Key Animator
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Feb 12, 2008, 10:24 AM
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Marx Brothers
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I think one of the most portrayed celebrities in cartoons ever would be the Marx Brothers.
Groucho and Harpo were portrayed in "Coco Nut Grove" and "Hollywood Steps Out", All Four Marx Brothers in "Viva Buddy" (Between Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera), There was a Silly Symphony cartoon where the Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico, and Harpo were fiddlers, Bugs Bunny was heavily inspired by Groucho, Tiny Toons had a cartoon where they were the Marx Brothers, and the Animaniacs were also inspired by the Marx Brothers.
Is there any that I'm missing?
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Animator
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Feb 12, 2008, 10:36 AM
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Well in "Wideo Wabbit," Bugs actually dressed as Groucho.....HB had a Quick Draw McGraw episode called "Scooter Rabbit", a character who did an exaggerated Groucho....and I believe the HB character "Crazy Claws" (from the Kwicky Koala show) talked like Groucho.
Groucho could do well on his own....the others, ya can't really identify unless Groucho was with them.
Oh....and in an episode of "Garfield & Friends," Garfield mused (out loud to us, of course) that Jon Arbuckle's favorite Marx brother is Zeppo....basically hard to get a date that way....except in this episode Jon found a gal who liked Zeppo!! Now that's abstract humor, especially to kids....
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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Feb 12, 2008, 11:09 AM
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There was a Snagglepuss episode where the lion dressed up like Groucho Marx and had Major Minor as a contestant in his "What's the Secret Word," with a gun in place of the "You Bet Your Life" duck!
And I remember a Beany and Cecil episode from 1961 entitled "So What and the Seven Whatnots," a Snow White parody with the dwarfs as parodies of popular celebrities of the time, and one of them was Harpsy McCord, a parody of Harpo Marx!
And a scene in Disney's 1992 classic "Aladdin," when the Genie told Aladdin that he had only three wishes and couldn't wish for more wishes, and after his Spanish slot machine impression ("That's right... THREE! Uno, dos, tres") he changed into a black-and-white version of himself with bigger eyes and a cigar and imitated Groucho's voice "No substitutions, exchanges or refunds!" and then a gray duck marionette that looked like the Genie as a duck came down with the secret word: "REFUNDS")
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Supervising Animator
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Feb 12, 2008, 12:33 PM
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In "Slick Hare" Bugs is seen disguised as Groucho while Elmer is disguised as Harpo!
In an episode of Bump in the Night-"Loss of Face" in which Squishy loses his face in a freak washing accident-Mr Bumpy puts a pair of Groucho Marks disguise glasses (You know the ones with the eyebrows,glasses,nose and mustache) and then does a Groucho Marks impression while using Squishy as his dummy.
In the Fairly Oddparents movie Abracatastrohe-Timmy confronts Crocker wearing a pair of Grocho glasses-but Mr.Crocker calls him Shemp!(one of the lesser known Stooges)
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Bugs Bunny cartoons are not supposed to feature a lisping Viking rabbit hunter enthusiastically professing his operatic love for a bunny in drag.
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Supervising Animator
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Feb 12, 2008, 12:37 PM
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There was a Silly Symphony cartoon where the Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico, and Harpo were fiddlers
That was from Mother Goose Goes Hollywood.
Chico, Groucho, Harpo and Zeppo were portrayed in the Rankin-Bass TV special, The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians.
(This post was edited by cartoonfan4ever on Feb 12, 2008, 12:40 PM)
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Feb 12, 2008, 1:02 PM
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The Vlasic Pickles stork in the tv commercials.
Bugs Bunny as Groucho hosting "You Beat Your Wife" ...Bugs and Elmer Fudd running amuck in a tv studio. Bugs Bunny spoke with Daws Butler's voice imitating Groucho.
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(This post was edited by artytoons on Feb 12, 2008, 1:05 PM)
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Supervising Animator
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Feb 12, 2008, 7:14 PM
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Speaking of the Marx Brothers, I'd thought I share this picture. The real Mammy Two Shoes.
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Feb 12, 2008, 10:12 PM
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I'd be very rich if I had a dollar for every Marx Bros. caricature in cartoons.
A few quickies (more to come!):
Strolling Thru The Park (Screen Songs; Famous Studios, 1949)
In 1898, the four Marx Brothers are caricatured riding a bicycle built for four!
Blue Hawaii (Screen Songs; Famous Studios, 1950)
At a luau, Groucho rolls his eyes staring at the hula dancers. Later, the grass-skirted hula girls flee in terror when Harpo chases them with a lawnmower.
The Brave Tin Soldier (ComiColor Cartoons; Celebrity Productions, 1934)
Features caricatures of the Marx Brothers, including Groucho as a judge who finds the one-legged soldier guilty.
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Directing Animator
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Feb 13, 2008, 7:52 PM
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There's an early Fleischer Popeye cartoon in which Popeye beats the crap out of Harpo for playing his harp too loudly on a streetcorner.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Directing Animator
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Feb 13, 2008, 7:52 PM
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Speaking of the Marx Brothers, I'd thought I share this picture. The real Mammy Two Shoes. OK, where did you get that pic? 
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Feb 13, 2008, 8:19 PM
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Popeye socks it to Harpo in Sock-A-Bye, Baby (1934).
Much more Marxism:
The Organ Grinder (Merrie Melodies; Warner Bros., 1933)
The monkey does a Harpo Marx impression.
Mr. And Mrs. Is The Name (Merrie Melodies; Warner Bros., 1935)
Harpo's caricatured in this cartoon -- Buddy and Cookie's only color appearance, BTW.
Who Killed Cock Robin? (Silly Symphonies; Walt Disney Studios, 1935)
Harpo is caricatured.
String Bean Jack (TerryToons, 1938)
In this, TerryToons' first color effort, Harpo's caricatured playing the harp.
Hollywood Bowl (Cartoon Classics; Walter Lantz, 1938)
Groucho is among the many A-list celebrity guests.
Popeye Meets William Tell (Popeye the Sailor; Fleischer Studios, 1940)
A picture of Groucho makes an appearance.
Abdul The Bulbul-Ameer (MGM, 1941)
The familiar song is adapted into a cartoon short. Abdul The Bulbul-Ameer, a rotund Arab, gets into a brawl with Ivan Skavinski Scavar, a preening Russian Cossack, over an offense to Abdul's pride. Groucho Marx and a newsreel crew provide running commentary as the pair pummel each other and the surrounding square.
Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle (Popeye the Sailor; Fleischer Studios, 1941)
Chico Marx has a cameo.
The Wizard Of Arts (Animated Antics; Fleischer Studios, 1941)
Harpo is caricatured in this cartoon starring Sneak, Snoop and Snitch (first seen in the 1939 feature film Gulliver's Travels).
Out Again In Again (Heckle and Jeckle; TerryToons, 1948)
In one scene, Heckle and Jeckle disguise themselves as Groucho and Harpo.
Movie Madness (Heckle and Jeckle; TerryToons, 1952)
The boys impersonate Groucho, among others.
Forest Fantasy (Kartune; Famous Studios, 1952)
Harpo is caricatured as a spider.
The Case Of The Cockeyed Canary (Noveltoons; Famous Studios, 1952)
After reading a book of "Detective Stories," Little Audrey has a nightmare in which she is the private eye when Cock Robin is shot by an arrow in the forest community. The major suspect is a cuckoo clock bird. Audrey investigates Cock Robin's so-called murder. She arrests the cuckoo bird (a caricature of Harpo), but when the chips are down, the canary "sings."
Out Of Scale (Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers; Walt Disney Television Animation, 1990)
Guest characters include a "Groucho Marx" pigeon, voiced by Danny Gans.
Loads more to come. Say the secret woid!
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
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Supervising Animator
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Feb 13, 2008, 8:53 PM
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Speaking of the Marx Brothers, I'd thought I share this picture. The real Mammy Two Shoes. OK, where did you get that pic?
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Inbetweener
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Feb 14, 2008, 9:34 AM
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“Mickey’s Gala Premiere” (1933), featured caricatures by artist Joe Grant of The Marx Brothers and other well known stars of the day.
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Directing Animator
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Feb 15, 2008, 10:40 PM
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Speaking of the Marx Brothers, I'd thought I share this picture. The real Mammy Two Shoes. OK, where did you get that pic? Unfortunately, I only remember coming across it on some web site years ago.
Oh, okay... I thought maybe you drew it! 
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Directing Animator
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Feb 15, 2008, 10:43 PM
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There's definitely a signature on the bottom right-hand side of that drawing, but I can't make it out. There is also what appears to be a date; it looks like the drawing was rendered in 2001. The drawing actually looks familiar; I know I've seen it before elsewhere.
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"Sit, Ubu, sit... good dog!" ("Arf"!)
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Lead Animator / Contributor
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Feb 16, 2008, 2:09 AM
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I saw it used as someone's avatar icon on a discussion board I browsed about a week ago - unfortunately I can't figure out which one it was!
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Supervising Animator
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Feb 16, 2008, 1:18 PM
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I saw it used as someone's avatar icon on a discussion board I browsed about a week ago - unfortunately I can't figure out which one it was!
That's on the GAC Forums/Termite Terrace Trading Post. I found the pic in 2004, long before I noticed it on the mentioned forum.
(This post was edited by cartoonfan4ever on Feb 16, 2008, 1:19 PM)
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Supervising Animator
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Feb 16, 2008, 6:47 PM
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Oh, okay... I thought maybe you drew it! 
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Key Animator
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Mar 1, 2008, 9:43 PM
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Didn't Bosko's Last Cartoon have the Marx Bros.?
And though this wasn't a Marx Brother, a mouse named Zeppo after Larry left in an episode of "Pinky and the Brain".
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Lead Animator / Contributor
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Mar 2, 2008, 2:18 PM
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In the last of the WB Boskos, Bosko's Picture Show (1933), the Marx Brothers first appear as dog-catchers in a spoof newsreel, and also turn up in the main feature (a melodrama starring Honey) riding a quadricycle.
They also featured in the earlier Bosko's Knight-Mare (1933) as Knights of the Round Table!
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Director / Contributor
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Mar 2, 2008, 2:21 PM
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Didn't Bosko's Last Cartoon have the Marx Bros.?
Yep. They appeared in Bosko's Picture Show (by Hugh Harman c. 1933).
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Lead Animator / Contributor
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Mar 2, 2008, 2:33 PM
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I feel your pain, D, having been there myself often enough!
You see a post, think - hey! I know that! pen an erudite and polished response, post it...
and someone else's post is there already...
 
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(This post was edited by peterhale on Mar 2, 2008, 2:35 PM)
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Supervising Animator
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Mar 2, 2008, 2:45 PM
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned this one. In "Injun Trouble" (the one with Cool Cat) Cool Cat passes by an Indian who greets him with his palm open and the word "why" written on it. Cool Cat says "I thought you guys wanted to know HOW." The Indian then goes into a Groucho Marx impression."I know How, now I want to know WHY."
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Bugs Bunny cartoons are not supposed to feature a lisping Viking rabbit hunter enthusiastically professing his operatic love for a bunny in drag.
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