Talking about a 'wardrobe lady', asked if she was funny: "she gave me all my material!" Damn that's quick wit, didn't miss a beat.

There wasn't a dummy among the Marx brothers, and Groucho wasn't even the smartest one, but what a brilliant performance here.

Groucho did not call Buckley a young girl. He COMPARED him to a young girl in one respect only.

Groucho was a bad-ass!!! So smooth, witty and in control...

This is the kind of banter I wish people could engage in now.

Groucho Marx. There will never be another. RIP.

More accurately; he says Buckley blushes like a girl.

It's quite refreshing these days to see three gentlemen having a civil conversation.

"Some shouldn't run at all." Relevant then, today and going forward. Political corruption forever😡😡

"She gave me all my material" ha!

I never saw anybody take over Buckley's show like this until now. Brilliant and irrepressible. RIP, Groucho. We miss you terribly.

Don't you miss great Television like this? Smart intelligent interviews, with interesting people. Today we have nothing close. Why??

'like a young girl' - that is not calling someone a young girl.

Only a fool would match wits with Groucho Marx.

Thank you for posting this. I would love to see the entire interview.

Groucho was such an immense personality. He always had a witty retort for everything.

Academia has been spectacularly successful in the past 50 years dumbing down the culture, the educational system, and, consequently, the new generations who are replacing us.

Very cool interview. Groucho was smart. Thanks for sharing this.

thanks for the Groucho post!!!

Thanks for posting!

Civility, this was a time when Conservatives and Liberals actually had it

This was a classy exchange with zero empty theatrics.

I never realized what a quick wit and improvisational talent Groucho was. By contrast he made Buckley look slow and flat footed. No matter what comment or insult anyone threw at him he immediately came back seamlessly with a witty retort that allowed him to control the direction of the dialog.

The wardrobe lady gave him all his material, that's a way-homer

wow, so true right now as we have a drooling fool in the white house

and he did it with style, grace and class. i love it.

It's awesome how Groucho leans toward people even when he's talking regularly!

Wow! I've never seen this side of Groucho Marx. What a mind! I saw the quick wit, but never realized that there was this much genius.

Buckley was such a snoob... groucho was a class act! The two contrast each other brilliantly!

Are you saying Jersey Shore isn't the peak of intellectualism on TV?

Wonderful! How smart they are.

I fully agree. Made my day, but left me doubting my own intellectual abilities. I enjoyed spending time with one of my Mentors and his Wife reading Buckley and discussing politics and life in general. I learned so much from them. They; like Mr. Buckley and Mr. Marx, had "wit" in reserve!

"a humble law clerk, like Bobby Baker?" Groucho was sharp as a tack!!!!

Lol, when American discourse had the wit of the British.

Much ado about nothing. Two gentlemen having a good laugh and talking about serious things while not taking themselves too seriously.

Never be another Groucho .One of a kind

Think about it Groucho Marx was born over 130 years ago! What an age we live in!

Groucho was consistently and reliably hilarious. Groucho: "Tell me, are you married? Do you have any money? Answer the second question first." Margaret Dumont: "Dear Sidney died eight years ago. I was with him when he died. I held him in my arms and kissed him." Groucho: "So it was murder!"

"This is the Garden of Eden for incompetents" is such an incredible observation about US politicians on Groucho's part. What a quick wit and a genius.

I like how Buckley is when he’s not trying too hard to be the smartest guy in the room. I rewatched him take on Chomsky recently and it was just awful.

Despite the title's implication that we are about to witness Groucho squelching WFB Jr. with some unanswerable witticism, this is a tribute to both men, and Groucho's critique of FDR at Potsdam (presumably) is exactly correct.

Truly two geniuses

nice, i need to remember that argument.

Groucho was right in what he said about FDR.

Interesting how people who comment about Groucho not being witty when he is considered the funniest man in history.

Love it!

The banner is misleading. In context, Groucho kidded Buckley because he blushed. The banner should read: Groucho put FDR in his place.

The best 2:19 ..ive seen on KZfaq so far today !!

He didn't correct Buckley. Buckley was asking about Wendell Wilkie, who ran for president only once. Groucho misunderstood the question. Of course, it's only natural to sympathize with Groucho - he's at least a thousand times more lovable than anyone sitting opposite.

@milascave2 You are right again. It seems they are magnetized to the most polarizing people in their party. It's as though they are more interested in watching a train wreck than putting forth rational candidates.

Groucho was so right that it was wrong and totally selfish on FDR's part to run for more than 2 terms as President. And his running for a fourth term was absolutely inexcusable because he was so sick! Jim Bishop in his excellent book, "FDR's Last Year" points out that most of FDR's closest advisors were advising him not to run for a 4th term as President because he was in such poor health.

excellent post, Groucho was correct about FDR

Buckley seems like a huge smartass even when he's not trying to be at all. He's an intelligent guy with a unique sense of humor. I just never looked at him the same when I found out he was a bones man and former CIA although I don't know if he was a spook for long I think he worked there right out of school but not sure in what capacity or how long. I'm sure he would have looked at me different knowing I'm between middle class and poor.

Groucho never had much formal education, but was an extremely wise and smart man. He was a wonderful author of many books, with his ''Book of Letters''in the Library of Congress. Also I heard he was a great comedian, but that's only a rumor.

THIS IS EPIC! THIS IS HUGE! These two, with an impishly elegant intellect on the part of one of them, and elegantly impish intellect on the part of the other, in the same place at the same time? Is the entire program available? PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE, find a way to make it available.

Honestly, this plays like a scene out of a Marx Brothers film.

That was a sweeter, more civilized time. Although it predates my birth, I miss it deeply.

Has there ever been a more charming host who didn’t pander to his guests? No ,that’s why Buckley was unique.

0:52 *"this is the garden of Eden for incompetence"*

@karlakor @karlakor I think you can buy a dvd through The Hoover Institution via Amazon.

Very amusing.

I agree with Groucho on Roosevelt.

What a lovely exchange. William F. Buckley, Jr. was really kind to Groucho. You can see it even moreso in the 5:10 "Is the World Funny?" video. He was being reassuring and trying to lift his spirits. By almost all accounts of those who knew him, Buckley was a very sweet man.

Look at Gore Vidal and William Buckley debate for debate chaos

This shows that you have to be smart to be funny.

Yep, Groucho definitely liked 'em young. Once they hit their 20s they were out the door.

Back when men had wit.

Young Girl Get Outta My Mind.

Where can I find the full interview?

Ah....... A classier time...

@ZEINKIENZIAN To me, it sounded like he said "political life." It's an accent thing. Groucho was a lifelong liberal Democrat.

does anyone know where i could watch the rest of this?

I think Duck Soup was about the Trump presidency. Lol!

"[guy who won the presidency 4 times] is garden of eden for incompetence"

I think Buckley would have been on the side of the red coats too.

Sunshine rests his case.

He also asked him "Why aren't you wearing a bikini?"

I like Groucho’s outfit 👍

Someone asked, "Who was that guy behind the podium?" The beginning of this episode of "Firing Line" is on KZfaq (v=ZWcOuUg77BE). In it, the man says, "My name is C. Dickerman Williams, and I shall act as chairman of this discussion." Wikipedia says this about him: "Charles Dickerman Williams (1900 - August 12, 1998) was an American lawyer who was known as a freedom of speech advocate."

What did he say after "The whole political life"?

I'd love to hear Groucho's opinion of Biden and Trump.

We need more Groucho Marxism!!!

I like it

watching this, you realize how little "wit" is left in the world today.

"I was making a play for the wardrobe lady" "Was she funny?" "She gave me all my material" Went right over Buckley's head.

Wow! A comedian with valid political opinions!!! They must have broke the mold... IMHO

The reason for insurance co. to get away with what they get away with is because the congress will not back up the CONSERVATIVE idea to allow insurance companies to move across state lines, thus making the whole insurance game competitive, so that the customer always comes first.

The only Marx I can agree with.

I'll only ask once excuse the echo

Groucho, a genius against a giant of the right. Not even close. Groucho beat Buckley down wit ya smile

william buckley is so cute.

Groucho has been and remains the King of WIT to our present day! his intelligence being so great is also humble-with a degree of irrepressible sarcasm and satire. still he seemed a comic, and "comic: is hardly the only word by which to describe this inimitable man. just that he quoted "i wouldn't want to belong to any club which had ME as a member" illustrates that the world is NOT funny! to me, the world is perfect! even if it includes our animals, earthquakes, tsunamis, mud slides, avalanches, monsoons, eruption of volcano-for those are natural events which occur through our indiferent (mother Nature. to me, is human kind (yes, i know i am part of such imperfect creatures who seem to be into the "me-me-me" and this ridiculous term:"SELFIE, is it? We are not funny at all! we are the very scourge upon the earth. we destroy, poison anything which once was pure-and as a specie can-or-will not live in peace together. and so, when Grouch says, that he is a sad man, well, i believe that the horrors which are ours are so great and persistent - THAT WHAT ELSE COULD HE POSSIBLY BE??? I SECOND HIS MOTION!

I don't know either, all I know is that Bobby Baker was a political associate of Lyndon Johnson and was probably guilty of corrupt practices related to obtaining votes in exchange for financial favors, etc.

Groucho is the master.

@milascave2 I couldn't agree more. I think the same may be true about both parties though. With the death of Hitchens I think intellectualism is now dead as well.

Groucho says here that the main reason he did not vote for FDR in 1944 was because he (FDR) was traveling around the world too much, meeting allies and military men despite being "deathly i'll". This is most likely not true because the public was not made aware of FDR's condition until January 1945.

It is not about what they want. It is about us, and our legislators demanding from them what is right. And it is spelled grief, not greif.

I am right center and Groucho ROCKED!!!

American class has long disappeared.

Someone had to pitch batting practice to Barry Bonds.