Dick Cavett is 86 years old and appears to be in fine physical and mental shape. His friend and idol Groucho Marx is dead, has been for a long time, having taken his last breath and offered his ...

The Marx Brothers’ films are classics and are generally available in numerous technologies, but a few well-chosen clips from “You Bet Your Life,” Groucho’s 1950s television quiz show ...

Dick Cavett (L) greets Groucho Marx on an edition of his late-night talk show that aired in April 1968. Credit: Ron Baldwin. By Verne [email protected] @vernejgay Updated December 23, 2022.

Groucho Marx has been dead since 1977, but to hear his grandson talk about him, one can imagine a smile on his face, those remarkable eyebrows raising “He and I became very close in his later ...

Harpo Marx's oldest child, musician Bill Marx, shares his memories of his uncle, comedian Groucho Marx, and their time together. Skip to main content Skip to footer site map. MENU; ...

The Groucho mask’s origin story. The mask, of course, originated with Groucho. Born in 1890, Julius Henry Marx was the middle child of the five sons of a German Jewish mother and an Alsatian ...

Dick Cavett was writing for Jack Paar on “The Tonight Show” when he met Groucho Marx at the funeral of playwright George S. Kaufman in 1961. It was the beginning of a friendship that lasted ...

“Groucho & Cavett,” directed by Robert S. Bader, captures the mutual affection between Marx, who was in the later stage of his career, and Cavett, a talk-show host on the rise during a ...

When Groucho Marx passed away in 1977, a cancellation meant ending a subscription to the Sears catalog. But it’s a different world today. While there’s no more catalog, canceling has taken on ...

Mr. Cavett had been bumping around as a comedy writer since 1961, working as a staff writer on “The Tonight Show” and providing material for Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, and Groucho Marx, who served as ...