The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
Latest Episodes
65 “Our Rowe, Rohauer and Groucho Hour” featuring Mike Rowe and Groucho Marx
A VERY special episode as we are joined by TV writer, comedian, and Council member Mike Rowe to premiere a previously unheard 1967 interview with Groucho, conducted by the infamous film collector and
64 “Groucho and We” featuring Frank Ferrante
Grouchos 1959s autobiography, Groucho and Me is delved into, featuring the worlds most renowned impressionist of the man, Frank Ferrante.The guys question if the book is truly an autobiography
63 “Coming Attractions” featuring Jerry Sroka
A busy two-fold episode. First the guys deep dive into the world of Marx Brothers movie trailers, exploring their sometimes puzzling approaches, noting unique footage or dialogue, and lamenting those
62 “Blooray, Blooray, Blooray!”
This month the guys look at two films with historically-important Marx appearances that were restored and released on a 2020 Blu-raynow do you get the title?First, Matthew and Noah dissect Harpos
61 “Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Sometimes Scardino” featuring Don Scardino
30 Rock, Only Murders in the Building, 2 Broke Girls, The West Wingthis is a minuscule sampling of series directed by our guest, director/actor/producer Don Scardino, a rabid Marx Brothers fa
60 “The Misty Corridors of Time” Our 60th Episode Retrospective
On the occasion of our sixtieth episode (not counting the ones we dont count), we look back at the history of The Marx Brothers Council Podcast. Starting with its origins, as most stories do, we reco
59 “Flywheel Rides Again” featuring Mark Brisenden
The lost 1932 Groucho/Chico radio series Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel has long been a white whale for Marx fans. While the scripts were discovered in 1988, and a few tantalizing recordings have t
58 “Acid Reflux” - our ‘Skidoo’ deep dive featuring Cinco Paul
This month, we welcome back Schmigadoon! co-creator/showrunner Cinco Paul to help sift thru the curiosity that is Groucho Marxs final film appearance, the far-out 1968 comedy, Skidoo. You don
57 “So This Is Dr. Film” featuring Eric Grayson
Film preservationist and collector Eric Grayson joins us to examine the 2023 state of the Marx Brothers catalog. We discuss which films have missing, damaged, or subpar footage (and we dont mean Go
56 “Question Marx”
Once again we dip into the mailbag for questions and comments from our loyal listeners. Bob joins us to serve as quizmaster, as we discuss subjects such as post-Duck Soup Freedonia/Sylvania relations,