{"product_id":"groucho-and-me-9780306806667","title":"Groucho And Me","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality.\"--James Thurber\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho tells the saga of the Marx Brothers: the poverty of their childhood in New York's Upper East Side; the crooked world of small-time vaudeville (where they learned to carry blackjacks); how a pretzel magnate and the graceless dancer of his dreams led to the Marx Brothers' first Broadway hit, \u003ci\u003eI'll Say She Is!\u003c\/i\u003e; how the stock market crash in 1929 proved a godsend for Groucho (even though he lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars); the adventures of the Marx Brothers in Hollywood, the making of their hilarious films, and Groucho's triumphant television series, \u003ci\u003e You Bet Your Life!\u003c\/i\u003e Here is the life and lunatic times of the great eccentric genius, Groucho, a.k.a. Julius Henry Marx.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grand Central Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306806667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/1995 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Groucho Marx","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715379720373,"sku":"9780306806667","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/groucho-and-me-9780306806667","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}