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For our final episode of 2025, we consider the YBYL follow-up TELL IT TO GROUCHO, which nobody remembers; and Groucho's sidekick on that show, JOY HARMON, whom everyone remembers! The wonderful Ms. Harmon joins us to discuss her life with Groucho.
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Episode 88: The Joy of Marx (featuring Joy Harmon) — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
Few remember Tell It to Groucho , but everyone remembers Joy Harmon, Groucho’s sidekick on that show, as well as a You Bet Your Life contestant, stage and screen actor, and more recently, as a belo...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
For our final episode of 2025, we consider the YBYL follow-up TELL IT TO GROUCHO, which nobody remembers; and Groucho's sidekick on that show, JOY HARMON, whom everyone remembers! The wonderful Ms. Harmon joins us to discuss her life with Groucho.
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Back in July of 2024, we introduced the game of Marx Brothers Council Roulette, in which we scroll randomly through the group and respond to whatever we land on. We thought this would be the perfect time to revive that idea, because we couldn't think of a new one.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Back in July of 2024, we introduced the game of Marx Brothers Council Roulette, in which we scroll randomly through the group and respond to whatever we land on. We thought this would be the perfect time to revive that idea, because we couldn't think of a new one.
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Squee! As the kids won't stop saying!
@elliottkalan.bsky.social is on @marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com as the prophets foretold.
Enjoying the deep dive into Elliott's career.
AND, I found a gift for my spouse to give to me in Elliott's new book, Joke Farming.
And I love Kristen Schall's review:
@elliottkalan.bsky.social is on @marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com as the prophets foretold.
Enjoying the deep dive into Elliott's career.
AND, I found a gift for my spouse to give to me in Elliott's new book, Joke Farming.
And I love Kristen Schall's review:
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Squee! As the kids won't stop saying!
@elliottkalan.bsky.social is on @marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com as the prophets foretold.
Enjoying the deep dive into Elliott's career.
AND, I found a gift for my spouse to give to me in Elliott's new book, Joke Farming.
And I love Kristen Schall's review:
@elliottkalan.bsky.social is on @marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com as the prophets foretold.
Enjoying the deep dive into Elliott's career.
AND, I found a gift for my spouse to give to me in Elliott's new book, Joke Farming.
And I love Kristen Schall's review:
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I got to be a guest on one of my favorite podcasts! My only regret is that I talked too much.
EP 87! Welcome @elliottkalan.bsky.social, Emmy & Peabody winning writer for The Daily Show & MST3K, podcaster (The Flop House, 99% Invisible), author of the Marxian SHARKO & HIPPO & the recent JOKE FARMING. A great talk about jokes & how they work! www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
Episode 87: At’sa Some Joke, Eh, Boss? (featuring Elliott Kalan) — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
We’re joined by Elliott Kalan — comedy writer, podcaster, and author of, among other things, the Marxian children’s book Sharko and Hippo , and the new practical guide Joke Farming: How to Write Com...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I got to be a guest on one of my favorite podcasts! My only regret is that I talked too much.
EP 87! Welcome @elliottkalan.bsky.social, Emmy & Peabody winning writer for The Daily Show & MST3K, podcaster (The Flop House, 99% Invisible), author of the Marxian SHARKO & HIPPO & the recent JOKE FARMING. A great talk about jokes & how they work! www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
Episode 87: At’sa Some Joke, Eh, Boss? (featuring Elliott Kalan) — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
We’re joined by Elliott Kalan — comedy writer, podcaster, and author of, among other things, the Marxian children’s book Sharko and Hippo , and the new practical guide Joke Farming: How to Write Com...
www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
EP 87! Welcome @elliottkalan.bsky.social, Emmy & Peabody winning writer for The Daily Show & MST3K, podcaster (The Flop House, 99% Invisible), author of the Marxian SHARKO & HIPPO & the recent JOKE FARMING. A great talk about jokes & how they work! www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
Postcard #35 is in the mail!
Remember, our Patreon subscribers at the Students of Huxley, Huxley Students, Left-Handed Moths, and Firefly's Cabinet levels receive monthly postcards featuring new, exclusive, original Marxian artwork.
That's why they're so happy!
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Remember, our Patreon subscribers at the Students of Huxley, Huxley Students, Left-Handed Moths, and Firefly's Cabinet levels receive monthly postcards featuring new, exclusive, original Marxian artwork.
That's why they're so happy!
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November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Postcard #35 is in the mail!
Remember, our Patreon subscribers at the Students of Huxley, Huxley Students, Left-Handed Moths, and Firefly's Cabinet levels receive monthly postcards featuring new, exclusive, original Marxian artwork.
That's why they're so happy!
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Remember, our Patreon subscribers at the Students of Huxley, Huxley Students, Left-Handed Moths, and Firefly's Cabinet levels receive monthly postcards featuring new, exclusive, original Marxian artwork.
That's why they're so happy!
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Our new BONUS SEGMENT, available to our Patreon subscribers at all paid levels, is an hourlong VIDEO in which we share clips of familiar Marx costars in some of their OTHER appearances. We think you'll enjoy this, despite the fact that you can see our faces in it!
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Bonus segment: Some of our favorite appearances by actors we associate with the Marx Brothers in other things | The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
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November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our new BONUS SEGMENT, available to our Patreon subscribers at all paid levels, is an hourlong VIDEO in which we share clips of familiar Marx costars in some of their OTHER appearances. We think you'll enjoy this, despite the fact that you can see our faces in it!
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MBCP episode 86 features listeners' commentary on Duck Soup, which most fans agree was released in 1933. As usual, the thoughtful insights of our listeners have prompted discussions of this very familiar film from new and intriguing angles.
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Episode 86: Duck Soup Reheated (featuring The Marx Brothers Council) — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
The future of Freedonia rests on this collection of listener comments about the Marx Brothers’ 1933-est movie — and our comments about their comments.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
MBCP episode 86 features listeners' commentary on Duck Soup, which most fans agree was released in 1933. As usual, the thoughtful insights of our listeners have prompted discussions of this very familiar film from new and intriguing angles.
www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
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Postcard 34 is in the mail, with fantastic new artwork by the great JIM ENGEL, back for the first time since postcard #5 in May 2023! Join us on Patreon at any of the top four levels, and receive our monthly postcards featuring original and exclusive Marxian artwork. www.patreon.com/posts/141991...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Postcard 34 is in the mail, with fantastic new artwork by the great JIM ENGEL, back for the first time since postcard #5 in May 2023! Join us on Patreon at any of the top four levels, and receive our monthly postcards featuring original and exclusive Marxian artwork. www.patreon.com/posts/141991...
Great Marx art by the great Drew Struzan, commissioned by Daniel Kinske for the book ART DUCKO.
October 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Great Marx art by the great Drew Struzan, commissioned by Daniel Kinske for the book ART DUCKO.
ATTENTION, PEOPLE OF FREEDONIA! You still have two days to submit your recorded comments about DUCK SOUP for inclusion in our next episode. Ride like fury! If you run out of gas, get ethyl; if Ethel runs out, get Mabel! Here's Bob Gassel with all the details.
October 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ATTENTION, PEOPLE OF FREEDONIA! You still have two days to submit your recorded comments about DUCK SOUP for inclusion in our next episode. Ride like fury! If you run out of gas, get ethyl; if Ethel runs out, get Mabel! Here's Bob Gassel with all the details.
In our new bonus segment we discuss the concept of "punching up and punching down" in comedy, and whether it applies to the work of the Marx Brothers. (To access this and our 32 previous bonus segments, subscribe to the MBCP on Patreon for as little as $3 per month!)
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October 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In our new bonus segment we discuss the concept of "punching up and punching down" in comedy, and whether it applies to the work of the Marx Brothers. (To access this and our 32 previous bonus segments, subscribe to the MBCP on Patreon for as little as $3 per month!)
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This is Rufus T. Firefly coming to you through the courtesy of the enemy! Over in the Facebook group, producer Bob Gassel has officially proclaimed that we are ready for your recorded comments on DUCK SOUP! See the image for guidelines.
September 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This is Rufus T. Firefly coming to you through the courtesy of the enemy! Over in the Facebook group, producer Bob Gassel has officially proclaimed that we are ready for your recorded comments on DUCK SOUP! See the image for guidelines.
Of course, the best thing about devoting a podcast episode to some of the Marx Brothers’ radio appearances is that you can play the clips. Which means that our guests for this episode are the Marx Brothers themselves.
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Episode 85: That’s a Rodeo You’re Thinking Of — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
In this episode, we examine a selection of radio appearances featuring Groucho, Chico, and (yes even) Harpo.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Of course, the best thing about devoting a podcast episode to some of the Marx Brothers’ radio appearances is that you can play the clips. Which means that our guests for this episode are the Marx Brothers themselves.
www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
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POSTCARD #33 is careening through the postal system toward the mailboxes of MBCP Patreon subscribers at the Students of Huxley, Huxley Students, Left-Handed Moths, and Firefly's Cabinet levels. Don't be colder than Frigidaire; subscribe now and have a grand feeling!
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September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
POSTCARD #33 is careening through the postal system toward the mailboxes of MBCP Patreon subscribers at the Students of Huxley, Huxley Students, Left-Handed Moths, and Firefly's Cabinet levels. Don't be colder than Frigidaire; subscribe now and have a grand feeling!
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Normalize wanting to have sex with a Marx brother.
August 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Normalize wanting to have sex with a Marx brother.
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Here I am on the excellent AMUSING JEWS program, talking with hosts Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field about the Marx Brothers, @illsaysheis.com, PINTELE, secular Jewish identity, and more. So take a look; what could it hurt?
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Ep. 117: Marx Brothers Forever! – with writer and performer Noah Diamond
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September 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Here I am on the excellent AMUSING JEWS program, talking with hosts Jonathan Friedmann and Joey Angel-Field about the Marx Brothers, @illsaysheis.com, PINTELE, secular Jewish identity, and more. So take a look; what could it hurt?
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They were singing "Sweet Adeline!"
Bob Liddycoat just sent me this!! I LOVE IT!!! @marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
They were singing "Sweet Adeline!"
In the room the women come and go / Talking of Groucho...
In this Bonus Segment (available to Patreon subscribers at all paid levels), MBCP84's Brad Sohlo returns to discuss the relationship between Groucho and T.S. Eliot, and Jeffrey Hatcher's recent play about it.
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In this Bonus Segment (available to Patreon subscribers at all paid levels), MBCP84's Brad Sohlo returns to discuss the relationship between Groucho and T.S. Eliot, and Jeffrey Hatcher's recent play about it.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In the room the women come and go / Talking of Groucho...
In this Bonus Segment (available to Patreon subscribers at all paid levels), MBCP84's Brad Sohlo returns to discuss the relationship between Groucho and T.S. Eliot, and Jeffrey Hatcher's recent play about it.
www.patreon.com/posts/138414...
In this Bonus Segment (available to Patreon subscribers at all paid levels), MBCP84's Brad Sohlo returns to discuss the relationship between Groucho and T.S. Eliot, and Jeffrey Hatcher's recent play about it.
www.patreon.com/posts/138414...
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I wonder what ever became of me. I should have been back here a long time ago! -- at the Al Jolson Festival with Jan Hernstat and friends.
September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I wonder what ever became of me. I should have been back here a long time ago! -- at the Al Jolson Festival with Jan Hernstat and friends.
It behooves your correspondent to report that in Episode 84 of the MBCP, the splendacious Brad Sohlo reports on his 2024 visit to Neshobe Island, erstwhile playground of Woollcott, Harpo, and a bevy of famous friends. You ain't Bomoseen nothin' yet! www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
Episode 84: Traveling Sohlo — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
Alexander Woollcott authority Brad Sohlo makes a splendacious return to the podcast, to report on his 2024 visit to Neshobe Island.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It behooves your correspondent to report that in Episode 84 of the MBCP, the splendacious Brad Sohlo reports on his 2024 visit to Neshobe Island, erstwhile playground of Woollcott, Harpo, and a bevy of famous friends. You ain't Bomoseen nothin' yet! www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
The first time Sil Leva's art was featured on a MBCP postcard, his Marxian take on the Sgt. Pepper cover inspired a contest. His latest plays with another iconic image, but no contest, as there are only two people to identify. And that's the last clue you're getting! www.patreon.com/posts/137521...
Postcard #32 is in the mail! | The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
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August 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The first time Sil Leva's art was featured on a MBCP postcard, his Marxian take on the Sgt. Pepper cover inspired a contest. His latest plays with another iconic image, but no contest, as there are only two people to identify. And that's the last clue you're getting! www.patreon.com/posts/137521...
Because of time constraints and overlapping content, not every comment made it into Episode 83. Here, you can enjoy the full, uncut version of every clip we received — packed with great stories and fascinating insights. Enjoy!
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Bonus Episode: Horse Feathers Unredacted — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast
Not every listener-submitted comment made it into Episode 83, so here you can enjoy the uncut versions.
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August 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Because of time constraints and overlapping content, not every comment made it into Episode 83. Here, you can enjoy the full, uncut version of every clip we received — packed with great stories and fascinating insights. Enjoy!
www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...
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I'm really looking forward to Duck Soup at the Sphere.
August 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I'm really looking forward to Duck Soup at the Sphere.