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The Groucho Phile: An Illustrated Life

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This book is wonderful! It provides a wonderful descriptive veiw of what the great comedian Groucho Marx was like, and amazing stills and photos. And if you read this you might also want to read Groucho and Me also by the master himself Groucho Marx.

This book is wonderful! It provides a wonderful descriptive veiw of what the great comedian Groucho Marx was like, and amazing stills and photos. And if you read this you might also want to read Groucho and Me also by the master himself Groucho Marx.

I thought I would be sent a large mass market edition but this is a big old coffee table book, a first edition no less. The book is in excellent condition but the dust jacket is worn. Down side is that the book of career memories, richly photography and documenting the radio era and lifestyle, is not as funny as "Groucho and Me". For real laughs, and not too many books can give me an outloud laugh, I recommend "Groucho and Me" (Me is Groucho's other side, Julius - His real name. I should order a copy of that book here. Maybe I will get a signed copy. Imagine?

Take one young interviewer, an aged member of a classic movie comedy team and no one to shut off the tape recorder and you get this book; a rambling,insightful, and in the end, sad book. Groucho comes off as a bitter man who lost his razor wit with age and now spews venom about many who were a part of his life. While there are many insightful interviews with others who are part of the Marx legacy and an excellent collection of memorabilia that take the book up a notch and make it a must for fans of the team; in the end you're left with a Groucho you wish had someone looking out for him and spared him from making these kinds of comments.