Groucho

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Documentary about Groucho Marx. The normal rules whereby we respect things more, simply because they are old: religion; traditional remedies; dead presidents - do not apply to comedy, whose half life is based upon whether you actually laugh.

Groucho Marx is one of the few comedians that are still funny long after they are dead, so its interesting to ponder why.
57 min 36 sec Dec 29, 2007

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tags: biography comedy