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 10: The Marx Brothers in the 21½ Century
Hmmm…what could this be? Chico leading a Mars expedition? Zeppo getting a talent transplant? No.
Bonus Episode: Holiday Minicast
Here's a stocking stuffer -- just a quick mini-episode to look backward and forward, wish you a happy everything, and tell you about the hottest holiday gifts of 2018.
Episode 9: A Good Buy From MGM
Why, we didn't know you cared! But since you do, here's our ninth episode, in which Nick Santa Maria drops by to discuss The Big Store, which we all agree was made by MGM in 1941 and stars the Marx Brothers and Tony Martin.
Episode 8: Gentlemen, Question Mark
Well, we asked you to ask us questions, and you asked us questions, and now, we answer some of the questions we asked you to ask us. Thanks to all who asked, and please let us know if you have any questions.
Episode 7: Too Late, That's Monkey Business Already
Matthew, Noah, and Bob over-analyze Monkey Business. Musicologist and Zeppocologist Andrea Orlando stops by to offer some much-needed informed insight.
Episode 6: The Missing Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers scholar Rodney Stewart Hillel Tryster joins the guys for a look into now-lost moments from the Marxes' career. Bob interviews Thomas Racz, who details his exciting discovery of a unique print of A Night at the Opera at the Hungarian Film Archive.
Episode 5: One of Our Own Compositions, by Cinco Paul
Screenwriter and Marx Brothers fanatic Cinco Paul joins the guys to discuss and play their favorite musical moments from Marx films.
Bonus Episode: More Marsden!
Episode 4 included an excerpt from Noah's interview with Les Marsden. Adamant crowds gathered at our doors to demand that we release the interview in its entirety.