Dick Cavett

I always look forward to Dick Cavett's occasional columns in the NYTimes - usually on a Saturday. He is a witty fellow with a great interviewing style. He often reminisces about his idol Groucho Marx.  Groucho was of the old school of comics - having honed his sthick in vaudeville and then on to Hollywood, radio and television. He had a bent kneed gait, wore a swallow tail coat, sported a fake mustache and smoked an ever present cigar. Just as he was fading from the scene he was rediscovered by the college set who hung on his every word. Besides his quick wit Groucho could play piano and also acted in Gilbert & Sullivan light opera. While in Hollywood he and his family were invited to a country club by an unthinking member to use the pool. Many country clubs were "restricted" in those days and his daughter was denied use of the pool. Groucho said " She's only half Jewish, can she go in up to her waist.?" The Marx brothers with their zaniness gave us great pleasure growing up. They also drove the script writers such as George S. Kaufmann wild with their antics. Groucho's last interview with Cavett is on U Tube and worth seeing. But as Groucho was fond of saying "I really must be going"
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