Dare I say that she did better than Chico and Groucho in the same skit from Duck Soup....

Absolutely!

No bet that Lucy had to have gone over and over that routine with Harpo.

The word "professional actor" or even the term genius gets thrown around to easily in the drama world. However, when one sees such masterful art as in this video it is indeed correct to use Professional, genius actors at work.

Was “who’s on first” not on TV?

@@byHexted No. They did it first in vaudeville, then on the radio.

@@photomanwilliams4147 Just one word TALENT !!!!

Lucy was indeed great - but nobody - nobody, can top Groucho as the greatest Comedian of ALL TIME !!!

He continued to perform until the end of his life. His doctor tokd him to slow down and enjoy retirement, but he got bored. He loved performing. He talks about it at the end of his autobiography, which was only a year or so before he died.

He also recently had heart surgery when this was filmed!

I don’t want to trust him because he’s crazy, immature, outrageous, chaotic, not a fuck given, and funny

That's awesome, I wonder what he's up to today.

I agree!

@@user-ko7bb5kh4i SO VERY TRUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely. Positively. Definitely.

I totally agree.

Actually, yes

Agreed.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣absolutely

Harvey Korman had to just make his hilarious outbursts part of the act and so did Tim Conway of her variety show

1:06 - 1:08 I think Harpo was struggling a bit at this point to keep from laughing....

paul best In a interview, Lucy was asked of all the famous stars she had worked with, who did she miss the most? She said “Harpo”.....”Such a dear kind man...

Marcia Ushimaru they did a better job keeping a poker face than the Carol Burnett crew would have. 😆

This seems like such a simple comedy move, yet for the actors it's very difficult because timing and detail are everything!

It's actually a rather common theater game--at our high school we called it "Darling, I love you, won't you smile for me?"--to practice cracking each other up (and not cracking up ourselves) with just those words and staring into someone's eyes.

What Frank Sinatra said about Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell dancing "Begin The Beguine" can be said about this snippet: "You know, you can wait around and hope. But you'll never see the likes of this ever again." And today's teenagers' grandchildren will hopefully be watching this, and laughing along too.

In interviews Lucy has said when she first started out in the business, she wanted to be a part of vaudeville but she didn't realize vaudeville was dead by the time she began in the business.

I LOVED the part where he would torture the snobby guys at his golf club by playing naked.

Actually, Lucy does it wrong. Harpo has his left hand in front of his right one, and so does Lucy. In a mirror, it would have been the opposite.

Also, when Harpo honks the horn he does it with his right hand. so does Lucy: she should have done it with her heft hand.

@@espenharbek3907 so what

@@hempson1 so what. Both are so hysterical it does not matter🙂

@@maddyhayes617 I agree. Just nitpicking.

Still makes you winder how witty Zeppo was if he was even wittier than Groucho? He reportedly could spot for any of his elder brothers and was absolutely magnificent straight man. Three masters of their own style and one mimicking them all and keeping straight face.

Wasn't there also a brother named Gummo?

Lucy said in an interview that this was a rare moment for Harpo to work with another person on set at the same time and he had to keep being reminded about how the routine went. He was very happy to work with Lucy again as she did appear in one of the Marx Brothers movies.

@@kenthuang436 the movie was "Room Service."

He sure did. I love harp music.

"Take Me Out To The Ballgame"

@@elwoodblues9613 I watch Harpo Marx play “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” at the start of every Baseball Season, and again when my beloved St. Louis Cardinals are eliminated from contention every year.

+Elder Rondy Fleming you said it all right there

Kate, your last sentence makes a very good point! I've witnessed Jerry Lee Lewis dazzle the 'ivories'...but Chico reigns supreme.

And early 2020!

I never tire of watching ILL. Great cure for depression, just watch Lucy and her friends. I highly recommend a trip to Jamestown NY. The birthday celebration festival weekend is the best. My mom and I even stayed an extra day. I have very fond memories of our mother-daughter weekend in Jamestown, NY.

Funny forever.

I'm sorry to say that in March of 2020 it stopped being funny. Ah well it had a good run

@@gbowers123 March is almost over, and it's funny again.

She was a "comic" genius ...the female Charlie Chaplin!

I am amazed at the stuff silent movie comedians did, like Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. Most of the time they did not have stuntpeople. Buster Keaton was especially physical.

And he was surprised instantly

The sad part of it is that in this jaded day and age, there is no demand for this style of Comedy, We buy $100 tickets to sit in seats for an hour or two and comedy is people talking,. To us, at us and about us. Comedy in words, meanings and inflections. Harpo and Lucy spoke not a word, and yet they communicated more than you will ever hear from one of those $100 seats. Today. people would hear nothing, get bored, stand up and leave to get their money back. What you saw between Lucy and Harpo was Vaudeville from the turn of the 20th century. Now, in the 21st Century, Vaudeville is too sophisticated for today's jaded audiences. It's over their heads.

Actually, Red Skelton taught Lucy the art of pantomime.

I agree.

Absolutely.🙂 and it is now 2022 and I still laugh at every episode and always will. At almost 69, it is the best remedy when I am in a bad mood. Bring out the DVDs, popcorn, and ice tea. Oh yes, a nice warm blanket and cozy chair. What could be better.❤🙂

I just watched it again and I am laughing out loud and I am alone. LOL!

Her face compared to his caught me off guard the first time. Absolutely hilarious expression!

Harder than they made it seem? It seems nearly impossible to get their timing so incredibly in synch!

she actually looked young in this

She did appeared in Room Service in 1938

My second favorite is "Be A Pal" when she dresses up and mimes to Carmen Miranda. This is the song Harpo and Chico did together in 1941 "The Big Store" and again in a TV show in 1952.

True, but sadly that's how it is. Plus, it's all about politics!

Amen

One of my favorite episodes.

Seth MacFarlane can learn a thing or two from this, no offense.

And without uttering a single word.

Harpo would have been about 132. No wonder he's dead.

I remember hearing of her death when I was listening to the radio in my office. I was among many who were devastated to hear of her death. Several years later I traveled to Jamestown NY to attend the Birthday Celebration Festival Weekend . I will never forget it. What a PHENOMENAL mini vacation with my mom. So much to see and do. WE ❤ LUCY