His instrument was guitar (duck soup, he's the only one actually playing) Zeppo was a trumpeter (his call was played in duck soup when Harpo was in the tub)
@@coasternut3091Zeppo was gifted at inventing clamps to hold the atomic bomb on its way to destroy Nagasaki, and Gummo was gifted at inventing ways to store raincoats.
Actually, Groucho was the snotty nosed little brother. Chico is the one that loaded up the family and took them places. Harpo was the one who painted a picture of a nude woman for a week and then showed her a picture of a banana. Chico would get a job in a nightclub playing the piano until he got bored. He then handed the job over to Harpo who only knew how to play one song but in many versions. He would play until they caught on and fired him.
@@johnvoice815 Groucho and all his brothers played multiple instruments. Their mother, Minnie, made sure they learned and excelled in as many areas as possible, training them for a career in vaudeville. Little did she know at the time how far they would go on their massive individual and collective talents. Love 'em 🥰 p.s. amazing how much one can learn and DO sans "technology:" no screens, no internet, no computers, just lots and lots of effort and motivation ✨🏆
So so so underrated as a player. Nobody can play like Chico Marx. All those right hand shenanigans, anybody who plays knows how difficult that stuff is to pull off and not look like a fool. Chico does it effortlessly and you can't do anything but giggle when he does
sometimes professors teach you the wrong way or you get yourself mystified; playing the piano is tricky, as the case in many arts, but it's actually not supposed to be hard, if you find the way to do it (nothing can be obtained forcefully); childrem usually learn things quite naturally if they are really musical, and if a professor is able to lead and support them;
@@AlessandroZir very true Alessandro, but no professor would ever teach the kind of gymnastics that Chico does with his hands. You can only imagine what he would say to his student who was doing that. To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure he took lessons. They were dirt poor. It's hard to believe they would have afforded it. I guess he must have somewhere. Still, just so much fun to watch. I remember as a kid taking piano lessons thinking to myself I wonder if I could do that and every time I tried it just never worked.
@@tgirard123 look, the most important things a good professor of piano will say concerning hands is finger independence, but without any stress, interior subtle controle without visible effort, play with the ear (the sound must never be harsh, unless if you consciously intend to mock something), and using the weight of the whole arm, from the shoulders, relaxed, at easy; feel from the point of your fingers... he does all that!! you could certainly find a good piano teacher at that time, without having to pay much money;
@@tgirard123 Time to swoop in with the FACTS! They did, in fact, hire a piano teacher for Chico! Unfortunately, the woman could *only teach the left hand* so he had to make up the right hand to complete the pieces he was learning. And then he passed on his knowledge third hand to Harpo.
@@SwordHMX I may be wrong but I don't believe that Margaret Dumont ever appeared with The Stooges. (I couldn't find anything that showed she did, anyway) Symona Boniface often played much the same part in the Stooges short subjects, however, as Margaret Dumont did with the Marx Brothers.
@@heron2 She was indeed. It's a shame, IMO, that Grouch kept putting forth the idea that she never got their jokes when it was obvious not only that she did, but was playing the part to build them up and not take away from their laughs.
Chico's wife once said even after many years of marriage, her heart would still beat a little faster when she heard his approaching step. If you imagine him without the little sugar loaf hat, you realize he was actually a handsome man.
The contrast in tone between Chico's and Harpo's songs is funny in itself. The return to the first song just finishes it perfectly. Great comedy, great music.
There are many great and fine pianists; there are many great and fine comedians. But Chico and Victor Borge, with skill, timing, and unique comic personas, made that combination sheer genius, and sheer joy!
They're my favorite! I'm a die-hard Marxist! And, to show I'm a good father, I introduced my kids to them via my complete DVD collection. Because. classical education is priceless.
My Dad introduced my brother & me to the Marx brothers as well Larry, Curly, & Mo when we were very young. We tried copying them until our mother caught us. 🤣🤣
We certainly saw that in Chico & Harpo. But I was just thinking - when did we ever see Groucho do anything musical? Aside from maybe some comedic singing (for all I know, he could have been a great vocalist, but that wouldn't have been humorous). Fred
@@mikewoollett Good point! I stand corrected. I have even accompanied on my guitar, a friend who wanted to sing that song to a group. Thanks for reminding me of that wonderful silliness. Fred
What an outrageously funny scene. After all these years it's still a classic. That simple comical tune as only Chico could perform which such style and Groucho's bored look are hilarious.
Groucho wrote 5 books, he said, that Margaret really did not 'get' their humor..one story he tells towards the end of her time on stage with them. She was in her dressing room and flowers were delivered to her. Groucho said he could tell she had sent them to herself..I think she died almost penniless if memory serves...very bittersweet...find the books if you can, most may be out of print, but, most libraries can put in a call to other libraries for copies...I laughed and laughed at the stories he told. An excellent writer..
I think it is just Groucho being mean. The stuff about she bought her own bouquet is bogus. It was her last appearance with Groucho on the Hollywood Palace in the 1960s. She died not long after. This stuff she don't understand any of the jokes is malarkey. You can see her sometimes suppressing a laugh. He said she asked him to explain the joke about fighting for a woman's honor. That hardly means she didn't understand sny of them as Groucho claimed.
Actually, she said she didn't understand their humor at all! Groucho said that's why it was so great to work with her. She didn't get it! She just laughed anyway. They don't make em like this anymore.
Effortlessly is correct! He NEVER practiced. Before a show or a take for a film, he'd soak his hands in a sinkful of hot water for about ten minutes. That was it. 🎹
Oh, yes, that is true virtuousity. Comes only with much talent and endless practice, until you find it boring to play "normal". Actually it is not playing the piano but playing with the piano. You need to be playful too, to achieve that. Of course you don't practice anymore by then.
I love the way Chico flips his right-handed forefinger over to the right, to play the higher notes. Definetely not approved by the ABRSM - but we can always excuse Genius!
INCIDENTALLY HARPO GOT FAMOUS FIRST. WHEN GROUCHO CHICO ZEPPO AND GUMMO WERE STILL NOT THAT WELL KNOWN HARPO WAS A CELEBRITY HANGING OUT AT THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE WITH KAUFMAN PARKER BENCHLEY AND WOOLCOTT. AND WHEN THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER WAS VISITED BY HIS FRIEND FROM HOLLYWOOD IT WAS HARPO MARX. IN THE FILM IT WAS JIMMY DURANTE BECAUSE HARPO WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Most amazing is that this long scene is live unedited. Nowadays it would take more than a week to do what they did in under 10 minutes. Pure comedic genius.
I think their first two films were basically just the show they did onstage, so this is something they'd been doing every night. Unique, anarchic and very funny.
Every scene the Marxes and Stooges filmed was done in one take, not just to preserve the spontaneity, but also because the producers were stingy with the film stock. 🤪
These were filmed with sound-on-disk (Vitaphone) technology, so had to be filmed with multiple cameras in one take. The technique was copied for television (I Love Lucy.)
@@jamesscanlan6240it’s actually quite the opposite for this film,the first thing the director did was rework the script and add changes, he saw how boring the cocoanuts (1929) was and he didn’t want that to happen again.
I still don't really care about the "love scene" singing; but as an ardent fan, I sit through them. But when Chico and Harpo do any playing, I focus on nothing else.
Although portrayed as cut ups , Leonard (Chicko ), Adolph( Harpo) and Julius (Groucho) were accomplished musicians. Chicko on the piano , Harpo on his namesake harp, and Groucho on guitar.
@@bbmtge , Actually Harpo's name was actually Adolph Arthur Marx, when Hitler came into power, Harpo switched the two names around and became known as Arthur.
He was born Adolph. He didn't change it because of Hitler, but because there was a show-business attorney named Adolph Marks who was apparently very unpopular. As Adolph, he was Addie (pronounced Ah-dee). So he changed it to Arthur and was called "Artie" which sounded almost exactly the same with a New York accent.
Groucho loved Maggie Dumont. When she auditioned he didn't tell her that they had a comedy act, and they never rehearsed together. So when Maggie came on stage in the middle of some fandango her deadpan expressions and roll of the eyes was natural; it took her a while to realize who these guys were. The four rarely separated.
I LOVE these guys' movies! I have a collection of them, and every couple of years I have to go back and dive into the insanity for a few weeks. You always knew, during the quieter moments in these movies, that a total outbreak of insanity was not far off.
We sometimes that in addition to being a supremely talented harpist, Harpo could also play piano - as a "messing-around" instrument - and play it quite well. Also, nobody played piano with quite the same style as Chico.
@@thebrinx9632 thats not how it goes it goes like-a this: Chico: when we dont reherse we dont play n if we dont play that runs into money Groucho: i see.....how much would u charge to run into an open man hole? Chico: just the cover charge Groucho: we cleaned that up pretty well lets see where we stand Chico: flat footed
When Groucho was still alive in the early 70s, I had a college roommate who actually got me even more into Minnie's Boys. He went to southern CA and went by Groucho's house to get a "Lobby Card" from Duck Soup autographed. Someone answered the door and told Dale that Groucho was entertaining guests in the back yard. Dale figured he would likely lose the lobby card but he gave the guy the card and wrote Groucho a note telling him what a huge fan he was and gave him his address. Sometime later he did in fact receive a typed response and his lobby card back. The letter started out, "you call yourself a huge fan.................. Groucho went on to explain that Dale couldn't have been a real fan or he would have crashed the party, saved Groucho and gotten a signed lobby card. He went on to say that Dale didn't deserve the lobby card autographed and signed his name to that letter.
One of the many classic Marx brothers lines, (and one that fabulously shows Groucho's contention that Chico was one of the greatest straight men when he had to be): "I can't think of the finish." "That's strange, and I can't think of anything else...". Surely a line written for them by the legendary George S. Kauffman himself!
I saw a tribute/documentary to Groucho, and it was said that Kaufman said he didn't like writing for the Marx Brothers bc Groucho would rewrite it, and it would be better. Whoever wrote what, thank you! You've given me many many years of music, magic and memories. Thank you, gentlemen!
What a great gag, Margaret Dumont is just enjoying the moment. The brothers doing a loose stage act at its best. The extras getting a free show and enjoying looking great. And what a player. This is the genius.
Me encantan sus travesuras ! Por eso me suscribí , poco se conoció , de ellos en Mexico 🇲🇽 ya que fueron más populares , los tres chiflados y él gordo y el flaco . Pero ellos ( los hermanos Marx ) marcaron una época y dinámica de la comicidad de los años posteriores de la gran depresión ! En Estados Unidos . Excelentes ! Muchas gracias 🖖😃🇲🇽
Everyone of the brothers were accomplished musicians chico probably the most talented these films are well balanced the brothers play the absolute clowns then all geniuses on their musical instruments I think that's why they are still to this day the best
@@Heartbreakin omg i never noticed that b4 n ive seen this film like 10+ Xs n now i can never un see it now lol well foist he spins it to go up but then its back down when he sits....
The early Marx Brothers movies were the best ones they ever made. After about 1935, the movies stopped being as funny because Hollywood couldn't handle their antics but, they were also wildly popular with the American public. I love the way Margaret Dumont couldn't hold her laughter whenever Groucho would make one of his snide comments.
The reason the later movies didn’t do well is because they weren’t given the opportunity to take their ideas on the road and test in front of live audiences.
Their first two movies were their Broadway plays so then had 3 years to work out and perfect the Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers ran for 191 performances plus road shows. After that it was scripts given to them. Horse feathers had bits from their vaudeville routine Fun in Hi Skule and Monkey Business had aspects of Their first Broadway show “I’ll Say She is”.
@@reedsmith6422 Actually, the main reason is that they had brilliant writers for their early movies, and mediocre ones later on. Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup were not tested in front of audiences at all and are three of their greatest films.
@@reedsmith6422 That's only partially true (their relationship with Paramount was souring even before Duck Soup went into production), but it is generally considered to be their finest movie. And the reason it didn't do well had nothing to do with them not taking it on the road to test in front of live audiences. Their earlier films were also not road tested and did very well. They didn't start trying out scenes in front of audiences until Night At The Opera and Day At The Races. The latter made a lot of money, but the quality of their material was already starting to diminish. They never again were assigned top-quality writers. It's really a stretch to claim that the practice of doing live shows of their upcoming material was the crucial factor in whether their films were a success. It was helpful for them to fine tune the material and time the laughs, but their previous films can hardly be faulted on those grounds. It can hardly be claimed the A Day At The Races is a better film than Horse Feather or Monkey Businesses. Duck Soup was the sixth highest grossing film of 1933. Not exactly unsuccessful.
it's a pity, nowadays!! we believe we are very advanced, but who among all the people we are acquainted with in our lives is able to play any simple musical instrument with such an easy and nonchalance?!!
Movie goers nowadays need action, murder, suspense, lust blood. This is simple to follow. But you must pay attention to the lines. They'll flyby and you missed it. Chicos piano playing just pulls you into his talent, and keeps you on his ride.
Chico was gifted on piano...
Harpo was gifted on the harp...
Groucho was just.......
GIFTED!
His instrument was guitar (duck soup, he's the only one actually playing)
Zeppo was a trumpeter (his call was played in duck soup when Harpo was in the tub)
@@coasternut3091Zeppo was gifted at inventing clamps to hold the atomic bomb on its way to destroy Nagasaki, and Gummo was gifted at inventing ways to store raincoats.
Actually, Groucho was the snotty nosed little brother. Chico is the one that loaded up the family and took them places. Harpo was the one who painted a picture of a nude woman for a week and then showed her a picture of a banana. Chico would get a job in a nightclub playing the piano until he got bored. He then handed the job over to Harpo who only knew how to play one song but in many versions. He would play until they caught on and fired him.
@@johnvoice815 Groucho and all his brothers played multiple instruments. Their mother, Minnie, made sure they learned and excelled in as many areas as possible, training them for a career in vaudeville. Little did she know at the time how far they would go on their massive individual and collective talents. Love 'em 🥰 p.s. amazing how much one can learn and DO sans "technology:" no screens, no internet, no computers, just lots and lots of effort and motivation ✨🏆
@@johnvoice815 et frank à la guitare
So so so underrated as a player. Nobody can play like Chico Marx. All those right hand shenanigans, anybody who plays knows how difficult that stuff is to pull off and not look like a fool. Chico does it effortlessly and you can't do anything but giggle when he does
sometimes professors teach you the wrong way or you get yourself mystified; playing the piano is tricky, as the case in many arts, but it's actually not supposed to be hard, if you find the way to do it (nothing can be obtained forcefully); childrem usually learn things quite naturally if they are really musical, and if a professor is able to lead and support them;
@@AlessandroZir very true Alessandro, but no professor would ever teach the kind of gymnastics that Chico does with his hands. You can only imagine what he would say to his student who was doing that. To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure he took lessons. They were dirt poor. It's hard to believe they would have afforded it. I guess he must have somewhere. Still, just so much fun to watch. I remember as a kid taking piano lessons thinking to myself I wonder if I could do that and every time I tried it just never worked.
@@tgirard123 look, the most important things a good professor of piano will say concerning hands is finger independence, but without any stress, interior subtle controle without visible effort, play with the ear (the sound must never be harsh, unless if you consciously intend to mock something), and using the weight of the whole arm, from the shoulders, relaxed, at easy; feel from the point of your fingers... he does all that!! you could certainly find a good piano teacher at that time, without having to pay much money;
Too bet Harpo could've finished it!
@@tgirard123 Time to swoop in with the FACTS! They did, in fact, hire a piano teacher for Chico! Unfortunately, the woman could *only teach the left hand* so he had to make up the right hand to complete the pieces he was learning. And then he passed on his knowledge third hand to Harpo.
I never before noticed how beautiful Margaret Dumont is/was. She played the stuffy society matron to the hilt.
I can see her right now, bending over a hot stove... ❤️
...but I can't see the stove 🥸
Both theMarx Brothers and Three Stooges made jokes about her weight, yet she wasn't fat.
She really was a fantastic straight-woman
@@SwordHMX I may be wrong but I don't believe that Margaret Dumont ever appeared with The Stooges. (I couldn't find anything that showed she did, anyway) Symona Boniface often played much the same part in the Stooges short subjects, however, as Margaret Dumont did with the Marx Brothers.
@@heron2 She was indeed. It's a shame, IMO, that Grouch kept putting forth the idea that she never got their jokes when it was obvious not only that she did, but was playing the part to build them up and not take away from their laughs.
92 years later they are still masters of their art. Pure class.
Thank God we have these recordings
Genius is about 2 levels below this.
Chico's wife once said even after many years of marriage, her heart would still beat a little faster when she heard his approaching step. If you imagine him without the little sugar loaf hat, you realize he was actually a handsome man.
Too bad he couldn't stick to one woman at a time.
Love blinds you in certain ways...@@garryferrington811
@@garryferrington811he stuck it to many chorus girls to name a few
Did the hula with Tallulah
They all were, really. 💖
My dad saw Chico play in London in the late forties, said it was the best mixture of comedy and musical skill he ever saw.
The contrast in tone between Chico's and Harpo's songs is funny in itself. The return to the first song just finishes it perfectly.
Great comedy, great music.
I could watch Chico Marx play piano all day.
He would play the same tune again and again because he can't find the ending. 😂
I played this joke on my pianist teacher, and she wasn’t too impressed till she remembered what it was from
I’m not gonna lie. I wish I could have seen that.
THOSE INCREDIBLE MARX BROTHERS. WE WILL NEVER SEE THEIR LIKES AGAIN. !!!
I was just thinking the same😢
There are many great and fine pianists; there are many great and fine comedians. But Chico and Victor Borge, with skill, timing, and unique comic personas, made that combination sheer genius, and sheer joy!
Cap spot I loved VB
Absolutely!
Aw, g'wan. I watched all the way to the end; Victor Borge wasn't anywhere in here.
@@stevejordan7275 Yes he was; he was dressed as Margaret Dumont...
@@capblood3046 Drat! I missed that!
They're my favorite! I'm a die-hard Marxist! And, to show I'm a good father, I introduced my kids to them via my complete DVD collection. Because. classical education is priceless.
So glad to know the next generation will know the Marx brothers. I made them known to my children, too. (40 years ago).
Im old enough to remember some films watched with mum and dad in the early 60’s! ..and some were repeats!? Yay!!
My Dad introduced my brother & me to the Marx brothers as well Larry, Curly, & Mo when we were very young. We tried copying them until our mother caught us. 🤣🤣
@@ozymandiaspbs Did you tell her you were a victim of soicumstance?
@@davidwalter2002 🤪🤪🤣🤣
You forget how incredibly musically talented they were.
No I haven't. Their parents insisted that all their kids play an instrument. I always enjoy the parts when they play. Even when I was a kid.
We certainly saw that in Chico & Harpo. But I was just thinking - when did we ever see Groucho do anything musical?
Aside from maybe some comedic singing (for all I know, he could have been a great vocalist, but that wouldn't have been humorous).
Fred
@@ffggddss Groucho plays guirar and sings "Everyone Says I Love You" to Thelma Todd in "Horse Feathers"....very funny scene.
@@mikewoollett Good point! I stand corrected.
I have even accompanied on my guitar, a friend who wanted to sing that song to a group. Thanks for reminding me of that wonderful silliness.
Fred
They were one of the best comedic teams! You'll never find anyone else like them!
them the 3 stooges n L&H
❤👍👍👍❤
One of?
@@dannyharmon6529 yes as there are a few great comedy teams
@@AceripXF Abbott and Costello were Terrific as well PERIOD!!!!!
I've always loved how Chico plays the 😂piano. He makes it look so effortless. I always like when he uses his index finger to "shoot" a high note.
What an outrageously funny scene. After all these years it's still a classic. That simple comical tune as only Chico could perform which such style and Groucho's bored look are hilarious.
Omg, Margaret’s reactions when Groucho and Chico are bantering back and forth, absolutely priceless 😆
Due credit to Margaret the she could keep a relatively straight face during those madcap routines - ! 😁
Groucho wrote 5 books, he said, that Margaret really did not 'get' their humor..one story he tells towards the end of her time on stage with them. She was in her dressing room and flowers were delivered to her. Groucho said he could tell she had sent them to herself..I think she died almost penniless if memory serves...very bittersweet...find the books if you can, most may be out of print, but, most libraries can put in a call to other libraries for copies...I laughed and laughed at the stories he told. An excellent writer..
Read that Margaret Dumont didn't have a sense of humor, least of all their humor.
I think it is just Groucho being mean. The stuff about she bought her own bouquet is bogus. It was her last appearance with Groucho on the Hollywood Palace in the 1960s. She died not long after. This stuff she don't understand any of the jokes is malarkey. You can see her sometimes suppressing a laugh. He said she asked him to explain the joke about fighting for a woman's honor. That hardly means she didn't understand sny of them as Groucho claimed.
Actually, she said she didn't understand their humor at all! Groucho said that's why it was so great to work with her. She didn't get it! She just laughed anyway. They don't make em like this anymore.
I've never heard anyone play the piano so effortlessly.
ive never seen anyone play the piano like chico b4
Effortlessly is correct! He NEVER practiced. Before a show or a take for a film, he'd soak his hands in a sinkful of hot water for about ten minutes. That was it. 🎹
@@h.calvert3165 i wonder how he got so good if he never practiced!
Oh, yes, that is true virtuousity. Comes only with much talent and endless practice, until you find it boring to play "normal". Actually it is not playing the piano but playing with the piano. You need to be playful too, to achieve that. Of course you don't practice anymore by then.
@@AceripXF He most certainly practiced. At some time. He probably just didn't call it that; it was play. I agree with *leximatic.*
Fred
They were all talented musicians who learned from each other truly one of the greatest comedy teams ever God bless
I often smile at someone's talent, at the piano, but with Chico, it's a whole different type of smile.
I love the way Chico flips his right-handed forefinger over to the right, to play the higher notes. Definetely not approved by the ABRSM - but we can always excuse Genius!
The way he played the piano... a genius, Chico was a genius
Absolument jubilatoire ! Je regarde cette vidéo en boucle sans jamais me lasser.
These guys are my all time favorite. I adore them. Harpo is my favorite brother but they are all great 😃👍
His book "Harpo Speaks" was fantastic!
INCIDENTALLY HARPO GOT FAMOUS FIRST. WHEN GROUCHO CHICO ZEPPO AND GUMMO WERE STILL NOT THAT WELL KNOWN HARPO WAS A CELEBRITY HANGING OUT AT THE ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE WITH KAUFMAN PARKER BENCHLEY AND WOOLCOTT. AND WHEN THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER WAS VISITED BY HIS FRIEND FROM HOLLYWOOD IT WAS HARPO MARX. IN THE FILM IT WAS JIMMY DURANTE BECAUSE HARPO WAS UNAVAILABLE.
@@robertchesnosky3508 Wow. Never knew that! thanks for sharing.
"I think I went past it" brilliant 👏
These guys have never been topped.
Most amazing is that this long scene is live unedited. Nowadays it would take more than a week to do what they did in under 10 minutes. Pure comedic genius.
I think their first two films were basically just the show they did onstage, so this is something they'd been doing every night. Unique, anarchic and very funny.
There were edits in this, just well hidden
Every scene the Marxes and Stooges filmed was done in one take, not just to preserve the spontaneity, but also because the producers were stingy with the film stock. 🤪
These were filmed with sound-on-disk (Vitaphone) technology, so had to be filmed with multiple cameras in one take. The technique was copied for television (I Love Lucy.)
@@jamesscanlan6240it’s actually quite the opposite for this film,the first thing the director did was rework the script and add changes, he saw how boring the cocoanuts (1929) was and he didn’t want that to happen again.
My friend, Travis, could play the piano numbers Chico does spot-on. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago. Miss him. He was a quiet genius.
im very sorry for ur friends passing RIP! maybe hes up there playing w Chico! ^_^
He must have been fantastic! Sorry he's gone.
Sorry for your loss....glad to know if him, thank you
Sorry for your loss....glad to know if him, thank you
Sorry for the loss of your friend. May he Rest in Paradise. 💚💛👌🙏
I love, love, LOVE how Chico plays the piano. He was so amazing at it!!!!!!
Love everything these guys made. Years ahead of their time. Genuis.
I always enjoy Chico's playing; Harpo's also.
Boy could he play.
Marvellous pianist.
When I was a little I always left during the musical parts of the Marx bothers movies. The older I get the more I appreciate them.
I still don't really care about the "love scene" singing; but as an ardent fan, I sit through them. But when Chico and Harpo do any playing, I focus on nothing else.
Chico : I can't think of the finish
Groucho : I can't think of anything else
The master of the comeback strikes again
Inspiration for Yakko Warner.
Chico: You know what I think, I think I passed it
Although portrayed as cut ups , Leonard (Chicko ), Adolph( Harpo) and Julius (Groucho) were accomplished musicians. Chicko on the piano , Harpo on his namesake harp, and Groucho on guitar.
Harpo's given name was Arthur, not Adolph. Further, they were not portrayed you claim.
@@bbmtge Also, tell Wikipedia to fix all their references to Adolph, I guess.
@@bbmtge , Actually Harpo's name was actually Adolph Arthur Marx, when Hitler came into power, Harpo switched the two names around and became known as Arthur.
@@mibeatleman6767Close. He changed to Arthur after WW1. Americans didn't like Germans so Harpo americanized his name.
He was born Adolph. He didn't change it because of Hitler, but because there was a show-business attorney named Adolph Marks who was apparently very unpopular. As Adolph, he was Addie (pronounced Ah-dee). So he changed it to Arthur and was called "Artie" which sounded almost exactly the same with a New York accent.
Groucho loved Maggie Dumont. When she auditioned he didn't tell her that they had a comedy act, and they never rehearsed together. So when Maggie came on stage in the middle of some fandango her deadpan expressions and roll of the eyes was natural; it took her a while to realize who these guys were. The four rarely separated.
I really love that finger-gun movement he does at the end of his song at 3:32. I have rewatched it like 10 times - so stylish.
The first song he’s playing is “I’m Daffy Over You”.
Half the fun is watching Chico's hands while he plays.
The greatest comedians of all time. I love them all, but Harpo is my favorite
Even more after reading 'Harpo Speaks'
Groucho wrote 5 books, find them in your local library..they are hysterical...
@@janealexander1378 Great book!
Mine too
Most of those actors back then were accomplished musicians.
Loved Chico's piano playing❤
- can watch them any time and they still makes me laugh.
Thank you for posting this 👍❤
God bless all y'all here
The incomparable technique of Chico-- makes it look effortless. 🎹✨🏆
Chico is a magnificent entertainer. Minnie made sure her boys could play an instrument. Harpo of course played the harp. Groucho played the guitar
Actually harpo couid play five other instruments in addition to the harp
@@RealKull And Groucho did a routine as a boy soprano.
My opinion, I'm 80yrs.old & I've heard hundreds of piano players and never heard one better than Chico.🤔🎵
I LOVE these guys' movies! I have a collection of them, and every couple of years I have to go back and dive into the insanity for a few weeks. You always knew, during the quieter moments in these movies, that a total outbreak of insanity was not far off.
We sometimes that in addition to being a supremely talented harpist, Harpo could also play piano - as a "messing-around" instrument - and play it quite well. Also, nobody played piano with quite the same style as Chico.
im taking piano lessons bc of Chico! ^_^
I think Harpo could play clarinet too - or maybe he was just pretending in “The Cocoanuts”
@@curlytoes22 No, he was playing the clarinet for real in "The Cocoanuts." Harpo also played tin whistle in "Day at the Races."
@@curlytoes22 yes he can deff play clarinet
They were all extremely superb musicians before the comedy thing. Since kids.
PLAYING FAST NOTES WITH GLOVES... INCREDIBLE.
He plays the piano with such confidence even he is joking!
With two or three fingers he could outperform most people that use two hands!
Everyone of the marx brothers were accomplished musicians chico probably the most talented of them all
Watching Chico on piano or 'Hop-oh' on the harp always amazed me!!
All were amazing. I am just discovering them after watching the PBS special about Dick Cavett and Groucho.
A bar of 20 over 4 time time signature...He was way ahead of his time!
You're wrong. It's an ishkabibbal 23 skidoo.
@@bluejacketau5777 I thought it was a Fugazzi
lmao love how margaret rolls her eyes n grins when groucho says U WOULDNT CONSIDER HUSH $ WOULD U
She was so great as the butt of his jokes.
how much to play in a sewer?...just the cover charge.
@@thebrinx9632 thats not how it goes
it goes like-a this:
Chico: when we dont reherse we dont play n if we dont play that runs into money
Groucho: i see.....how much would u charge to run into an open man hole?
Chico: just the cover charge
Groucho: we cleaned that up pretty well lets see where we stand
Chico: flat footed
I love Margaret Dumont next to Groucho trying not to laugh.
My kids growing up appreciated the Marx Brothers. Smart kids.
Can you imagine living next door to those brothers, as they were growing up?
One of the greastest talented of 4 remarkably talented brothers!!! Him and Harpo!
I hope the the Marx Brothers get the HD restoration treatment.....timeless comedy and should be preserved forever.
I don't believe Their will ever be another Chico Marx or a Harpo Marx they were so Gifted and so talented.
Marx bros puts a smile on my face every time
This set, and the set he plays with the kids in Night At The Opera, are my two favorite piano sets of his from the films.
mine is all the times he plays lol
He was an awesome pianist.
That was some pretty avantgarde chords Harpo started out with for 1930
Groucho stands up like the Manchurian candidate before donning his jacket around his waist, he knows what he must do.
When Groucho was still alive in the early 70s, I had a college roommate who actually got me even more into Minnie's Boys. He went to southern CA and went by Groucho's house to get a "Lobby Card" from Duck Soup autographed. Someone answered the door and told Dale that Groucho was entertaining guests in the back yard. Dale figured he would likely lose the lobby card but he gave the guy the card and wrote Groucho a note telling him what a huge fan he was and gave him his address. Sometime later he did in fact receive a typed response and his lobby card back. The letter started out, "you call yourself a huge fan.................. Groucho went on to explain that Dale couldn't have been a real fan or he would have crashed the party, saved Groucho and gotten a signed lobby card. He went on to say that Dale didn't deserve the lobby card autographed and signed his name to that letter.
I'm so dim that when she said he was out in the backyard I probably would've taken it as an invitation and strolled right in. :D
And all this time, I didn't even know Harpo played horseshoes.
Maybe he should have been called Horseshoe-o
There you go! My dad said he was in his school band...claimed he played the shoehorn.
Somewhere my love lies sleeping.....with a male chorus.
A great opening salvo from Groucho.
Chico would be great at parties.
Masters of all time⚘
I can't think of the finish.
That’s funny. I can’t think of anything else.
You know what I think, I think I went past it
@@emilylavigne9402 lmao
@@erinesque1889 thats strange n i cant think of anything else
Well if you come back round again, jump off.
Fantastic musicians!!! Great talents.
Chico definitely has his own style of playing.
These fellas will never not be funny.
Marx brothers were hilarious and so talented. Their movies brought joy to me and an elephant!
One of the many classic Marx brothers lines, (and one that fabulously shows Groucho's contention that Chico was one of the greatest straight men when he had to be): "I can't think of the finish." "That's strange, and I can't think of anything else...". Surely a line written for them by the legendary George S. Kauffman himself!
I saw a tribute/documentary to Groucho, and it was said that Kaufman said he didn't like writing for the Marx Brothers bc Groucho would rewrite it, and it would be better.
Whoever wrote what, thank you!
You've given me many many years of music, magic and memories.
Thank you, gentlemen!
The Marks Brothers sowed in me the seeds of my love for classical music, comedy and old films, black and white but pure GOLD.
Fantastic, Great Pianist
What a great gag, Margaret Dumont is just enjoying the moment. The brothers doing a loose stage act at its best. The extras getting a free show and enjoying looking great. And what a player. This is the genius.
"I once kept this up for three days"
You wouldn't consider hush money, Would you?
@@coachgoltzbizpro23 Margaret Dumont’s laugh at this line was perfect
u know wut i think i think i went passed it
when u come around again jump off!
Me encantan sus travesuras ! Por eso me suscribí , poco se conoció , de ellos en Mexico 🇲🇽 ya que fueron más populares , los tres chiflados y él gordo y el flaco . Pero ellos ( los hermanos Marx ) marcaron una época y dinámica de la comicidad de los años posteriores de la gran depresión ! En Estados Unidos . Excelentes ! Muchas gracias 🖖😃🇲🇽
Such natural talent.
*When I first saw these guys in their early movies, I thought they were very funny for the time period.*
Everyone of the brothers were accomplished musicians chico probably the most talented these films are well balanced the brothers play the absolute clowns then all geniuses on their musical instruments I think that's why they are still to this day the best
0:50 is it my imagination or is Chico silently counting out a ridiculous number of beats per measure? (12,13, ... 16)? Brilliant comedy.
It ain’t your imagination it’s actually onscreen
Yes, so subtle and simple, but I found it totally HILARIOUS!
he counts em outloud lol
@@Heartbreakin omg i never noticed that b4 n ive seen this film like 10+ Xs n now i can never un see it now lol well foist he spins it to go up but then its back down when he sits....
@@Heartbreakin hmm maybe
i thot i had the finish
i wish u did: yours lol
The early Marx Brothers movies were the best ones they ever made. After about 1935, the movies stopped being as funny because Hollywood couldn't handle their antics but, they were also wildly popular with the American public. I love the way Margaret Dumont couldn't hold her laughter whenever Groucho would make one of his snide comments.
The reason the later movies didn’t do well is because they weren’t given the opportunity to take their ideas on the road and test in front of live audiences.
Their first two movies were their Broadway plays so then had 3 years to work out and perfect the Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers ran for 191 performances plus road shows. After that it was scripts given to them. Horse feathers had bits from their vaudeville routine Fun in Hi Skule and Monkey Business had aspects of Their first Broadway show “I’ll Say She is”.
@@reedsmith6422 Actually, the main reason is that they had brilliant writers for their early movies, and mediocre ones later on. Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup were not tested in front of audiences at all and are three of their greatest films.
@@premanadi Duck Soup was not a box office success. It led to the end of the relationship/contract between Paramount and the Marx Brothers.
@@reedsmith6422 That's only partially true (their relationship with Paramount was souring even before Duck Soup went into production), but it is generally considered to be their finest movie. And the reason it didn't do well had nothing to do with them not taking it on the road to test in front of live audiences. Their earlier films were also not road tested and did very well. They didn't start trying out scenes in front of audiences until Night At The Opera and Day At The Races. The latter made a lot of money, but the quality of their material was already starting to diminish. They never again were assigned top-quality writers. It's really a stretch to claim that the practice of doing live shows of their upcoming material was the crucial factor in whether their films were a success. It was helpful for them to fine tune the material and time the laughs, but their previous films can hardly be faulted on those grounds. It can hardly be claimed the A Day At The Races is a better film than Horse Feather or Monkey Businesses.
Duck Soup was the sixth highest grossing film of 1933. Not exactly unsuccessful.
Happy 135th bday Chico!
“you know what i think? i think i went by it.”. LOL🌷
So incredibly talented…
I've never seen anyone else play with such style. 😁
it's a pity, nowadays!! we believe we are very advanced, but who among all the people we are acquainted with in our lives is able to play any simple musical instrument with such an easy and nonchalance?!!
Although he had piano lessons, he was mostly self-taught. He played piano to help bring in money for the family at an early age...
Chico Marx: Funniest hands in Hollywood!
"Somewhere my love lies sleeping... with a male chorus." Pre code, lol.
And still so funny today, 92 years on!
Should have included The great Margaret Dumont. She was without doubt, the 5th Marx Brother.
Craziest pianotechnics I ever saw.
Movie goers nowadays need action, murder, suspense, lust blood. This is simple to follow. But you must pay attention to the lines. They'll flyby and you missed it. Chicos piano playing just pulls you into his talent, and keeps you on his ride.
Mmmm id love to be on Chicos ride lol
NO swearing just to get laughs like today if a so called celebrity swears instantly the moronic audience think its funny and that is pathetic
@@johndean4765 yah i dont always like that kind of comedy (cursing all the time i mean)
They were just crazy and found a very peculiar way to make a living out of it. 😸
That’s Entertainment , Absolutely ❤️ The Marx Brothers…
"I'm A Dreamer, Mont Re All?"
This was the guy playing the piano on the Reefer Madness movie, no kidding. What a great player 👏 👌