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Groucho Marx

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Comedian

The Resume

    (October 2, 1890-August 19, 1977)
    Birth Name is Julius Henry Marx
    Appeared in: 'Coconuts (1929),' 'Animal Crackers (1930),' 'Monkey Business (1931),' 'Horse Feathers (1932),' 'Duck Soup (1933),' 'Night at the Opera (1935),' 'Room Service (1938),' 'At the Circus (1939),' 'Go West (1940),' 'Night in Casablanca (1946)' and 'Double Dynamite (1951)'
    Host of 'You Bet Your Life' and 'Tell It to Groucho'
    Leader of the Marx Brothers

Why he might be annoying:

    He smoked cigars.
    He was married and divorced three times.
    When talking about Margaret Dumont, the actress who frequently played the inept dowager who acted as a punching bag for Groucho's verbal insults, he claimed the secret to their chemistry is that she never understood what he was saying.
    He suffered from insomnia, which he claimed was due to a financial loss in the stock market. When he suffered from insomnia, he used to call people up in the middle of the night and insult them.
    The FBI had a file on him after he made some jokes about Communism.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His one-liners were usually double entendre, but Groucho never used profanity in any of his performances, and said he never wanted to be known as a dirty comic.
    A famous gag toy was modeled after his face - the dark black glasses with big orange nose and mustache 'disguise' toy.
    He is best known for playing characters who were wisecracking sharpies who always sported a cigar, a mustache made of dark greasepaint and walked with a half crouch.
    He died three days after Elvis Presley. Unfortunately, due to the furor over Elvis' death, the media paid little attention to the passing of this comic genius.
    Credit: Cosmic Princess
    Some Groucho Quotes:
    'He was a master of asking the obvious questions like who is buried in Grant's Tomb and What color was George Washington's White Horse.'
    'Here's to our wives and girlfriends... may they never meet!'
    'How do you feel about women's rights? I like either side of them.'
    'I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.'
    'I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.'
    'Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas and how he got in my pajamas I'll never know.'
    'Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.'
    'Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.'
    'No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.'
    'Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.'
    'Please accept my resignation. I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.''
    'She got her good looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.'
    'The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing... if you can fake that, you've got it made.'
    See Related: Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Gummo Marx, Zeppo Marx and Margaret Dumont

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 99 Votes: 59.60% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 20 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 28 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 128 Votes: 42.97% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 55 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 191 Votes: 48.17% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 48 Votes: 52.08% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 59 Votes: 52.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 54 Votes: 42.59% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 102 Votes: 51.96% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 83 Votes: 53.01% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 293 Votes: 49.83% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1490 Votes: 35.37% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 144 Votes: 32.64% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 296 Votes: 43.92% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 485 Votes: 40.21% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1214 Votes: 42.42% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1271 Votes: 41.78% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 2196 Votes: 42.76% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1469 Votes: 35.94% Annoying