Groucho Marx was a comic genius who starred on stage and in film radio and television. But he was also a gifted writer the author of a play two screenplays seven books and over 100 articles and essays. This newly expanded collection presents the best of Grouchos short comic pieces written over a period of more than fifty years between 1919 and 1973 for the New York Times the New Yorker the Saturday Evening Post Variety the Hollywood Reporter and other newspapers and magazines. Here is the one and only Groucho on his family his days in vaudeville his career World War II taxes and other topics from his love of a good cigar to his chronic insomnia from Why Harpo Doesnt Talk to The Truth About Captain Spalding. The familiar irreverence wordplay and a dash of selfdeprecation bring Grouchos wisecracking voice to life in these pages firmly establishing him as one of the worlds great humorists. Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales a title of Grouchos own choosing is essential reading for Marx Brothers fans and a hilarious and nostalgic trip through the twentieth century. show more