Episode 65: Our Rowe, Rohauer, and Groucho Hour (featuring Mike Rowe and Groucho Marx)
Comedy writer and producer Mike Rowe stops by to chat with us about his life in comedy — and also shares an exceedingly rare bit of Groucho Marx audio you’ve probably never heard before.
Episode 64: Groucho and We (Our Groucho and Me Deep Dive featuring Frank Ferrante)
Frank Ferrante returns to the podcast to join us for an in-depth look at our hero’s “anti-autobiography,” Groucho and Me.
Episode 58: Acid Reflux (Our Skidoo Deep Dive, featuring Cinco Paul)
Cinco Paul returns to the show to discuss Skidoo, Otto Preminger’s acid-laced 1968 comedy, which contains the final film performance of Groucho Marx.
Episode 54: There’s an Honored Guest Tonight (featuring Brett Leveridge)
Author and humorist Brett Leveridge joins Matthew and Noah for a look at some of Groucho’s appearances on talk shows and game shows, including What’s My Line?, The Tonight Show, Firing Line, and The Dick Cavett Show.
Episode 44: Double Disappointment (featuring Anthony Strand)
Isn't it interesting that Groucho made some movies without his brothers? Back in Episode 20, we tackled Copacabana (1947), and concluded that yes, it is interesting. And now, joined by Anthony Strand, we apply the same thinking to Groucho's odd double feature of early-fifties RKO releases, Double Dynamite (1951) and A Girl in Every Port (1952). Are these films interesting? Is this episode interesting? These are interesting questions -- or are they?
Episode 43: I Take it Out Once in a While (featuring Jay Hopkins)
It’s our first episode of 2022, and here we are again with a thousand dollars for one of our couples. Say the secret word and divide an extra hundred dollars. It’s a common word…
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 32: I Don't Think This Damn Thing is Safe
The last significant work by Groucho Marx as a performer was An Evening With Groucho -- which is the title of his 1972 concert, and the resulting LP.
Episode 20: The Biggest Place in Town
A deep dive into Groucho’s first solo effort, 1947’s Copacabana, which can be considered both a success and a failure, as well as neither.
Episode 19: Two of the Four of the Three Musketeers
The party of the first part shall be known in this episode as the party of the first part. How do you like that? Pretty neat, eh? This month we take it easy and discuss only half of the team, Groucho and Chico.