Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, actor, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. He is generally considered to have been a master of quick wit and one of America's greatest comedians.

He made 13 feature films as a team with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, primarily on radio and television, most notably as the host of the game show You Bet Your Life.

His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, spectacles, cigar, a thick greasepaint mustache, and eyebrows. These exaggerated features resulted in the creation of one of the most recognizable and ubiquitous novelty disguises, known as Groucho glasses: a one-piece mask consisting of horn-rimmed glasses, a large plastic nose, bushy eyebrows and mustache.

He was also secretly related to Karl Marx, the secret sixth Marx Brother.

Works of Theory by Groucho Marx

Beds

Beds: revised & updated edition

Many Happy Returns: An Unofficial Guide to Your Income-Tax Problems

Groucho and Me

Memoirs of a Mangy Lover

The Groucho Letters: Letters From and To Groucho Marx

The Marx Bros, Scrapbook

The Secret Word Is Groucho

The Groucho Phile: An Illustrated Life by Groucho Marx

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  • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Day 2 of anti work quotes

    In the year 1930, John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century’s end, technology would have advanced sufficiently that countries like Great Britain or the United States would have achieved a fifteen-hour work week. There’s every reason to believe he was right. In technological terms, we are quite capable of this. And yet it didn’t happen. Instead, technology has been marshaled, if anything, to figure out ways to make us all work more. In order to achieve this, jobs have had to be created that are, effectively, pointless. Huge swathes of people, in Europe and North America in particular, spend their entire working lives performing tasks they secretly believe do not really need to be performed. The moral and spiritual damage that comes from this situation is profound. It is a scar across our collective soul. Yet virtually no one talks about it

    -David Graeber, On the Phenomena of Bullshit Jobs

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    • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      John Maynard Keynes predicted that, by century’s end, technology would have advanced sufficiently that countries like Great Britain or the United States would have achieved a fifteen-hour work week

      Keynes:solidarity:Supporting Capitalism:solidarity:Being Wrong :che-smile:

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It's from the essay he wrote before working on the book!