never seen someone try so hard to be relaxed, buckly i mean

Was it in Animal Crackers that the Marx Brothers put on blackface? I remember cringing at that scene, but on seeing it again, it seemed that they were spoofing it, showing how ridiculous it really was. If I remember, it was the Black characters who applied the grease to the brothers' faces to help them get away. "Punching up" in other words (in response to an earlier comment here). Anyway, it may not be enough to salvage a distasteful scene, but it raises it above others, like Eddie Cantor's earlier minstrel bits. I loved Cantor's movies when I was young and foolish, but I haven't watched one in years.

She died when she was 11 so sad

The amount of times I've been on The Big One at Blackpool without realising this scene was filmed on it 😂

We will miss her 😭fly high angel💝🕊

But on the other side smoking cigars in comedy movies became also controversial and this is Marx thing.

Understanding history must always include understanding the context of that history including beliefs and practices of people and cultures back then. Context is everything

Groucho was a great man. Buckley is a complete fucking charlatan.

Reminder that there have been people whining about how “you can’t make jokes like in the old days” since before the “old days” they’re talking about. There’s still great comedy, a lot of it raunchier and darker than ever, and people can and do continue to make great comedy using racial humor or jokes regarding sexual orientation or gender identity. What changes is how we address the old bigoted attitudes of the past and how our society’s evolving perspectives shape those jokes. And unless you know comedy better than Groucho Marx, you can keep your disagreements to yourself.

Fun Fact: Groucho's neighbor was none other than legendary shock rocker Alice Cooper, and they were good friends. Whenever Groucho's insomnia was acting up, he'd call up Alice who would come over with a six pack of beer and they'd watch old movies until Groucho fell asleep.

Another error in the film is that Gilbert did not visit the Japanese exhibition until 8 months after he had written the outline for the plot of *The Mikado* and 2 months after finishing Act One.

thanks for cutting off William F. Buckley before he got REAL racist with it

Man really said "🥸"

conservative .. buckley faces

Oh man who knew Groucho Marx was so wOKe

Grouch Marx had one of the most brilliant people of the 20th century.

William F Buckley over here trying to defend racism, as is the Conservative tradition

Buckley was a repulsive individual.

No woke has made BLM a weapon to hate

We had just a many struggles then when jokes was attached to us Black face in particular.

Damn good answer in any standard

Today they would be calling him a racist for saying "colored people" you can't win with these victim wallowing people, they will change the goal posts each and everytime

He was woke af!

How did she die? 😢

Comedy should be about punching up, not making fun of people struggling. There's a difference between comedy and laughing at people getting bullied. The people calling 'snowflake' are the very first people to complain when they're the punchline.

Oh my god, so woke! /s

Pretty enlightened, to think this was recorded in the year of my birth and yet I still remember watching minstrel shows in the UK. And yes, Buckley was an ill-disguised supremacist.

As true today as it was then, True Comedy is not based on race! We all find funny…funny!

Stakar ho rip😢

These days, half of America would scream about Wokism and Cancel Culture if anyone dared criticise Minstrel Shows. Different times, huh.

If I remember correctly, there was a scene of blackface in his movie A Day at the Races in 1957. I understand Judy Garland was forced to do blackface when she was a teen but was Groucho's reason in his movie?

groucho marx was a fucking genius and a very wise man . he gave the world one of the greatest gifts known to man - laughter joy

She was so cute

First time seeing Groucho Marx outside of his normal character... he looks so much like Robert De Niro.

Omg she died at my age

Interviewers body language screams he couldn’t care less about the interview

Groucho Marx: "Making fun of colored people is wrong, they struggle so much." Karl Marx: "The Negro is indolent and lazy and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent."

Another wonderful Groucho moment. Appreciate what he said here in 1967.

Buckley was such a sleazy poseur

Justin Traudau. Can't be bother to spell that pos name correctly.

Woke Groucho Marx, defending the censorship of comedy plays. In all seriousness, I'm both relieved and SHOCKED he actually said this.

Just think rightwingers are crying about the same thing today.

He's clearly a very intelligent man who knows that custom and normalcy is relative. Things change as understanding widens, and smart people can change with them.

Today the headline would be : "Groucho Enjoys Minstrel Shows"!

I respect what Marx is saying and agree with it, but right after he said "Well I like minstrel shows," KZbin paused to buffer for a solid five seconds and that made me laugh. It was like the internet itself was saying "Hol' up."

Sit up, boy, when you’re talking to your elders and betters.

"You couldn't have a minstrel show now, could you?" "You couldn't make Blazing Saddles today, could you?"

It was wrong during the time you were brought up with minstrel shows too. “Colored” folks had struggles then as well Groucho.

If Groucho were alive saying that today, Joe Rogan and Jerry Seinfeld would be on Bill Maher's program and they'd all be complaining how woke he was.

The problem with blackface was they would do all-white productions & refuse to hire black ppl but instead have a white person pretend to be black. Thats why its offensive. Theres been blackface thats been genius like Silver Streak when Gene Wilder does blackface but theres context to that scene. He needed to get passed the security checkpoint, so Richard Pryor gives him a disguise thats hilarious Then theres Trading Places, Dan Akroyd pretends to be a Jamaican, it was hilarious Compared to the minstrel shows or most blackface that won’t even have a reasoning behind it.