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13. As for Groucho being a MAGAt...

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 11:21 AM

Oct 2024

"I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member."
-- Groucho Marx

Groucho really wanted his daughter Melinda to become a singer (like Frank Sinatra's daughter Nancy), but Melinda's heart was not really into it and her singing career fizzled. She now lives in obscurity in California.
Groucho had Melinda on his show several times when she was a kid, to show off her singing. This clip is from a few years later, 1965:

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I Had More Common Sense When I Was A Kid [View all] gab13by13 Oct 2024 OP

Groucho (and all the Marx Brother's) would be shitting all over Trump and his MAGA'ts OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2024 #1

I have no idea about the Marx's political beliefs. gab13by13 Oct 2024 #2

Dump must have copied it - Groucho's the only one I remember that ever said it. Talitha Oct 2024 #3

Yeah, I think you are right, gab13by13 Oct 2024 #5

It was a duck, I think Mossfern Oct 2024 #11

I remember Grouch Marx. I don't think that he would wnylib Oct 2024 #4

Yeah, I apologize to the Marx family, gab13by13 Oct 2024 #6

IIRC, he once said "I don't want to be in a club that would have me as a member." Talitha Oct 2024 #8

Yes, he said that. I don't remember the context. wnylib Oct 2024 #14

Minimum you were more knowledgeable, MAGA critical thinking skills are low uponit7771 Oct 2024 #7

We were taught then to think, to think for our selves, republianmushroom Oct 2024 #9

"You Bet Your Life" was the name of the show Jersey Devil Oct 2024 #10

All Hail Marx and Lennon! orthoclad Oct 2024 #12

As for Groucho being a MAGAt... Wednesdays Oct 2024 #13