AS SEEN ON TV: GROUCHO MARX
On this day in 1890, Julius Marx was born, better known to the world as the one, the only.....
GROUCHO
AS SEEN IN:
"Groucho: A Life In Revue"
AS PLAYED BY:
Frank Ferrante
From YouTube:
Frank Ferrante reprised his role as Groucho Marx in "Groucho: A Life in Revue" for this 1999 performance staged at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut where it was taped for a PBS national broadcast. Original show premiered in New York and London starring Ferrante during the 1986-87 season. It ran 254 performances in New York where Ferrante won a Theatre World Award and was nominated for three Laurence Olivier Awards in London. The New York Times picked the tv version as a 'highlight' in 2002. Written by Groucho's son Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher.
Groucho would have been 120 years old today!
BCnU!
I'm sending this out to my brother Tim, who shares Groucho's birthday.......