Episode 89: A Night at the Opera Reorchestrated (featuring the Marx Brothers Council)
Our sixth listener-commentary-film-revisiting episode finds you, our listeners, turning a critical eye to A Night at the Opera, and us turning a critical eye to your critical eye. You should have been at the first party; we didn't get home till around four in the morning.
Episode 88: The Joy of Marx (featuring Joy Harmon)
Few remember Tell It to Groucho, but everyone remembers Joy Harmon, Groucho’s sidekick on that show, as well as a You Bet Your Life contestant, stage and screen actor, and more recently, as a beloved baker of cakes in Hollywood. For our final episode of 2025, the wonderful Ms. Harmon herself joins us to discuss her life with Groucho.
Episode 80: Strange Interludes (featuring Kathy Biehl)
Kathy Biehl returns to the podcast for a discussion about The King and the Chorus Girl and Time for Elizabeth, Groucho’s two collaborations with Norman Krasna.
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 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 35: This Magnificent Chest
The most significant release of previously-unreleased Marx Brothers material occurred in 2014, when Shout Factory issued The Marx Brothers TV Collection.