Episode 45: That En-cy-clo-pidia! (featuring Glenn Mitchell)
It speaks well of the Marx Brothers and their fans that there are so many outstanding books about the team. Near the top of that list is Glenn Mitchell's ambitious Marx Brothers Encyclopedia. The man himself joins us for a discussion of his work.
Episode 39: Why A Nobile? (Featuring Nick Santa Maria)
This month, we take a deep dive into Richard J. Anobile’s controversial work from 1973, The Marx Bros. Scrapbook.
Episode 12: We Get Mad Because We Can't Read
We're joined by celebrated screenwriter Scott Alexander for a discussion of two tellings of the Marx Brothers' biography: Kyle Crichton’s 1950 biography of the Marxes, and the unproduced Marx Brothers biopic the world may yet see.
Episode 11: Art is Art and Water is Water
Josh Frank, coauthor of the graphic novel Giraffes on Horseback Salad, a joins us to discuss the book, Salvador Dali's interest in the Marxes, and the relationship between the Marxes and the surrealist art movement.
Episode 2: Noah, Bob, Joe, and Sometimes Matthew
We discuss whether we disagree enough, then list our least-favorite moments in the Marxes' films. Then a chat with Joe Adamson, author of the seminal Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo.