I just finished Steve Stoliar's audiobook rendition of Raised Eyebrows and maaaaaan his impression of Erin is spot on.

I think she gave him life force & the strength of her emotions for & towards him flattered as well as hurt. She was clearly a devoted fan. I hope they had more happiness than otherwise together. Both rest in peace. Shalom.

It is worth reading about her and the relationship between the two of them. Not cut and dried -- she got into legal trouble and financial trouble over her dealings with Groucho, but it is certainly true that she extended his career. I think there is no question that she wanted to benefit financially from their association, but that is pretty common in such situations. Anyway, a very sad end for her -- Groucho made the mistake of getting old and sick and that would have happened with or without Fleming.

I was around when all this nostalgia craze was happening in the 70's. Loved the Marx Bros best. Harpo was my favorite.

She was according so many reports, using Groucho, stealing his money, doing drugs with her friends in Groucho’s home, she ended up, according to reports, as a crazy bag lady. She was an actress. She did have some legitimate acting roles.

Jeez! The look on Groucho's face at 3:30. It's so blatantly obvious that there is something terribly wrong here.

no, she's just insane. I dated a schizophrenic. She has the facial mannerisms for sure.

Her eyes --- 'Hi! I'm crazy!!'

Her eyes scream DANGEROUS

Learned about this from Gilbert Gottfried & Frank Santopadre on the Amazing Colossal Podcast. They just ran an interview with Steve Stoliar who knew both Groucho & Erin.

Wish she just stayed in canada.. RIP Groucho!

The secret word was “crazy”.the duck should have fallen within the first minute.

So many different opinions on here about what we think we know based on stories written about Mr Marx. The only one who will ever know the truth is Mr Marx. RIP funny man, you made me laugh and entertained many, thank you 😊

@zkg Ordered it, as well as the Arce book. In the last few months I have read in order: Harpo Speaks, Groucho and Me, Hello, I must be Going, Growing up with Chico, and the expanded edition of My Life with Groucho, which had the Arthur's entire account of the legal battle with Erin. It was horrific. I immediately remembered these comments and wondered aloud how Chandler could have glossed over what was going on. I'm anxious to get the Stoliar and Arce books for comparison to Arthur's.

When Groucho announces that being his secretary is "the euphemism of the year" he clearly wants the audience to believe that he is having sex with the woman. This is pathetic

Please put up anything you have on Erin Fleming. It's fascinating to see her and Groucho together.

I forgot which book I read this in, but... Erin and Groucho had a kerfuffle about Groucho's Cadillac, his favorite car. She wanted to sell it and he protested. Erin: "I will slap you from here to Pittsburgh."

She wasn't bad looking but from what I heard from others, she was bat shit crazy.

Airdate Dec. 16th, 1971. Behind every great man there's a woman. And behind her is his wife!

Yoko, Aline, Erin

TheTallMan35 how about her face at 2:09? Did you ever see such a menacing way of looking at an old man?

Fleming was crazier than the Joker. She had more loose screws than a Yugo.

Everybody please read the memoir RAISED EYEBROWS by Steve Stoliar, one of Groucho's personal assistants in the mid-1970s. Erin Fleming was not the nicest of women.

After reading about her but seeing her here for the 1st time I'm actually underwhelmed by her here-looks, manner & wit. She has a frozen rigidity & plainess to her like an assembly line piece. Also that weird laugh she emits after saying the Groucho living legend line is genuinely odd...I replayed it a few times. Thank you for posting this. This is why I truly love KZfaq. To see all sorts of interesting things like this.

I thought the part with Debbie was awkward, then Erin Fleming came out and it got even weirder.

she was "CRAZY to be in showbiz" she said

"I was crazy to be in show business."

The greeting was so respectful I just felt like beinva better person towards others

Yep, beeroosterm, you got that right. You could tell she was a few sandwiches shy of a picnic right here in THIS video, when she was still fairly young.

I had never heard of Erin Fleming until recently. Having read stuff about her, she does not sound like a nice person. Also, I don't like the way she looks at Groucho in this video, very unsettling.

God if looks could kill 2:06

@Lampshade51 thanks...very insightful

Groucho doesn't seem particularly fond of her.

Groucho Marx is everything

@coloren1 I strongly disagree. I think Dick Cavett was a brilliant host and very engaging. David Letterman is pretty good, but he (and most everybody else) can't attain Cavett's caliber.

The tone and cadence of Erin speaking is eerily similar to the tone and cadence of Sandra Goode and Lynette Fromme when they are defending Charles Manson. I think she would have fit right in with Manson women.

Considering all of the comment about how crazy Ms. Fleming was...on still has to consider whether her abuse of him was not more than offset by her efforts to revive him and his career. If not for her, he would not be known to a lot of the younger generation. Arthur Marx has his own issues with his father for years. Don't think that family is automatically more caring than strangers. "Loving" Arthur Marx was less than sympathic to his father and Groucho's daughter was an alcoholic, etc. Read about Mickey Rooney's last years if you want to be sickened in regard to how bad family can be. Even if Fleming had her own interests at heart, and Groucho was losing it at the end, it doesn't look to me that he was miserable, regardless of what anyone says. And plenty of people, including Geo. Burns testified for Fleming, while Marx's pretty disgusting children won the legal case. The whole thing is pretty despicable, and certainly not all Fleming's fault.

Man I just saw her in Woody Allen's 'Everything you wanted to know about Sex (but were too afraid to ask)' - wow she was hot in the infamous scene involving her. Too bad after reading her profile/bio...she's your hollywood B- movie crazy lady who takes control of some old guy.

for sure!

Agree 100% but Groucho did hismelf no favors in this department, he was an apalling judge of women. He was so in aw of his mother for his entire life he could never replace her. When he married Kay he used to run her down terrinly. Much as I admire Groucho and his wonderful legacy, he definetly had a problem regarding women as equals.

She has an uncanny resemblance to Susan Atkins....

Groucho married Women solely for their looks, like certain Women marry men soley for their money. It was not treating women as equals that was the problem is that he did what so many Women do who mistreat Men, not with physical abuse, but with verbal abuse

Something really off about her. I suspect she was using him to get the spotlight and enrich herself.

When she walked in Groucho expected a hug and kiss but she does an end run.

What an odd tone this woman has. Bizarre. She has a weird, sing-songy creepiness to her.

When did this interview air? 2-21-1972?

maybe it's just me, but I dunno, the way she blinks and moves her face around, it almost looks like she has a nervous twitch or something. like a little "off".

6:20 alka-seltzer?

It turns out Erin Fleming was bat-sh*t crazy.

Sex as a weapon. How low can you get. No wonder she died alone and homeless. You get what you give in life.

What does the clock say? KOO! KOO! KOO! KOO!

Suddenly, the show's not that funny

Can i just say that i read his most popular book written by charlotte chandler and he really needed erin in his life family and others will always speculate relationships they don't understand!! It seems a very sad way for her to die like that... and i really think people should remember noone but the two people in the relationship know the whole truth, this is the media guys and we should not know every aspect to their relationships its about groucho marx and his talent!!

this was painful to watch on many levels.

Groucho seems so out of it here :( I wonder what year this was.

This is the lunatic who became Groucho's housekeeper, then took over his life. In a bad way. She controlled what he did and who could see him.

very uneasy watching this Groucho was trapped

Erin committed suicide in a psych hospital in Canada a few years back,

I don't understand why they'd bring out the one who helps him with his fan ma and interview her, actress or not, plus when she suddenly came out and sang with him that seemed odd.

@alexiscole1982 You got it my friend. Not many do, for this you should be grateful.

I hear she drained him . Well we know she got sued and lost in the end so I believe it

She is quite clearly suffering from mental illness. I think most of Groucho's partners had issues of one sort or another.

She must be hearing voices in her head And Grouch just knows better He He He

In the end Erin Fleming committed suicide by gun.

Here because of Rob Zombie and Joe Rogan.

And she committed suicide in 2003 because she was nuts

Long live communism and freedom

She was beautifful...............

This is awkward and cringeworthy.

I think that one hideous shot of her shows more of her than any of this

That's the way I see it too. you want to pile of seriously BAD karma ? Disrespect your elders and especially use and disrespect your benefactor/s. she knew she could use Groucho, ... and did so to the hilt.

@JeffGR4 Dick Cavett was good, but David Letterman has no modern peer. Letterman is bloody brilliant and terrifically funny.

I'd feel safer if Charles Manson was my companion.

Goodness! Such hateful remarks directed toward the dead ! Erin Fleming may have been a victim of one of the world's oldest scenarios: Aging men seeking younger women for adoration and companionship, and younger women seeking older men for comfort, and a fast track to stardom. It appears she may have ultimately succumb to the hate and vitriol. Not sure if she deserved it.

After watching this It's very plain to see that poor Groucho got treated like completel shit!!!🤔 He was trying to get her to say something good about him the whole time, but all she could do was talk about herself!😐😣🤮👎🏻

ugh that woman was insufferable

Even if I knew nothing about her relationship with Groucho, I’d still say she creeps me out based on looks and manner alone. There’s an emptiness in her eyes, something robotic and inhuman. It’s like she’s a cult member. Look at 2:09… doesn’t it seem like she’s an artificial person, studying humans and plotting her Sci-Fi takeover? The Fembots in Austin Powers had more authenticity.

@zkg ...And there are various reasons for that! X-D Oh, Hollywood: I hardly knew ye (ossum)!@#

monster

So many women treat men that way? Really? Seems to me you might have a bit of a complex yourself about it. Most of the women with whom I am acquainted are perfectly capable of treating men with respect provided they are treated the same way just as many men behave disrespectfully.

A government subsidy for actors & actresses? Go ---- yourself.

….only ACTORS SAY THERE SHOULD BE A gOVERNMENT SUBSIDY FOR ACTORS.... ...ONLY NOW ITS FOR EVERYONE...EXPECIALLY ILLEGALS....;;--)),,,,,,,,

My regrets that you are living in Wyoming land of Matthew Sheppards crucifixation,

@coloren1 You must be joking. Letterman is always grand and entertaining. However, poor Cavett is like a dripping faucet.

Whaaooow... Big, big cringy awkwardness. bleh!

Dick Cavett had no personality. Just like David Letterman.

Awkward !

Gilbert Gottfried & Howard Stern sent me!

She has an uncanny resemblance to Susan Atkins....

She has an uncanny resemblance to Susan Atkins....