadi
Thank you. I have that movie. You're right! I forgot that
@@Christbepraised I think his clarinet playing is pretty darn good for someone who was self-taught and probably picked it up once a year!
@@premanadi
Indeed it is! My late mom gave me a DVD set which includes that movie. I vaguely remember him playing the clarinet. I will have to watch it again.
Indeed, so true. I also didn't know he self taught himself to play that. Truly a musical genius he was.
I do remember when I was a boy watching a documentary on Harpo. They said he loved coming home seeing a child in every window
@@Christbepraised Yes! All of his children were adopted. I don't think I have ever heard why - maybe he or his wife were infertile.
He was self-taught on everything, including the harp.
I KNEW he should have been called Clarineto
Great uncle Milton
Because he was known and referred to as Uncle Milty by my mother, I really thought he was my uncle as a kid for awhile. LOL.
I never seen his old TV show, only seen him on other people's shows and never thought he was funny. In fact, if you were watching a show and everyone else was funny and Berle came on he was so ' not funny '. He always sucked.
Then I saw him on the old Dr. Ruth Westheimer sex talk show and all he did was seriously talk about his life and was mostly quite serious , even kind of sad and the whole place was on the floor and all Dr. Ruth could do was just this half choking laugh all the time he was talking.
It was crazy.
There's only 2 people who could get Groucho's goat: Harpo and Chico.
Brilliant 😅
Muito bom
We loved the Marx Brothers because they were like a kids show, messing with the stuffy adults!
Playing old pan flute
Moj, ljubljeni istrument.+ zdravi smeh. Pa što više poželeti.
If someone can play that harp then he literally can play any instrument
This is so 1959. Great stuff though, lol.
Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger; Yiddish: מענדעל בערלינגער; July 12, 1908 - March 27, 2002)
Still hilarious! Hadn’t had a good laugh for awhile...
So funny and plays three instruments! Thought he only played the harp and saw him play a duet on piano with Chico.
Actually it's said he played 7 instruments Raymond Leroy
Harpo played 14 different instruments