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[[Image:Grouchomarxmuppet.jpg|thumb|300px|Groucho and Elmo in ''Elmo's World: Noses''.]]
[[Image:Grouchospike.jpg|frame|{{center|Spike Milligan imitates Groucho Marx}}]]
 
[[Image:Elmo.grouchoglasses.jpg|frame|{{center|''Music Works Wonders''}}]]
 
[[Image:Grouchobear.jpg|frame|{{center|Fozzie in Groucho glasses at the El Sleezo Cafe}}]]
 
[[Image:GordonHarpo.JPG|thumb|300px|{{center|David imagines Gordon with Harpo hair.}}]]
 
[[File:Briefhistory03.jpg|thumb|300px|{{center|''A Brief History of Motion Pictures''}}]]
 
'''The Marx Brothers''' were an iconic [[The United States of America|American]] comedy troupe, led by Julius "Groucho" Marx (1890-1977) and included brothers Harpo and Chico (all stage and film work), Zeppo (in early films), and Gummo (in the stage era). The brothers performed on stage and in a series of successful farcical movies, including ''A Day at the Races'', ''A Night at the Opera'', ''A Night in Casablanca'', ''Duck Soup'', and ''Animal Crackers'', amongst others. Groucho, with his greasepaint moustache, thick cigar, spectacles, and wavy hair, developed the persona of consummate wisecracker and con artist.
 
   
 
'''The Marx Brothers''' were an iconic [[The United States of America|American]] comedy troupe, led by Julius "Groucho" Marx (1890-1977) and included brothers Harpo and Chico (all stage and film work), Zeppo (in early films), and Gummo (in the stage era). The brothers performed on stage and in a series of successful farcical movies, including ''A Day at the Races'', ''A Night at the Opera'', ''A Night in Casablanca'', ''Duck Soup'', and ''Animal Crackers'', amongst others. Groucho, with his greasepaint moustache, thick cigar, spectacles, and wavy hair, developed the persona of consummate wisecracker and con artist.
As a solo performer, Groucho hosted the radio and television game show ''You Bet Your Life'', a series which relied less on the suspense of competition than on the host's patter and rapport with contestants.
 
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As a solo performer, Groucho hosted the radio and television game show ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'', a series which relied less on the suspense of competition than on the host's patter and rapport with contestants.
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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[[Image:GMC-GrouchoMarxGlasses.jpg|670px]]
 
[[Image:Elmo.grouchoglasses.jpg|thumb|300px|''Music Works Wonders''.]]
 
[[Image:Grouchobear.jpg|thumb|300px|Fozzie in Groucho glasses at the El Sleezo Cafe.]]
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[[Image:Impresario_groucho_chicken.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
[[Image:Briefhistory03.jpg|thumb|300px|''A Brief History of Motion Pictures''.]]
 
[[Image:Grouchospike.jpg|frame|Spike Milligan imitates Groucho Marx.]]
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[[Image:Drbeemer.jpg|thumb|300px|Dr. Beemer giving Baby Fozzie his checkup.]]
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*"Groucho glasses," combining Groucho's trademarked spectacles with fake nose, mustache, and (usually) thick eyebrows, are a recurring Muppet prop.
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**Fozzie wears a pair in ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' when he first appears on stage at the [[El Sleezo Cafe]].
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**[[Kermit the Frog]] and friends use the glasses as a disguise when raiding [[the Mallory Gallery]] in ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''.
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**The [[Fozzie Bear Action Figure]] came with a pair.
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**A [[Muppet_mugs_(Sigma)#Standard mugs|Sigma mug]] places the prop beside Fozzie Bear.
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**[[Red Fraggle]] dons Groucho glasses in the ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' episode "[[Episode 310: The Secret Society of Poobahs|The Secret Society of Poobahs]]."
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**[[The Wild Impresario]] holds a rubber chicken wearing a pair of Groucho glasses in ''[[The Ghost of Faffner Hall]]'' episode "[[Episode 109: Notation: The Sign That Gets the Sound|Notation: The Sign That Gets the Sound]]."
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**[[Elmo]] can be seen wearing them in ''[[Music Works Wonders]]''.
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**[[Baby Scooter]] and [[Baby Skeeter]] also wear the glasses as a disguise to get snacks from the kitchen in "[[Episode 301: Pigerella|Pigerella]]."
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**In order to demonstrate that a nose can be used to wear a disguise over it, [[Wolfgang the Seal]] wears [[:Image:3265h.jpg|Similar glasses]] (bigger nose, no mustache) in [[Episode 3265]].
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**In the [[Muppet viral videos|online music video]] for "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]," Fozzie sports Groucho glasses along with another standard comedy prop, the fake-arrow-through-the-head popularized by [[Steve Martin]].
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**The reverse side of the ''[[Muppet postcards#Muppet Parodies|Muppet Parodies]]'' series of postcards show a small picture of Kermit wearing Groucho glasses. Several [[Muppet posters]] were sold shrink-wrapped against a sturdy poster board, donning the same image on a sticker.
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**The [[Memorybot]] [[:Image:BOE209.jpg|uses Groucho glasses as a disguise]] to fool [[Elmo]] in ''[[The Best of Elmo 2]]''.
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**[[Dr. Beemer]] wears a pair of glasses while giving [[Baby Fozzie]] his checkup in ''[[Baby Fozzie Visits the Doctor]]''.
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**Fozzie is shown wearing the glasses multiple times in the [[:Category:Little Golden Books|Little Golden Book]] ''[[Fozzie's Funnies]]''.
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**[[Baby Gonzo]] dresses as Groucho in the ''Muppet Babies'' episode "[[Episode 417: Masquerading Muppets|Masquerading Muppets]]."
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**In the storybook ''[[I Want to See...]]'', [[Baby Rowlf|Baby Rowlf's]] pet fish [[Tillie]] wears a pair of Groucho glasses.
 
**The ''Sesame Street'' song "[[Everything's Coming Up Noses]]" ends with [[Harvey Fierstein]] wearing a pair of Groucho Glasses.
 
**An episode of "[[Monsterpiece Theater]]" based on the musical ''[[Anything Goes]]'', featured dancers in Groucho glasses singing "Anyone's Nose."
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**For a 2011 [[The Muppets Gold Spot|commercial]] promoting ''[[The Muppets (2011)|The Muppets]]'' in the [[UK]], Fozzie Bear decorates the advertiser's logo, Orange, with Groucho glasses.
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*A [[Groucho Marx Muppet|Muppet caricature]] of Groucho, performed by [[Matt Vogel]], appears in ''[[Elmo's World: Noses]]''.
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*[[Elmo]] appears as Groucho, [[Telly Monster]] as Harpo and [[Herry Monster]] as Chico in ''[[A Brief History of Motion Pictures]]''
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*The song "[[Lydia, the Tattooed Lady]]," first performed by Groucho Marx in the film ''At the Circus'', was used in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[episode 102: Connie Stevens|episode 102]].
 
*The song "[[Lydia, the Tattooed Lady]]," first performed by Groucho Marx in the film ''At the Circus'', was used in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[episode 102: Connie Stevens|episode 102]].
   
 
*''Duck Soup'' featured Groucho and Harpo Marx in a now famous mirror scene: in an empty hallway, Harpo would mime to be the reflection of Groucho, confusing him in the process. A similar routine appears in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi|episode 104]] featuring [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] and [[Robot Kermit]].
 
*''Duck Soup'' featured Groucho and Harpo Marx in a now famous mirror scene: in an empty hallway, Harpo would mime to be the reflection of Groucho, confusing him in the process. A similar routine appears in ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi|episode 104]] featuring [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] and [[Robot Kermit]].
 
*[[Gonzo]], upon entering [[George Burns]]' [[dressing room]] in [[Episode 210: George Burns|episode 210]], is addressed as "One of the Marx Brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Gonzo."
 
   
 
*[[Spike Milligan]] assists [[Sam the Eagle]] with an oration on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 317: Spike Milligan|episode 317]], in which he comes out on stage representing an English gentleman. However, he speaks in such a thick brogue, that Sam can't understand him and claims he is not speaking the Queen's English. Spike replies in an eyebrow-raising, faux cigar-holding Groucho-Marx pose, "Why should I? She never speaks any of mine."
 
*[[Spike Milligan]] assists [[Sam the Eagle]] with an oration on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' [[Episode 317: Spike Milligan|episode 317]], in which he comes out on stage representing an English gentleman. However, he speaks in such a thick brogue, that Sam can't understand him and claims he is not speaking the Queen's English. Spike replies in an eyebrow-raising, faux cigar-holding Groucho-Marx pose, "Why should I? She never speaks any of mine."
   
*One of Spike Milligans partners from ''[[The Goon Show]]'', [[Peter Sellers]], tended to slip in a Groucho voice every now and again in his career. He appears as a gypsy violinist on ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 219: Peter Sellers|episode 219]], being told "play" by the Muppets. Temporarily breaking away from his gypsy voice, Peter said in Groucho style, miming cigar-holding, "Listen, any more talk like that and I ''will'' play!"
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*One of Spike Milligan's partners from ''[[The Goon Show]]'', [[Peter Sellers]], tended to slip in a Groucho voice every now and again in his career. He appears as a gypsy violinist on ''The Muppet Show'' [[Episode 219: Peter Sellers|episode 219]], being told "play" by the Muppets. Temporarily breaking away from his gypsy voice, Peter said in Groucho style, miming cigar-holding, "Listen, any more talk like that and I ''will'' play!"
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*[[Gonzo]], upon entering [[George Burns]]' [[dressing room]] in [[Episode 210: George Burns|episode 210]], is addressed as "One of the Marx Brothers: Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Gonzo."
   
 
*In ''[[The Muppets Go Hollywood]]'', [[Dick van Dyke]] catches [[Fozzie Bear]] with a bag of cement, planning to add his own signature to the [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] sidewalk. Fozzie explains, "I know it's crazy -- but, you see, my dream is to be here with all the [[Hollywood]] comedian greats, you know? My pawprint right here with them, like [[Abbott and Costello]], and the Marx Brothers, and -- oh, look, the Ritz Brothers!"
 
*In ''[[The Muppets Go Hollywood]]'', [[Dick van Dyke]] catches [[Fozzie Bear]] with a bag of cement, planning to add his own signature to the [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] sidewalk. Fozzie explains, "I know it's crazy -- but, you see, my dream is to be here with all the [[Hollywood]] comedian greats, you know? My pawprint right here with them, like [[Abbott and Costello]], and the Marx Brothers, and -- oh, look, the Ritz Brothers!"
   
 
*In a 1970s [[Sesame Street]] segment, [[David]] and [[Maria]] imagine [[Gordon]] with a variety of hairstyles. At one point, David imagines him with "hair like Harpo."
*"Groucho glasses," combining Groucho's trademarked spectacles with fake nose, mustache, and (usually) thick eyebrows, are a recurring Muppet prop. Fozzie wears a pair in ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' when he first appears on stage at the [[El Sleezo Cafe]]. [[Kermit the Frog]] and friends use the glasses as a disguise when raiding [[the Mallory Gallery]] in ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]''. The [[Fozzie Bear Action Figure]] came with a pair. [[Red Fraggle]] dons Groucho glasses in the ''[[Fraggle Rock]]'' episode "[[Episode 310: The Secret Society of Poobahs|The Secret Society of Poobahs]]," and [[Elmo]] can be seen wearing them in ''[[Music Works Wonders]]''. [[Baby Scooter]] and [[Baby Skeeter]] also wear the glasses as a disguise to get snacks from the kitchen in "[[Episode 301: Pigerella|Pigerella]]." In the [[virmup]] video "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]," Fozzie sports Groucho glasses along with another standard comedy prop, the fake-arrow-through-the-head popularized by [[Steve Martin]]. Furthermore, the reverse side of the ''[[Muppet postcards#Muppet Parodies|Muppet Parodies]]'' series of postcards show a small picture of Kermit wearing Groucho glasses.
 
   
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*A picture of Groucho adorns Fozzie's locker in ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]''.
*[[The Merrill Lunch Hungerdunger McCormack All Accountant Marching Society]], from ''[[The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson]]'' is a reference to the "Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger and McCormack" scene from ''Animal Crackers''.
 
   
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*In ''[[Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting]]'', Kermit tries to interview people on the street. He meets [[Grover]], who calls out, "Ice cream! Get your Tootsie-Frootsie ice cream!" This is in reference to a scene from ''A Day At the Races'' in which Chico Marx calls out the same thing.
*In a 1970s [[Sesame Street]] segment, [[David]] and [[Maria]] imagine [[Gordon]] with a variety of hairstyles. At one point, David imagines him with "hair like Harpo."
 
   
 
*[[The Merrill Lunch Hungerdunger McCormack All Accountant Marching Society]], from ''[[The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson]]'' is a reference to the "Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger and McCormack" scene from ''Animal Crackers''.
*[[Elmo]] appears as Groucho Marx (with [[Telly Monster]] as Harpo and [[Herry Monster]] as Chico) in ''[[A Brief History of Motion Pictures]]''
 
   
 
*According to designer [[Stephen Rotondaro]] in production notes for ''[[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]]'', "[[Grouch Mayor|The Mayor of Grouchland]] is our version of Groucho Marx."
 
*According to designer [[Stephen Rotondaro]] in production notes for ''[[The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland]]'', "[[Grouch Mayor|The Mayor of Grouchland]] is our version of Groucho Marx."
   
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*A set of floating Groucho glasses talks to Elmo in ''[[Elmo's World: Eyes]]''. The glasses enter to "Hello, I Must Be Going" from ''Animal Crackers'', and in a reference to ''You Bet Your Life," they prompt Elmo to say the "secret word", which signals a duck to drop from the ceiling.''
*A [[Groucho Marx Muppet|Muppet caricature]] of Groucho, performed by [[Matt Vogel]], appears in ''[[Elmo's World: Noses]]''. In addition, a set of floating Groucho glasses talks to Elmo in ''[[Elmo's World: Eyes]]''.
 
   
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* A picture of Kermit the Frog wearing Groucho glasses (and using Groucho's trademark walk and cigar) appeared on one of the cards in the 1980 ''[[Kermit the Frog Card Game]]''.
*In ''[[Shalom Sesame]]: "Kids Sing Israel (Grouches Don't)"'', Moishe Oofnik tries to make a request under the guise of "Groucho Oofnik", complete with Groucho Glasses.
 
   
 
*In ''[[Shalom Sesame]]: "[[Show 11: Kids Sing Israel|Kids Sing Israel]]"'', Moishe Oofnik tries to make a request under the guise of "Groucho Oofnik", complete with Groucho Glasses.
*In the video ''"[[Sing Yourself Silly]]"'', [[Maria]] and [[Luis]] don a pair of Groucho glasses and imitate his cigar-holding pose as they remark "Now ''that's'' silly!".
 
   
 
*[[Episode 1576]] of ''Sesame Street'' features a group of birds called the "Canary Brothers", two of which are named Zeppo and Gummo Marx.
 
*[[Episode 1576]] of ''Sesame Street'' features a group of birds called the "Canary Brothers", two of which are named Zeppo and Gummo Marx.
   
*In the storybook ''[[I Want to See...]]'', [[Baby Rowlf|Baby Rowlf's]] pet fish [[Tillie]] wears a pair of Groucho glasses.
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*In the video ''[[Sing Yourself Silly]]'', [[Maria]] and [[Luis]] don a pair of Groucho glasses and imitate his cigar-holding pose as they remark "Now ''that's'' silly!".
   
 
*Neon caricatures of the brothers are shown in the background of [[The Comedy Store]] in ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' episode "[[Miss Piggy's Hollywood]]".
*The ''Sesame Street'' song "[[Everything's Coming Up Noses]]" ends with [[Harvey Fierstein]] wearing a pair of Groucho Glasses.
 
   
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*[[Mr. Earth]] does a brief imitation of Groucho using a paper towel tube in ''[[Being Green (video)|Being Green]]''.
*An episode of "[[Monsterpiece Theater]]" based on the musical ''[[Anything Goes]]'', featured dancers in Grouch Glasses singing "[[Anyone's Nose]]''.''
 
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*The popular "mirror scene" from ''Duck Soup'' was recreated in ''[[The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson]] ''story arc, in which Kismet mirrors Kermit's every move. After Kermit leaves, he comments, "You know, I've always wanted to do that."
   
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*In a [[Twitter|Tweet]] dated September 7, 2011, Oscar said, “The only ‘a-peeling’ thing about a banana is the part that goes in the TRASH!” – Grouch Marx, Grouch comedian. Love that guy! [http://twitter.com/#!/sesamestreet/status/111453672008978432 Tweet]
*Neon caricatures of the brothers are shown in the background of [[The Comedy Store]] in ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'' episode "[[Miss Piggy's Hollywood]]".
 
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*In a [[Vila Sésamo]] sketch, [[Garibaldo]] keeps failing to draw a portrait of [[Bel]]. On his third try, he draws Bel with Groucho glasses. Bel says it looks nothing like her, but Garibaldo takes her over to a mirror and puts Groucho glasses on Bel. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDXs4lCNyoU Video]
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*Kermit does another version of the mirror gag with [[Constantine]] in ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]''.
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<gallery widths=200 spacing=small orientation=landscape>
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File:Kermit_card_game_groucho_marx.jpg|[[Kermit the Frog Card Game]]
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Image:Marx_-_MPHollywood.jpg|''Miss Piggy's Hollywood''
 
Image:GordonHarpo.JPG|David imagines Gordon with Harpo hair.
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Image:Grouchmayor.jpg|The Mayor of Grouchland.
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Image:SYS2.jpg|Maria and Luis in ''Sing Yourself Silly''.
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Image:Grouchoglassesfozzie.JPG|Fozzie in his glasses in the book ''Fozzie's Funnies''.
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Image:TheOrangeShow-05.jpg|From Orange's The Muppets Gold Spot.
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Image:Gonzo_groucho.jpg|Baby Gonzo in "Masquerading Muppets."
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</gallery>
   
 
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Grouchomarxmuppet

Groucho and Elmo in Elmo's World: Noses.

The Marx Brothers were an iconic American comedy troupe, led by Julius "Groucho" Marx (1890-1977) and included brothers Harpo and Chico (all stage and film work), Zeppo (in early films), and Gummo (in the stage era). The brothers performed on stage and in a series of successful farcical movies, including A Day at the Races, A Night at the Opera, A Night in Casablanca, Duck Soup, and Animal Crackers, amongst others. Groucho, with his greasepaint moustache, thick cigar, spectacles, and wavy hair, developed the persona of consummate wisecracker and con artist.

As a solo performer, Groucho hosted the radio and television game show You Bet Your Life, a series which relied less on the suspense of competition than on the host's patter and rapport with contestants.

References

GMC-GrouchoMarxGlasses

Elmo

Music Works Wonders.

Grouchobear

Fozzie in Groucho glasses at the El Sleezo Cafe.

Impresario groucho chicken
Briefhistory03

A Brief History of Motion Pictures.

Grouchospike

Spike Milligan imitates Groucho Marx.

Drbeemer

Dr. Beemer giving Baby Fozzie his checkup.

  • Duck Soup featured Groucho and Harpo Marx in a now famous mirror scene: in an empty hallway, Harpo would mime to be the reflection of Groucho, confusing him in the process. A similar routine appears in The Muppet Show episode 104 featuring Kermit and Robot Kermit.
  • Spike Milligan assists Sam the Eagle with an oration on The Muppet Show episode 317, in which he comes out on stage representing an English gentleman. However, he speaks in such a thick brogue, that Sam can't understand him and claims he is not speaking the Queen's English. Spike replies in an eyebrow-raising, faux cigar-holding Groucho-Marx pose, "Why should I? She never speaks any of mine."
  • One of Spike Milligan's partners from The Goon Show, Peter Sellers, tended to slip in a Groucho voice every now and again in his career. He appears as a gypsy violinist on The Muppet Show episode 219, being told "play" by the Muppets. Temporarily breaking away from his gypsy voice, Peter said in Groucho style, miming cigar-holding, "Listen, any more talk like that and I will play!"
  • In a 1970s Sesame Street segment, David and Maria imagine Gordon with a variety of hairstyles. At one point, David imagines him with "hair like Harpo."
  • In Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting, Kermit tries to interview people on the street. He meets Grover, who calls out, "Ice cream! Get your Tootsie-Frootsie ice cream!" This is in reference to a scene from A Day At the Races in which Chico Marx calls out the same thing.
  • A set of floating Groucho glasses talks to Elmo in Elmo's World: Eyes. The glasses enter to "Hello, I Must Be Going" from Animal Crackers, and in a reference to You Bet Your Life," they prompt Elmo to say the "secret word", which signals a duck to drop from the ceiling.
  • A picture of Kermit the Frog wearing Groucho glasses (and using Groucho's trademark walk and cigar) appeared on one of the cards in the 1980 Kermit the Frog Card Game.
  • Episode 1576 of Sesame Street features a group of birds called the "Canary Brothers", two of which are named Zeppo and Gummo Marx.
  • In the video Sing Yourself Silly, Maria and Luis don a pair of Groucho glasses and imitate his cigar-holding pose as they remark "Now that's silly!".
  • Mr. Earth does a brief imitation of Groucho using a paper towel tube in Being Green.
  • The popular "mirror scene" from Duck Soup was recreated in The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson story arc, in which Kismet mirrors Kermit's every move. After Kermit leaves, he comments, "You know, I've always wanted to do that."
  • In a Tweet dated September 7, 2011, Oscar said, “The only ‘a-peeling’ thing about a banana is the part that goes in the TRASH!” – Grouch Marx, Grouch comedian. Love that guy! Tweet
  • In a Vila Sésamo sketch, Garibaldo keeps failing to draw a portrait of Bel. On his third try, he draws Bel with Groucho glasses. Bel says it looks nothing like her, but Garibaldo takes her over to a mirror and puts Groucho glasses on Bel. Video

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