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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...asks the newlywed Kennedys in 1953. He then goes on to stock questions that permit the young Senator to rattle off his policy positions by rote. Murrow's notion of challenging Bogart, Bacall and Monroe is to ask them to name their favorite film roles. He even allows Harpo Marx to make all his responses in mime; the audience, no doubt, had tuned in with the expectation that Harpo would speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: See It Then | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

DIED. Julius Henry ("Groucho") Marx, 86, doyen of American comedy; of pneumonia; in Los Angeles. A wizard of wisecracks and a prince of puns, Groucho began his nearly seven-decade-long career in vaudeville with his zany brothers Harpo, Chico, Gummo and Zeppo. They reached the pinnacle of Broadway in the mid-1920s and went on to hilarious movies, such as Horse Feathers (1932) and A Night at the Opera (1935), that still enjoy a huge cult following and invariably feature Groucho as an appealing rogue capable of fast-talking his way out of any difficulty. On his radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 29, 1977 | 8/29/1977 | See Source »

...well, he suspected) life-line. Everyone needed one that spring. One friend, Mac the Knife, occupied his evenings setting endurance records at local bars, jumping over parking meters and scheming up wild fiscal take-overs of global publishing companies. (The consensus was that Mac had gone crazy.) Or take Harpo: his spring a nightmare of lost sure-bets and misplayed poker hands. Still other of their friends had tamer indulgences: non-stop tennis; non-stop sex; non-stop boozing; non-stop talking. The first long-delayed try at acting. Trips to the Vineyard, California, Mexico. Bank interviews. But Long John...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: The Man With the Lollipops | 5/19/1977 | See Source »

Like the Marx Brothers, the Berrigans are easy to confuse with each other. Which one is Chico, Daniel, Harpo, and Philip? One of those four toots a horn and another dislikes Israel. Philip Berrigan will speak at the Community Church at 1859 Centre St, West Roxbury at 11 a.m. Berrigan, a prominent Vietnam protester, is currently involved in the anti-nuke movement. If you are still curious about Harpo and Chico, check out the Harvard Square Theatre...

Author: By Mike Kendall, | Title: LECTURES | 5/12/1977 | See Source »

Long John feels better. Harpo may even convince some people to back Bobick with his talk of chumps. But there's still a little worry growing in the back of his mind. He knows the guys at Nini's Corner now tell you to look for Ring magazine, the Bible of boxing, back in the section "with the other fake sport, wrestling." He knows about Don King. He remembers a fight up in Maine when Sonny Liston went down before Ali had put his hands up. He begins to think about what the promoters are thinking. Undefeated Bobick beats Norton...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: A Bookies Delight | 5/6/1977 | See Source »

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