Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales

Groucho Marx was a comic genius who starred on stage and in film radio and television. But he was also a gifted writer – the author of a play two screenplays seven books and over 100 articles and essays. This newly expanded collection presents the best of Groucho's short comic pieces written over a period of more than fifty years between 1919 and 1973 for the <I>New York Times</I> the <I>New Yorker</I> the <I>Saturday Evening Post</I> <I>Variety</I> the <I>Hollywood Reporter</I> and other newspapers and magazines.<br><br>Here is the one and only Groucho on his family his days in vaudeville his career World War II taxes and other topics from his love of a good cigar to his chronic insomnia from “Why Harpo Doesn't Talk” to “The Truth About Captain Spalding.” The familiar irreverence wordplay and a dash of self-deprecation bring Groucho's wisecracking voice to life in these pages firmly establishing him as one of the world's great humorists.<br><br><I>Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales</I> (a title of Groucho's own choosing) is essential reading for Marx Brothers fans and a hilarious and nostalgic trip through the twentieth century.