Im old enough (73) to remember it was always pronounced as Cheeko

Chico was in all the movies. If anybody was forgotten it would be Zeppo and Gummo.

Chico was hardly the forgotten one...that would be Gummo Edit: Chico was my favorite, so Im biased😁

I know there are people who wish they could play the piano like Mozart or Beethoven but I always wanted to play like Chico! In every movie seeing him play the piano was my favorite part!

Who taught these boys how to play their instruments. They all had great skills!

Actually, the most forgotten Marx brother was the little known sixth brother, Skid.....

Summer of 1971, my sister owned the TV in the living room but around 11am she'd go upstairs to her room and listen to her David Cassidy or Donny Osmond records. That is when I discovered the Marx Brothers. It was "Monkey Business" and when they were singing the Maurice Chevalier song I laughed harder and longer than I ever did before in my life. When I babysat my niece's and nephews as an adult I would pay them to watch the Marx Brothers (I had to cuz the films were in black and white) and hook them. The joy of watching a child discover them was priceless. I would leave knowing my job was done. I infected them with happiness like I was!

Harpo wrote in his autobiography "Harpo Speaks", he was concerned that older brother Chico would steal the watch Harpo received as a gift for his bar mitzvah, and hock it at the pawn shop. So Harpo removed the hands from the watch. After that, he knew it was his forever.

Bedding Tallulah Bankhead wasn't exactly a difficult task.

What a pianist!!!!!

I remember another brother named Zeppo.😮

Say "Chicko" one more time!!! 👊

Read Harpo's book (Harpo Speaks). On page 32, he relates how each brother got their nicknames. Chico, pronounced Chicko, was a serious womanizer. Even he, himself in interviews, admits that he "liked the chickens". Later on in life, people began referring to him as Cheeko, which he allowed, due to the stigma it had on his family. Watch interviews with Groucho and you'll see that he's referred to as Chicko. This video has gotten it right. Those who don't get it suffer from the Mandela effect. It has ALWAYS been pronounced Chicko by his closest friends. Again, read Harpo's book if you don't believe me. I've read several (and did a paper on them in college) so I know. Fun fact: Zeppo was always the fastest and funniest of all the Marx Brothers. He was so quick with a joke that he was first called Zippo but decided he didn't want to be named after a lighter and changed it to Zeppo. If you were throwing a party, Zeppo was the one you wanted to attend. He was also responsible for building the brackets for transporting the two atomic bombs to the pacific. A major role during the war. But Chico is Chicko and was from the beginning. Now go out and impress your friends.

⭐️🏆⭐️Chico was my favorite Marx brother. I enjoyed this interesting story.

Okay everyone, the narrator IS pronouncing Chico’s name correctly-he was nicknamed “chicko” because in real life he chased women (chicks). Watch any interview with Groucho, Dick Cavett or Marx family member and they pronounce his name “chicko”. I grew up a huge fan of the Marx brothers and have read several books by them and about them-I am a bit of an aficionado on the subject.

I thought Chico was pronounced in the Hispanic manner so the way you said it was jarring.

Had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead?? And in the days before penicillin? To save her life Bankhead had to have a hysterectomy because of an incurable STD. A lot of people had had Bankhead.

In "Duck Soup," when Groucho, Chico and Harpo are all wearing a nightshirt-and-cap costume, Groucho and Chico look indistinguishable from each other. Harpo, though, looks off because he always had too much of a wide-eyed appearance about himself.

I always liked his comedy and his piano playing was Amazing and fun to watch !! All Marx Bros. R.I.P 🙏 Thanks for the laughs !! 👍

They all looked like brothers

Zeppo is the forgotten Marx Brother

Wikipedia's page on Chico Marx has a paragraph regarding the pronunciation of "Chico". According to the page, the narrator of this video is pronouncing it correctly. There are references to Groucho also pronouncing the name as "Chicko" in interviews. Good enough for me.

He’s my favorite Marx Brother!

Forgotten? You kidding? 🥴

Back in the 80s I read Maxine's book about her dad. Harpo and Groucho had both written autobios but Chico never got around to it. She said (per her research) they ALL were womanizers in the early years. She said they passed women around. Harpo married Susan and stopped philandering.

Excellent video, well done!

radibonzical video, makes me want to go and watch some Marx Brothers, truly you are an inspiration

The rumor was that Zeppo was the funniest of all the Marx bros in private.

I feel like not everyone in that poll knew too much about Chico because of him not being Groucho and all, and the ones who do don't like him because they feel he may have held them back with his addiction so screw him, and then the ones who have studied the brothers and knew who he actually was in the family and used that to decide. I honestly think it has/had more to do with the age of it all. No one knew him, but some know of him, and all the other shitheads in between commenting our views on him over KZfaq, after just learning about him. Man I love all of this, because there is history in this silver age gossip that I otherwise would have never known about. Good stuff!

I’ve heard of Chico’s gambling addiction. I Always liked the 3 main Marx Brothers. They did some Great Skits together. Their timing was Phenomenal! I still Always watch “You Bet Your Life “ Groucho’s quiz show. It’s such a Crack Up!! 🙏🏻👼😎👼🙏🏻

Buggy Siegel built an early Strip casino. Las Vegas already had casinos.

There is a famous scene in A Night At The Opera where the tiny ship's cabin becomes crowded with people. Watch Chico and the young woman (down on the left). There is a moment where her face suggests Chico had his hand somewhere inappropriate.

I swear the titles of these videos are purely for clickbait! Chico Marx was a valued member of the brothers. Each and everyone of them had a crucial part to play in each and every film. Yes, that also includes the lovely Zeppo.

Apparently it was originally spelled "Chicko" but at one theater the program had it as "Chico" and it stuck that way. There's a picture of the four brothers on the set of either MONKEY BUSINESS or HORSE FEATHERS, each one is in one of those "director's chairs", and there's a picture illustrating their nicknames (the frowning mask from the theater symbol; a harp; a bird; a zeppelin).

Chico did a brilliant bit in Room Service I believe it was, where in his faux Italian accent he impersonated an Irish "hotel dick" complete with a brogue colored by the over arching Italian accent. It was great. Only the best can do one fake but convincing accent imitating a different stereotypical accent. Mel Blanc could do it too having one of his characters imitating the voice of another. More recently you can also hear Tom Kenny do it when for example Spongebob imitates Krabbs. Outstanding voices all.

I never heard of the fling with Tallulah. Chico did have an affair with Ann Roth, sister of Lillian, that nearly broke up his (first) marriage to Betty Karp Marx. It is documented in his daughter's book, "Growing Up With Chico."

"I wasn't kissing her. I was just whispering in her mouth."

At 1:15 Chico , Harpo , Groucho and Zeppo for those who would not know them cleaned up . At 7:53 taken in 1958 Harpo , Zeppo , Chico . Groucho and Gummo all dressed dapper .

You MUST see Chico playing piano to the little Italian children, in A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, to appreciate the utter CHARM of this man......no wonder he got so many women.......he was magic on screen, and must have been irresistible in person. I wish I had known him -- actually, Harpo was a real charmer as well. (Not so much GROUCHO!)

Why did you show pictures of Groucho when at that moment you were talking about Chico?

They didn't call him Chico for nothing!

Great video.

Sometimes the direct approach works!!!! Show me a clip of a Hollywood celebrity who actually had a happy life if you want to shock me. I haven't heard of one yet.

Groucho _(indicates map):_ And over here we have a levee... Chico _(interrupting):_ Oh, Ats'a da Jewish neighborhood. Groucho: We'll pass over that one.

Can you pronounce Grand Prix?

I grew up knowing him as Cheeko, but I read it’s supposed to be pronounced Chicko because of him chasing women. Let’s just focus on the video yall. 😫

Good video but I’m missing details like when he died and what of. More details of him. I watched it a lot growing up. Reruns and vhs of course.

Bankhead’s family is buried at Jasper, Al. where some of my people are buried.

Chico Marx was never the forgotten Marx Brother. Does anyone remember Gummo or Zeppo? Gummo never appeared in the Brothers' movies, having split to form his own talent agency long before. And Zeppo left the team after completing Duck Soup. So, there are your forgotten Marx Brothers. Chico got the Brothers their contract with MGM - mostly because Irving Thalberg was a poker buddy, and Chico figured anyone that good at poker would be worth working for. It made the Brothers a lot of money, but the movies got worse over time.

Oddly enough, if you watch the Groucho Dick Cavett interview, Groucho pronounces it both Chick-o and Cheeko.

I loved Chico's routines. He was great as the guy that paired with both Harpo and Groucho more than the other two with each other. I have no favorite among the three. It's a 3-way tie.

I liked Chico the best of the Marx Brothers, if he was born Italian and just a few things were different, he would have fitted right in with the Italian Mafia in NYC.

Gummo never was in the movies, he worked in the movie business but behind the scenes.

Talulah Bankhead was hardly a conquest …. The Panty-less Wonder

Yes,he was a bit of a rake. You could see it in his eye. I love the story you told about him eulogy, I’m sure it had the mourner asking if that guy was at the right funeral? 😂

Cheeko is what I grew up. the The way pronounced in this video I believe is incorrect. His name has a long ee as pronounced.

Forgotten? He's much more well known than two of his brothers.

He had a photographic memory, yet he kept forgetting his lines ?

Chikko had problems.

His brother Groucho pronounced it as Chicko..............apparently all these people below think Groucho was wrong !!

Look up what “ infamous “ means before you misuse it again .

Geez all these years I’ve been pronouncing his name wrong.

You all have time to argue the pronunciation of the man's nickname? Once and for all, it was CHICK-o. He was not Latino.

Wait, there are people who believe Zeppo was funnier than Chico?

I've been a Marx brothers fan since i was a kid & I've never heard it pronounced chick-o.

So he gambled and chased chicks. So he was a regular guy!

He probably is still a free spirit. Soar

Wait! You can`t release this with the wrong pronunciation of Chico`s name.

Cheek--O. Sheesh!

Say it with me "CHEE-KO"

How’s he the “forgotten” Marx brother? If you know of them, you know them all, as they were equals in every way on screen & fame. The forgotten Marx brothers were Zeppo & more so, Gummo.

He was called Cheeko not not Chicko

CHEEEEEEKO

So what if he had an affair, people do have them Even a good handful of our presidents . Let him rest in peace.. Poor man.🙏

I think u mean “best”

Wouldn't Zeppo be "the forgotten Marx Brother??!! You didn't mention Karl either. 🤣

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What a jerk.

It’s pronounced CHEEKO

Groucho corroborated this in his book.

Probably an AI voice

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeko

Cheeeko not chicko. Sheesh

Chee- Koh

This guy sugar coats what Chico actually said...

Has the close caption typist never HEARD of the Marx brothers???? Can'[t spell Chico or GROUCHO???

Karl Marx was the biggest clown of all! 😂😂😂😂😂. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

The mispronunciation of his name is extremely irritating

Cheeeee ko ..Jesus

C H E E C K O..

Dude. Learn how to pronounce the names of those people whose stories you steal.

I hate the mispronunciation- pls fix it

Really, you expect to be taken seriously when you can't even get the first name of a very famous person correct?

Its nit chic-co its chico, lol

CHEEKO! GET THE AI RIGHT! Use a person and do a little darn research. CHEEKO

Pronounced ch-EE-ko for goodness sake !!!!! It's a long eeee sound, not short like a chicken. I can't watch - your mispronunciation of the man's name is killing me 😖😓

The speaker needs to learn how to pronounce the words he has to read. His mispronounciation is off-putting.

My Lord! Do some research on his name pronunciation while you're at it!

This video is very good except for the distracting & annoying AI voice mispronouncing Chico. It's pronounced CHEEK-O not chick-o.

Who can't pronounce Chico correctly? A narrator? /sigh