Me too, I really miss the America which I remember from my youth.

@@MrMenefrego1we grew up in the best of times. 😊

Iain Schofield her mom was German so probably she would speak in German to him and brothers

@@Thepomafame His father was born in Alsace, France, predominantly German, to German parents. Groucho's real name was Julius, Harpo's was Adolph. So they were a very musical family that were definitely of German origin and certainly exposed to this music.

The Marxes frequently spoke German at home. The Bros's maternal grandparents lived with them and never learned English. Their mother was born in Prussia, and their father in Alsace, with French culture and German language. Their uncle Al Shean preceded them as a successful vaudevillian as a German dialect comedian, a "Dutch comic." Groucho sang "Schnitzelbank" in vaudeville for many years. He began as a singer and German dialect comedian. He sang that song in the role of Hans Pumpernickel as one of The Four Nightingales and The Six Mascots, as Herr Teacher in The Three Marx Bros in Fun in High School, as Herman Green in The Four Marx Bros in Fun in Hi Skool and in Mr Green's Reception, and as Henry Schneider in Home Again until 1915 when he finally dropped the German accent.

@@kevinwachs5905Yes...German was the entire family’s...living together in New York..first language. Groucho learned English when at school. Everyone and all business was German in their burrough.

It is one of the most touching stories I have heard on an episode. Sgt. Blasina was obviously honored to have known President Eisenhower when Ike was still a young lieutenant. And Ike's reaction when he realized that one of his former soldiers was present shows military esprit d'corps at its best. It was very heartwarming. But the best part was the pride a father had for his son graduating from West Point. It was worth every second of air time they devoted to it and I am glad I had the chance to hear it.

How about that! It’s amazing, chasing Pancho Villa around Mexico and the fact that he was only sixty one yrs old when he was on this show!

@@loissimmons6558 yes, I couldn’t have said it better Lois, it was a very touching story! I also was glad to have watched this episode!

​@@loissimmons6558 Sadly, the man's son, who went into the Air Force, was killed in an airplane crash in Germany circa 1957.

Yes, now it’s “I have derelict’s dealing coke and shooting at each other near my coco palms”.

Actually, Groucho mentioned Benny Rubin, who was a fairly famous comedian as well as violinist. He was famous for his dialects, and made appearances on the Jack Benny program.

tell those dumb Liborat Congresspeople that -------------- won't be around for long if you let all these kooky Libs run this Country into the ground!

@@CamhiRichard Bigfoot...let JW have his David Rubinoff story!

One of Groucho’s contestants was a 102 year old man born in 1856 , about 5 years before the civil war started. The man looked like he was in his 70’s and was very funny. I don’t know how long he lived after that 1958 episode but he blew me away.

Groucho was born in 1890.

I knew of Kenneth Hahn's involvement with the Dodgers going to Los Angeles because he was the one sent by the Board of Supervisor's to go to the 1956 World Series to get any major league team to move to Los Angeles. He had planned to target the Washington Senators, a last place club. To his surprise, Walter O'Malley contacted him and showed genuine interest in Los Angeles. And it was Kenneth who took O'Malley on a helicopter tour to survey the area. It was right then and there that O'Malley chose the squalid Chavez Ravine area as the location of Dodger Stadium. Kenneth Hahn, representing the County of Los Angeles, and Councilwoman Roz Wyman, representing the city, were the two prime movers in wooing the Dodgers from Brooklyn to L.A. Watching this episode, this was the first I had heard of Gordon Hahn's existence and involvement in the Dodgers move west. When something passes by one vote, I have always wondered why one person gets tabbed as the deciding vote instead of anyone else. I guess if that person was the last one to publicly declare how they would vote, it would make sense. But I would think that Gordon would be supportive of his brother's initiative regarding the Dodgers. It was seen by many as a tremendous boon to both the prestige and economy of Los Angeles. Despite cries from Brooklyn fans that Los Angeles gave away the store to get the Dodgers, it turned out to be a tremendous deal for the LA area, far better than they expected. In retrospect (I was a very young Dodger fan in 1957, living in Queens, but way too young to understand all the political machinations at the time), I cannot blame O'Malley for moving.the Dodgers. Even so, it was a tremendous personal loss. Rooting for a team 3000 miles away was far less satisfying. And with Vin Scully retiring this week, thinking of all the years I missed out on hearing him as a local announcer for my favorite team instead of one I rarely heard, it haunts me one more time. PS - There is one oddity I found when looking at the careers of the Hahn brothers. If Gordon indeed did hold out his yes vote until the 11th hour, this could be the reason: one was a Republican and the other a Democrat. And I won't say which was which in hopes that it won't make this a political discussion.

Kenneth Hahn was County Supervisor when I grew up in LA in the '60s, now 2023, Janice Hahn is Chair of the LA county board of supervisors, some things never change.

Marlene Dietrich?

@@SelfReflective Nobody famous. Her first name was "Elfie".

Sorry, but besides not knowing how to spell "quiz", you are also wrong about the composer of the piece played in this episode. While Mendelssohn did write a piece known as "The Wedding March", the tune played here, popularly known as "Here Comes The Bride", was by Richard Wagner.

And as Gordon Hahn was trying to say, it did come from the opera "Lohengrin." Mendelssohn's wedding march is from his incidental music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

@randall2020 Actually, what Mark Twain said was, "Wagner's music is better than it sounds." :)

They both wrote a wedding march, and quite often one (Mendelssohn's) is played after the other (Wagner's) but they played Wagner's march for the question.

Lance Baker: You sound critical. Be grateful that these videos still exist and that we can still enjoy them, albeit the quality. Most of the old TV shows are gone because they got destroyed. The 'big wigs' controlling those networks didn't think future generations would have any interest watching them so the films and videos got erased--destroyed. The few that are left still under their control are unable to be viewed or a lot of money is required to view those remaining remnants of the past.

The guy barely touched her neck, quit crying 😂

She certainly showed no discomfort 😊

@@MichaelThorpeNJ Was rude no way !, very rude...

Mit a little schmaltz added

Who would? Not the Marx family. They spoke Plattdüütsch, a form of Low German. Yiddish is descended from Medieval High German. It was mostly spoken in Eastern Europe, to which Jews fled from persecution from the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. The Schoenberg family, including the mother of the Marx Bros, Minnie, immigrated from Prussia. The Brothers' father, Sam ("Frenchy") immigrated from Alsace. Gummo learned enough Yiddish to sing Yiddish songs in vaudeville.

@@kevinwachs5905 so interesting!

I think it was more confusion than irritation.