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"Under those curls, Charlotte Chandler has a tape recorder in her head."

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"Reading Hello, I Must Be Going is like really being there. And I should know. I love the book."

-- Zeppo Marx

"Hello, I Must Be Going is as funny, even funnier than Groucho has ever been."

-- Otto Preminger

"Charlotte Chandler's book is the real thing. Absolutely authentic, beautifully researched, a joy to read."

-- Billy Wilder

"Knowing Groucho was fascinating, but this book knows Groucho better than I did."

-- Mike Nichols

"The definitive book on Groucho Marx."

-- Irv Kupcinet, Chicago Sun-Times

"I wish I could have met Groucho, and now I have. In Hello, I Must Be Going, Groucho never disappoints."

-- Tennessee Williams

"I'd like to have a book like this written about me. Absolutely!"

-- Bette Davis

"Charlotte Chandler's Hello, I Must Be Going contains such a wealth of Groucho Marxisms that she qualifies as the late comedian's Boswell."

-- Richard R. Lingeman, The New York Times Book Review

"Hello, I Must Be Going is fabulous. The best book of its kind."

-- Elliott Gould

"Under those curls, Charlotte Chandler has a tape recorder in her head."

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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster (August 14, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1416544224
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416544227
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A rare glimpse of Groucho toward the end of his life, December 11, 2000
By Gretchen Crumpacker (Newport Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hello, I Must Be Going: Groucho and His Friends (Paperback)
As the author points out, Groucho was a willing participant in this book but didn't live to see its publication. Charlotte Chandler spent a good deal of time with Groucho in his home toward the end of his life, and it's a perspective not offered by other authors (and I've read a number of books on the Brothers). Ms. Chandler conveys a sense of mutual warmth between herself and Groucho but doesn't idolize Groucho the Legend to the point of forgetting to capture the man. I also appreciated her kindness and restraint in treating Groucho's twilight-years relationship with the much, much younger Erin Fleming (the subject of a lawsuit by son Arthur Marx and many vitriolic pieces by the tabloid press). My husband points out that a few of the stories are told twice (anecdotally by the author, then in interview form), but that's well worth the price of admission. Transcripts of coversations with Woody Allen, Bill Cosby and others are priceless.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Memoirs of a Mangy Reviewer, August 23, 2000
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I've read part of this book in the library. It contains MANY anecdotes and quotes NOT found in any other Marx Bros. books-- and I've read most of the main ones! Thrill to the revelations about the sixth Marx brother! Gasp in Amazement at the meeting between Groucho and Woody Allen! Cheer at the revelation of the Missing Sketch from "I'll Say She Is!". And last but least, laugh. Of course some tiny smidgen (say, what IS a smidgen, anyway?) of information is incorrect, but hey, beggars can't be writers. Or is that critics can't be boozers?
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2.0 out of 5 stars Celebrities kissing up to a "legend.", February 25, 2009
The writing style was something new for me in a book, as the author basically documented - verbatim - various interviews with different celebrities on their relationship and take on GROUCHO MARX. Although there was some interesting information, for the most part, I found the constant adulation from Celebrities to the "great Groucho" rather annoying, because it seemed ingenuous after awhile. I also have to admit that Groucho fell from grace a couple of notches for me. I don't know if he was trying to impress Charlotte (the author), but I found many of his comments, remarks and stories self-indulgent, egotistical and somewhat bigotted, as well as quite UNFUNNY. Maybe it's just that at this point in his life he was growing increasingly senile, but whatever the case, I find I now like the man on the screen much more that the man depicted in the book. I look forward to reading "HARPO SPEAKS" as it is often referred to in this book, along with comments from Groucho and other celebrities as to "what a great man, Harpo was." I'll read the book and see for myself if that's true.
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