Comments on: Separated at birth?

By: nyght

nyght — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:52:40 +0000

You know, I’m still in my early 30s, and I totally knew who the first one was right away! But then, I’m probably one of the few people in my generation who own Marx Brothers Boxed sets on DVD…

By: mezzrow

mezzrow — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:50:27 +0000

re: Mr. Siskel – my memory (very sad that Siskel has been gone for so long) was that he was also audibly indistinguishable from Tom Selleck, or at least the younger Tom Selleck. I remember on occasion hearing a voice speak without seeing the screen, and expecting to see Selleck on screen, and voila, it’s Gene Siskel.

By: ConceptJunkie

ConceptJunkie — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:23:06 +0000

Here’s another person that Groucho without his inch-thick painted eyebrows and mustache reminds me of:

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3995703552/nm0355024

Tony Hale, a.k.a. Buster Bluth from “Arrested Development”

Groucho was one of the best.

By: lucius

lucius — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:24:55 +0000

“Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. What he was doing in MY pajamas, I don’t know !”
Groucho.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:10:33 +0000

Barry: I didn't mention it, but I thought he looked a fair amount like Gershwin, too. But Gershwin was handsomer, IMHO, and with a stronger jaw. And this post might interest you.

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:43:06 +0000

Actually, this looks almost like Gershwin’s twin.

By: CharlieSays

CharlieSays — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:59:15 +0000

I guess I’m just a contrarian. In that picture I think Groucho looks like Stanley Tucci.

By: Gringo

Gringo — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:16:41 +0000

One more reason to admire Groucho. The yes link in Neo's comment provided a potential clue for how Julius got his nickname.

After mother Minnie sent him money for the return train fare to New York, Groucho did a double act with an English singer and beauty named Lilly Seville, and they played the circuit in Texas at $11 a week. After seven weeks, Lilly ran off with the lion-tamer on the same bill, and once again, Groucho lost all his money and was stranded ( he soon learnt to carry his money in a "grouch bag " around his neck, a common practice with vaudevillians ). His mother came to his rescue and then found him a job as the juvenile singer in a touring production of a play called " The Man Of Her Choice " - Groucho sang three Jewish songs. There were many other singing engagements of a similar nature after this.

Back in the day I bought two T-shirts from the Orson Welles Cinema in Cambridge emblazoned with a picture of Groucho. One was for me; the other was for a family friend who was an incorrigible punster.

By: Beverly

Beverly — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:18:01 +0000

I love Julius. Being a Groucho nut, I did recognize him in that first shot. And it reminded me that when he did his war bond tour in the ’40s with a bunch of other movie stars, no one recognized Groucho in his street clothes, so he had to nip back into the train and come out with his mustache and eyebrows painted on. Then they all went nuts.

By: rachel

rachel — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:57:07 +0000

Also, friend and penpal of T.S. Eliot.