An Evening with Ferrante...ah, I mean Groucho

[Brad from Georgia]

My wife and I drove down to Athens, GA last night to see Frank Ferrante's "An Evening with Groucho" (the tickets were actually an early birthday present from my wife). Great show! Ferrante has to be in terrific shape, bounding all over the stage (and through the auditorium, where he does the "You Bet Your Life" shtick, interviewing random audience members). It was very funny, and afterward we briefly met Mr. Ferrante, and I mentioned that Eddie Carroll had done his Jack Benny show at our college last spring...and Mr. Ferrante told me that he and Eddie have performed in Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple"...as Groucho and Jack! Now I'd pay top dollar to see that. I might even go as high as a dollar and a quarter....

[Maxwell]

My wife and I drove down to Athens, GA last night to see Frank Ferrante's "An Evening with Groucho" (the tickets were actually an early birthday present from my wife). Great show! Ferrante has to be in terrific shape, bounding all over the stage (and through the auditorium, where he does the "You Bet Your Life" shtick, interviewing random audience members). It was very funny, and afterward we briefly met Mr. Ferrante, and I mentioned that Eddie Carroll had done his Jack Benny show at our college last spring...and Mr. Ferrante told me that he and Eddie have performed in Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple"...as Groucho and Jack! Now I'd pay top dollar to see that. I might even go as high as a dollar and a quarter....

Last Thursday TCM had an evening (or at least the better part of an hour) with the real Groucho, replaying Dick Cavett's interview with him from Cavett's late '60s primetime interview show. It's a show no Grouchophile should miss, and I understand TCM will be rerunning it on October 23. You can probably find more information at http://www.tcm.com

[Jhammes]

The Odd Couple... starring "Jack Benny" and "Groucho Marx"! Wow, I seriously hope someone made a video (even audio) recording of that performance!

[Jhammes]

The Odd Couple... starring "Jack Benny" and "Groucho Marx"! Wow, I seriously hope someone made a video (even audio) recording of that performance!
I would go even as high as a dollar and 39 cents to see THAT!

[Brad from Georgia]

Last Thursday TCM had an evening (or at least the better part of an hour) with the real Groucho, replaying Dick Cavett's interview with him from Cavett's late '60s primetime interview show. It's a show no Grouchophile should miss, and I understand TCM will be rerunning it on October 23. You can probably find more information at http://www.tcm.com

Yep, I saw the Cavett interview. Very interesting, considering Groucho agreed to do half an hour...and wound up doing a whole hour, even though they didn't know whether or not they'd be able to broadcast it! Ferrante told some of the same stories that Groucho had told on Cavett ("I'd like to thank you for all the joy you've taken out of it"), and he sang some of the selfsame songs, too. Ferrante has a new CD out of Groucho songs, in fact, including "Dr. Hackenbush," which was cut from A Day at the Races. And as a trivia note, it was supposed to be "Dr. Quackenbush," but some real Drs. Quackenbushes apparently objected.

[Maxwell]

Last Thursday TCM had an evening (or at least the better part of an hour) with the real Groucho, replaying Dick Cavett's interview with him from Cavett's late '60s primetime interview show. It's a show no Grouchophile should miss, and I understand TCM will be rerunning it on October 23. You can probably find more information at http://www.tcm.com

Yep, I saw the Cavett interview. Very interesting, considering Groucho agreed to do half an hour...and wound up doing a whole hour, even though they didn't know whether or not they'd be able to broadcast it! Ferrante told some of the same stories that Groucho had told on Cavett ("I'd like to thank you for all the joy you've taken out of it"), and he sang some of the selfsame songs, too. Ferrante has a new CD out of Groucho songs, in fact, including "Dr. Hackenbush," which was cut from A Day at the Races. And as a trivia note, it was supposed to be "Dr. Quackenbush," but some real Drs. Quackenbushes apparently objected.

And we won't even go into what S. Quentin Quail was all about.