Bonus Segments
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Segment 42: Harpo and the Wolf
A discussion about the new record Harpo Speaks: The Riverside Symphony ConcertSegment 41: Ubangi that right off
David Schaff’s comments about the theme of eugenics in A Day at the RacesSegment 40: New York Memories
Reminiscing about our MBCP weekend in NYCSegment 39: Webmarx
Looking back at the history of Marx Brothers fans onlineSegment 38: Marx in the Family
How our own families have responded to MarxmaniaSegment 37: Our Mr. Brooks
The Marx Brothers and Mel BrooksSegment 36: More Marx Holidays!
Important additions to your calendarSegment 35: Marx Brothers Council Roulette Revisited!
Another round of Council rouletteSegment 34: Some of our favorite appearances by actors we associate with the Marx Brothers in other things
With a title like that, who needs a descriptionSegment 33: Punching up, punching down
A discussion of the concept of “punching” in comedySegment 32: Groucho and Eliot on stage
Brad Sohlo reports on Jeffrey Hatcher’s play Groucho Marx Meets T.S. EliotSegment 31: Groucho in real life
A response to Dan Fodera’s question about emulating the MarxesSegment 30: If you could change just one thing…
What we’d change about each Marx Brothers filmSegment 29: The Ravelli Awards
The big, glitzy Marx Brothers awards show of your dreams!Segment 28: All’s Well That Doesn’t End Well
The mostly-disappointing endings of Marx Brothers moviesSegment 27: Unsung treasures from the Marx Brothers bookshelf
Marx books we feel deserve more attention than they getSegment 26: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Sometimes Woody
The Marx Brothers and Woody AllenSegment 25: Do you want to be a public domain nuisance?
The Cocoanuts belongs to us now — implications of the movies entering the U.S. public domainSegment 24: Last-minute gifts
A more festive holiday segment we’ve never heardSegment 23: Responses to our David Fleming interview
A discussion of responses to MBCP episode 74Segment 22: When We Was Fab
A music video featuring the Marx Brothers and George HarrisonSegment 21: Cocoanut Glenn
Glenn Davis comments on The Cocoanuts, and we respondSegment 20: Waxing Fingeroth
Episode 72 guest Danny Fingeroth returns for a second wide-ranging conversationSegment 19: Marx Brothers Council Roulette
Responding to randomly-selected posts from the Marx Brothers Council groupSegment 18: The Marx Brothers Cinematic Universe
Our pitches for an expanded universe of Marx Brothers storytellingSegment 17: The Thrill of I’ll Say She Is
An excerpt from Noah’s I’ll Say She Is centennial presentation at MarxfestSegment 16: Trav S.D. on the Importance of Being Zeppo
Frequent guest Trav S.D. returns to discuss the singular phenomenon of Zeppo MarxSegment 15: Produce a Marx Brothers movie
Matthew and Noah plan Marx Brothers films according to Bob’s rulesSegment 14: The Marx Brothers in translation
Translator and linguist Veikko Suvanto on translating the Brothers’ filmsSegment 13: Los Angeles, December 1972
Episode 65 guest Mike Rowe shares rare excerpts from Groucho’s last concert appearanceSegment 12: Christmas with the Marx Brothers
Matthew’s Christmas tradition and Noah’s Christmas poemSegment 11: Marx movie radio promos
On-air promotional materials for four of the Brothers’ filmsSegment 10: Too Many MORE Kisses
More on Too Many Kisses and House That Shadows Built, continuing from Episode 62Segment 9: Our favorite performances in Marx Brothers films by women who are not Margaret Dumont or Thelma Todd
With a title like that, who needs a descriptionSegment 8: Our baby pictures
The earliest days of The Marx Brothers Council PodcastSegment 7: Hollywood Agents
Episode 59 guest Mark Brisenden returns to discuss the Brothers’ 1937 radio pilotSegment 6: Cinco ranks the films
Frequent guest Cinco Paul returns to present his ranking of the Marx Brothers’ filmsSegment 5: You look more like an old clothes man to me
The Marx Brothers’ costumesSegment 4: The Groucho Marx Theory of Creativity
A discussion of the essay which closes Matthew’s book That’s Me, Groucho!Segment 3: Dark Soup
The Fake History of the Marx Brothers returnsSegment 2: You Brett Your Life
A visit with author, humorist, Marxfest organizer, and MBCP guest Brett LeveridgeSegment 1: Marxian supporting players who later got big
Big stars who appeared in Marx Brothers movies before they were big stars