{"id":100,"date":"2009-01-21T15:33:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T20:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/?p=100"},"modified":"2018-09-10T16:05:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T20:05:04","slug":"great-lines-bill-marx-on-harpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/video\/all-interviews\/great-lines-bill-marx-on-harpo\/100\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Marx on Harpo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-100-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/billmarx.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/billmarx.mp4\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/makeemlaugh\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/14\/files\/billmarx.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>Bill Marx<\/strong>: The last performance of Harpo Marx occurred at the Pasadena Theatre in California.\u00a0 And he shared the bill with Allan Sherman who he helped to create a career for himself as one of our great parodists of all time.\u00a0 Allan did the first half of the show.\u00a0 There was an intermission and then Dad did the second half of the show.\u00a0 Allan comes in at intermission and notices there\u2019s a bottle of cognac on Allan\u2019s cot where he would lie down and relax for a while.\u00a0 And a note saying, \u201cAllan, I want you to know this is my final performance.\u201d Well, Allan went crazy.\u00a0 He couldn\u2019t believe it.\u00a0 And the opening of the act after the intermission, he came out and he says, \u201cI want you to know that you\u2019re having a historical moment this evening, folks.\u00a0 Harpo Marx is retiring.\u00a0 This is the last time you\u2019re ever going to see him onstage as Harpo Marx.\u00a0 I now introduce you to Harpo Marx.\u201d And Dad goes and he does some stuff and people are going crazy and whatever it is and, finally, at the very end, he picks up the microphone and he launches into his Bar Mitzvah speech.\u00a0 \u201cFor thirteen long years, I have toiled and labored for your happ-\u201c and does the whole thing.\u00a0 The people are just silent as&#8230; as a church mouse.\u00a0 I mean you can\u2019t hear a pin drop.\u00a0 And he comes to the end of this and he says, \u201cAnd, in conclusion, I am so honored to know that you folks are, have the keenness and the perspicacity for recognizing monumental genius.\u00a0 I thank you.\u201d And walked off the stage.\u00a0 Well, people must have applauded for at least a good two or three minutes. 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