00:00Y ahora, aquí está mi especial guest star, Rufus T. Firefly, J. Cleaver Loophole, Dr. Hugo Z. Heckenbush, Captain Jeffrey Spaulding, también conocido como Mr. Groucho Marx, señoras y señales.
00:17En 1973, cuando casi tenía 83 años, Groucho hizo su última gran aparición en un programa de variedades.
00:23Demostrando que su ingenio magistral era tan agudo como siempre, Groucho intercambió ocurrencias con una de las estrellas más grandes de la comedia.
00:29Oh, es tú.
00:31Yes, how are you, doctor?
00:33Fine.
00:33Nice to see you.
00:34You look, have a sit down.
00:36Oh, I'll be glad to.
00:38How have you been?
00:39I've just been fine.
00:41Well, what are we going to do now?
00:43I don't know, but I'm just tickled to have you here, and words cannot express how thrilled I am to have you on the show.
00:49A little money wouldn't hurt either.
00:54All right, now.
00:57You smoke cigars, I see, huh?
00:59Yeah, I like them.
01:00Good ones?
01:01Yeah, well, it just mostly comes from the first time I saw you, and I figured, gee whiz, you know, I like to smoke cigars.
01:08Well, you know, it's a handy thing to have for a comedian.
01:13Assuming you are a comedian.
01:19There's one question I wanted to ask you.
01:22You've known all of the truly great names in comedy.
01:24Now, I mean, how would you classify me?
01:30You?
01:30Yeah.
01:32You'd come right after the next one.
01:34And so would I, if I had a chance.
01:48Look, every one of those jokes in that session worked, because he would listen to the question, and then that mind would click in.
02:00Okay, how would you rate W.C. Fields?
02:04I never speak ill of the dead.
02:08Except in your case.
02:11When I met Groucho, I found exactly what I expected.
02:14A cantankerous, ornery, salty, amusing, amazing man who took nothing seriously.
02:22Do you believe in life after death?
02:26I have serious doubts about life before death.
02:30I believe we're going now.
02:35I believe in death during life.
02:38And so does everyone watching this show.
02:43Do you have any unfulfilled wish?
02:46Well, yes, I'd like to terminate this interview as soon as I can.
02:54Well, you can't be funnier than that.
02:56And, of course, it put Cosby down and put Cosby away, because everybody had great respect for Cosby at that point, except for Groucho, who had none.
03:04And he didn't respect Bill.
03:08It bothered Groucho that Bill smoked better cigars than Groucho did.
03:14So Groucho, on the way out, copped about a half a dozen of Bill's cigars.
03:18And you just, you had to love him.
03:21In 1974, Groucho was galardonated with an Oscar honorary for his contribution.
03:32It began this final moment under the foc, receiving a applause for all brothers.
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