"Well, this has been a waste of an evening." Greatest exit line of all time!

He was one of the greatest comedians to have ever lived. I feel sorry for people today who cannot appreciate the great vaudeville-background comedians.

There was only ONE Groucho ! we will never see the likes of his talent again.

He never stops! My GOD, he's nonstop! He's a bulldozer of comedy! The most amazing, astounding, unstoppable comedian ever.

I love when Groucho and Daly start bantering in German, priceless!

Groucho is one of the funniest natural comedians ever.

The man WAS a national treasure, a true wit who could think on his feet.

Tony Randall got unusually quiet once he knew it was Groucho. I think he was in awe.

This was back when television was clean and funny and made all the sense in the world. Groucho was the king of comedy in my book. You laugh, laugh and laugh.

Classic! When Groucho got rolling, he was unstoppable.

As far as I'm concerned, this is *the* best clip of the entire history of What's My Line. Only Groucho could do improv comedy in the 1960s that every single human could find hilarious in 2017

I’m surprised they didn’t get it. He slipped into his normal voice a few times. And that he was unable to confine himself to simple yes/no answers and almost immediately hijacked the show was pure Groucho.

nobody was ever anywhere *near* as fast as groucho with the quick line. he was always instantly making witty remarks that most of us would take a *month* to think of, if we could at all.

Delightful! What fun to watch Groucho and John Charles Daly playing off each other..and the panelists trying their darndest to guess the mystery guest. Groucho sure could light up a room, couldn't he?! One of a kind for sure! Thank you for posting this classic video!

One of the best who ever lived period. He was so funny that no one could control him. SMF

OMG I laughed from beginning to end. Groucho Marx's wit never ceases to amaze me.

Groucho was funny!In my opinion The Marx Brothers were the best comedians on earth and I will always say that!

Man, oh man. Was there ever anybody like Groucho? Or will there ever be again? Incredible. So much stage experience compressed in that man. He takes the entire roof off as easily as though he were straightening his tie. Effortlessly funny.

Arlene looks just fabulous !!! Pure class

There will never be another Groucho. he was a wonderful terror.

This one still cracks me up with Groucho Marx just destroys the panel.

I remember reading a story by Jess Oppenheimer (who wrote for I Love Lucy) when he was dating one of the Marx Bros.' daughters & they all went to a Chinese restaurant in LA & when the time came for the bill, the old waiter added up the talley on an abacus. Groucho took it from him, shook it like a tamborine, and came up with a different total. He & the waiter (who was unsmiling) kept this up (with a different total by Groucho every time) until the patrons were in hysterics. Love that guy!

Groucho was the sharpest and fastest wit of them all.

The quick wit of this man is scary.

Happy Birthday Groucho - may your wit never fae from the memory of the world

"Do you ever make any after-dinner speeches, in the course of your operation?" "Yeah, only before dinner." -Classic

He called Tony Randall stupid!!!! And did he say this was a wasted evening? LMAO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ridiculously hilarious!

Who doesn't love Groucho, He's amazing.

Groucho, The Man, The Legend!!

Gotta love how the audience absolutely LOSES THEIR SHIT when he signs in!

Wow. I would have known him the second he opened his mouth. Such an iconic voice.

Just one of a million reasons why he is Groucho. Amazing!

*smiles* Groucho was a national treasure. We are all diminished by his passing.

Groucho is Awesome, he revolutionized comedy!!

Whenever Im having a bad day, I watch this, you just have to laugh out loud. Wonderful !

Absolutely uproarious! Thank you for sharing this.

yes, I could listen to him all day long too--what a super quick wit he was!

looking back on this i'd bet everyone on the panel knew who this was first by the smell of his cigar and then by his voice.

The funniest man in the history of comedy. Man what I wouldn't give to have met him in real life, bummer that I was only a year and a half when he passed away :/

I love how he basically sabotizes the entire questioning. Great comedian!

Mr. and Mrs. John Smith LoL!!!

If this happened with one Marx brother, can you imagine what happened when they all got together. Total pandemonium, and I love it!

With that cigar, they should be able to figure it out pretty fast.

Man functions on a different level....a much higher level. Thxs Groucho.

I have all the brilliant Marx Brothers movies on DVD. His show ‘You Bet Your Life’ was the best show of its time and is now the best and funniest show on KZfaq !

Groucho Marx and his awesome wit…… man never went on to a show with out his trade mark cigar…… man is a wonderful comic…… haven't had such a good laugh in ages……

Groucho had a lovely evening, but this didn't appear to be it.

wow- great clip. Please keep them coming... I love this show!

Live every Sunday night at 10:30pm for over 17 years except for a few rare occasions where it was taped or filmed in advance. This was one of the joy's of WML as being live almost anything could happen.

Here we have the start of humor as far as i´m concerned. When it comes to snappy oneliners,no one and nothing came close! I´ve been a fan since i was 12,and i will love you always Groucho,cause it´s part of my sanity clause!

i think in his later years he answered the phone "hello this is groucho the living legend".

My parents raised me to stand up when I shake hands with a man, you never see that anymore. So cool to see that at the end of this! Thanks for posting this.

Groucho, I salute you!

How I would have loved to spend a day with this man. So much he could teach us...

It's clear how Woody Allen has been inspired by Groucho Marx, when they invited him, he signed himself as "Cary Grant". Geniuses.

Imagine the time when an American tv-host and his guest could spontaneously engage in a conversation in a second language (to both of them). God, those were the days.

I love how Groucho's fake voice was so good that he was able to go on and on and on with his schtick and no one on the panel realized that it was him. He was great in this clip!

It Was Soooo Obvious How Much Groucho Enjoyed BEING Groucho !!!!!..

No one could crack a pun like Groucho could.;-D

Thanks for posting. Groucho used to do a German dialect in Vaudeville, but WWI made that no longer feasible. So it's nice to get some idea of his old schtick

Just what I was thinking. And I was baffled that they were asking about him being a singer, etc. when he was so obviously a comedian.

I could watch these clips all day long...and I will if my wife lets me.

What a great show, takes you down memory lane.

I would've known by the first "Whaddaya say!?" that it was Groucho.

This TRULY had me rolling on the floor!!!!

I think they knew; there is an interview with Bennett somewhere online where he says sometimes they could tell right away but let it go on because it was funny stuff. I think Bennett knew in this case.

I love Groucho, I love him, I love him..... the best.....

oh my frelling god, I love Groucho Marx!

This clip is HILARIOUS!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

Thank you for this post.

This is just great! He's so hilarious!

Actually, in this clip, John Daly didn't screw up. Before he said Groucho's name, he did say that he was throwing over all the cards and ending the game. However, there was one instance where he did screw up royally when they had Steve Allen, often a panelist, as the mystery guest. Daly accidentally blurted out Steve Allen's name and blew the entire segment. In fact, this incident is in one of the WML compilation clips here on youtube.

All of the Marx Brothers were Outstanding. Sooo Funny 😅

Thanks for posting this. Groucho is fantastic!

Gott, that was so funny!!!!!and John starting talking German ROFL!!priceless :) and what a group of talented, classy people.

"Memoirs of a mangy Lover" 😂😂😂

Priceless

Loved it when Daly stole Groucho's punchline about being a standup comic: "Only if he can't sit down or lie down."

as funny now as he was in his heyday...Thank you Groucho for keeping us laughing

The world best comedian ever ❤

I just read Arthur Marx book, My Life with Groucho". He did this in everyday life. One day he was in his yard trimming his hedges. A lady puled up and asked "Oh Mr. Gardener, how much do you charge an hour?" He said I don't get any money, but the lady of the house lets me sleep with her".

"Say da secret woid and pick up an extra 50 dollars." Yes, Groucho was a true legend . The world could use a few more like him!

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant

John Davis was just great with this show. Kept everyone involved and the bannter was terrific. I remember asking my mom, pleading with her, to watch it every week it came on... And yes Groucho Marks was as good as it gets. I can only imagine what Thanksgiving dinner was like with that family!

That's the only time I ever saw John Daly screw up & say the name of the mystery guest & give it away. I don't know how they didn't figure it out as this is the best panel they ever had & I'm guessing Bennett Cerf would've figured it out on the next question especially since he knew Groucho well.

Groucho should have been allowed to finish. How do you cut short such a great man?

In case anybody is interested in it: I speak german, and Groucho asks the game master "Was hat er gesagt?" which means "What did he say?". Later he says "Ich bin von Deutschland, Salzburg Festival" = "I am from Germany, Salzburg Festival" (altough Salzburg is in Austria, not Germany). Then he says "Das versteh ich nicht" which means "I don´t understand that".

A lot of celebrities now have been quoted as begging their parents to stay up late on Sundays just to watch this "grown up" show!

He was genius!!!

I don't know how they didn't recognize that voice and wit right away.

Groucho was a professional singer.

As a news reporter Dorothy knew a lot of trivia about showbizia. She once asked Tallulah Bankhead if she had a parakeet named Gaylord. In the early 1960s she would every so often ask if a mystery contestant had lost an address book over Greece from a helicopter, though she never asked the right person who was Anthony Perkins. She once asked Gene Kelly if she had bought him a tie. When she thought the guest might be Casey Stengl, she would ask if he studied dentistry.

He looked pretty darn good for 73 and quick as a whip with his come backs, comedians of today couldnt cant wouldnt and wont compare to this guy!!!

Kilgallen: "I don't want to interrupt..."... LOL

If Harpo had been on this the panel wouldn've got any answers at all so the show might have gone all night till they found out who it was.....if they did.!!!

There is no way the panel did not know this was Groucho. He's barely disguising his voice, and it was obvious the mystery guest was a professional comedian. Although I can believe that Tony Randall was clueless enough to not know.

It makes me sad to know I will never walk on this Earth at the same time as Groucho Marx.

"This was a wasted evening." He just leaves with that line!

John Daly showed that he could funny, too. The two would have made a good team.

Groucho Marx is so funny.