Chico was in all the movies. If anybody was forgotten it would be Zeppo and Gummo.
@winstonelston57432 ай бұрын
Okay. the narrator did remember Manfred. And Minnie called Julius _The Dark One._
@aisforapple24942 ай бұрын
Totally forgot Gummo!
@63mckenzie2 ай бұрын
Apparently there was a sister in the early days too. She's definitely been forgotten!
@HeardYa3 ай бұрын
Chico was hardly the forgotten one...that would be Gummo Edit: Chico was my favorite, so Im biased😁
@NEAZ243 ай бұрын
Factinate is an idiot.
@lynnmcculloch-m4h3 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@Eidann633 ай бұрын
Zeppo is next, just in front of Gummo ..
@pooddescrewch87182 ай бұрын
Zeppo
@63mckenzie2 ай бұрын
@@Eidann63 Gummo became an agent and Zeppo started a ranch with Barbara Stanwyck called Marwyck.
@specterman20003 ай бұрын
I know there are people who wish they could play the piano like Mozart or Beethoven but I always wanted to play like Chico! In every movie seeing him play the piano was my favorite part!
@tmhrows3 ай бұрын
Im old enough (73) to remember it was always pronounced as Cheeko
@RMSecurityGroup3 ай бұрын
Nope has always been Chick-o.
@tmhrows3 ай бұрын
Nope, whether it was correct or not, my remembrance is correct. More often than not it was pronounced cheeko.
@jobethschlatterer16553 ай бұрын
It still is. Even the women’s stores “Chico’s”, is pronounced cheekoos
@bwtv1473 ай бұрын
@@tmhrows I’m even older. I saw Groucho on the Dick Cavett show once. Cavett used the Spanish pronunciation. Groucho corrected him and gave the same explanation for “Chicko” as this video does.
@karenklehm10363 ай бұрын
Pronounced Chick-o because he always chased the chicks. I'm 67.
@peachluck10503 ай бұрын
Who taught these boys how to play their instruments. They all had great skills!
@wardarcade74523 ай бұрын
Adolf (later Arthur) 'Harpo' Marx taught himself to play the harp! Notice he played it backwards!
@winstonelston57432 ай бұрын
Chico took formal piano lessons and Harpo got the piano lessons second-hand from him. Harpo was largely self-taught. He remarked in _Harpo Speaks_ that his first harp lesson was a picture of a right-handed angel playing a harp. Harpo was left-handed and had been resting the harp against the "wrong" shoulder. Later in his life, Harpo approached several teachers, but quickly realized that he was teaching the teachers his unique technique. A couple of stories come to mind, his famous proposition to Talullah Bankhead ("And so you shall, you dear old-fashioned boy. So you shall.") and the somewhat tamer "I wasn't kissing her. I was whispering in her mouth."
@peachluck10502 ай бұрын
@@winstonelston5743 - Thank you for your reply. Always admired their acting and musical skills, I assumed they were from a musical family and learned from their parents. Your information makes me want to read more about them. Thanks!
@winstonelston57432 ай бұрын
@@peachluck1050 Read _Harpo Speaks_ for the full story. Harpo and Groucho both described Sam "Frenchie" Marx as a less-than-brilliant tailor. Minnie was a tiger stage mom.
@JohnLargo-k8g2 ай бұрын
Summer of 1971, my sister owned the TV in the living room but around 11am she'd go upstairs to her room and listen to her David Cassidy or Donny Osmond records. That is when I discovered the Marx Brothers. It was "Monkey Business" and when they were singing the Maurice Chevalier song I laughed harder and longer than I ever did before in my life. When I babysat my niece's and nephews as an adult I would pay them to watch the Marx Brothers (I had to cuz the films were in black and white) and hook them. The joy of watching a child discover them was priceless. I would leave knowing my job was done. I infected them with happiness like I was!
@godsowndrunk11183 ай бұрын
Actually, the most forgotten Marx brother was the little known sixth brother, Skid.....
@kimberlysheridan55302 ай бұрын
Harpo wrote in his autobiography "Harpo Speaks", he was concerned that older brother Chico would steal the watch Harpo received as a gift for his bar mitzvah, and hock it at the pawn shop. So Harpo removed the hands from the watch. After that, he knew it was his forever.
@sugarplum58243 ай бұрын
Bedding Tallulah Bankhead wasn't exactly a difficult task.
@smilanesi982 ай бұрын
Well, it was more difficult considering she was openly gay.
@StamperWendy2 ай бұрын
Her interesting quote is that her mother warned her about men with alcohol but neglected to warn her about women with co--- blow, or snow.
@StamperWendy2 ай бұрын
@smilansi98 Bi
@sugarplum58242 ай бұрын
@@smilanesi98 She was open for whatever was available.
@steveschmidt51562 ай бұрын
@@sugarplum5824 A walking mix of STD's.
@danielthoman73243 ай бұрын
I remember another brother named Zeppo.😮
@elizabethhouse94543 ай бұрын
Yes
@moralityisnotsubjective53 ай бұрын
And Gummo.
@JeffSherlock2 ай бұрын
Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo, Zeppo.
@nickstjohn69803 ай бұрын
Read Harpo's book (Harpo Speaks). On page 32, he relates how each brother got their nicknames. Chico, pronounced Chicko, was a serious womanizer. Even he, himself in interviews, admits that he "liked the chickens". Later on in life, people began referring to him as Cheeko, which he allowed, due to the stigma it had on his family. Watch interviews with Groucho and you'll see that he's referred to as Chicko. This video has gotten it right. Those who don't get it suffer from the Mandela effect. It has ALWAYS been pronounced Chicko by his closest friends. Again, read Harpo's book if you don't believe me. I've read several (and did a paper on them in college) so I know. Fun fact: Zeppo was always the fastest and funniest of all the Marx Brothers. He was so quick with a joke that he was first called Zippo but decided he didn't want to be named after a lighter and changed it to Zeppo. If you were throwing a party, Zeppo was the one you wanted to attend. He was also responsible for building the brackets for transporting the two atomic bombs to the pacific. A major role during the war. But Chico is Chicko and was from the beginning. Now go out and impress your friends.
@NEAZ243 ай бұрын
The video has it wrong. His stage name was always Cheeko. He was never called chicko. Try watching a movie. Reading comprehension works too.
@jimnething12643 ай бұрын
@@NEAZ24 then why would his own brother Groucho pronounce it "chicko"?
@MissWishes3 ай бұрын
⭐️🏆⭐️Chico was my favorite Marx brother. I enjoyed this interesting story.
@steveschmidt51563 ай бұрын
Had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead?? And in the days before penicillin? To save her life Bankhead had to have a hysterectomy because of an incurable STD. A lot of people had had Bankhead.
@aisforapple24942 ай бұрын
Speaking of promiscuous actresses, my Dad told me that Joan Collins was so promiscuous during her early days in Hollywood, her detractors referred to her as "The British Open". 🤣🤣🤣
@HauntedCJ3 ай бұрын
Say "Chicko" one more time!!! 👊
@ginaheller3333 ай бұрын
You won the internet today!😂
@kathleenjordan68753 ай бұрын
His niece called him Chicko. During an interview on TV, his niece repeatedly called him Chicko.
@StamperWendy2 ай бұрын
😂
@HeardYa2 ай бұрын
@@HauntedCJ 🫣🤣
@tomsdotter32282 ай бұрын
It IS pronounced Chicko, per Groucho and Harpo, because he liked to chase "chicks".
@kathleenpignatari53063 ай бұрын
Okay everyone, the narrator IS pronouncing Chico’s name correctly-he was nicknamed “chicko” because in real life he chased women (chicks). Watch any interview with Groucho, Dick Cavett or Marx family member and they pronounce his name “chicko”. I grew up a huge fan of the Marx brothers and have read several books by them and about them-I am a bit of an aficionado on the subject.
@Connie-y3r2 ай бұрын
Absolutely true. Read the Marx brothers biography.
@bernhardwall68763 ай бұрын
In "Duck Soup," when Groucho, Chico and Harpo are all wearing a nightshirt-and-cap costume, Groucho and Chico look indistinguishable from each other. Harpo, though, looks off because he always had too much of a wide-eyed appearance about himself.
@moralityisnotsubjective53 ай бұрын
In all of those pictures of them out of costume I can still tell who is Harpo because of his eyes and smile.
@HeardYa2 ай бұрын
@@bernhardwall6876 My favorite line was from Chico: "Who you gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?"🤣
@AdrianLay-c5i3 ай бұрын
What a pianist!!!!!
@paden1865able3 ай бұрын
I thought Chico was pronounced in the Hispanic manner so the way you said it was jarring.
@bwtv1473 ай бұрын
😊.
@tennyceb3 ай бұрын
I think you are right
@phillipminer46413 ай бұрын
@@tennycebyou are right to think that
@annaboner34143 ай бұрын
"Chicko" as in chasing after the chicks
@tennyceb3 ай бұрын
@@phillipminer4641 😃
@JimReuterskiold3 ай бұрын
Wikipedia's page on Chico Marx has a paragraph regarding the pronunciation of "Chico". According to the page, the narrator of this video is pronouncing it correctly. There are references to Groucho also pronouncing the name as "Chicko" in interviews. Good enough for me.
@NEAZ243 ай бұрын
The narrator is not pronouncing it correctly. You're a joke. Try watching one of the movies. I guess your standards are pretty low considering it's good enough for you.
@lynnlobliner39333 ай бұрын
Back in the 80s I read Maxine's book about her dad. Harpo and Groucho had both written autobios but Chico never got around to it. She said (per her research) they ALL were womanizers in the early years. She said they passed women around. Harpo married Susan and stopped philandering.
@THREESISTERS153 ай бұрын
They all looked like brothers
@Fruity_lexia2 ай бұрын
I wonder why
@overcomerbtboj2 ай бұрын
@@Fruity_lexia🤣
@THREESISTERS152 ай бұрын
@Fruity_lexia not to sound stupid, it's just amazing how strong genes are to have brothers with strong familiar features. Look at James Mitchem. He so looks like his father, and Alan Hale and Hale Jr.
@rossdelain16452 ай бұрын
Groucho is the only one who looks like Minnie.
@Awaywrdson2 ай бұрын
I always liked his comedy and his piano playing was Amazing and fun to watch !! All Marx Bros. R.I.P 🙏 Thanks for the laughs !! 👍
@Eidann633 ай бұрын
He’s my favorite Marx Brother!
@bfc30573 ай бұрын
Zeppo is the forgotten Marx Brother
@RobertaReal79803 ай бұрын
And Gummo
@bfc30573 ай бұрын
@@RobertaReal7980 indeed - Gummo is so forgotten I never heard of him. Until now. I've just looked him up after your comment.
@pooddescrewch87182 ай бұрын
Gummo , Zeppo, and Clappo , the infected
@ValleyoftheRogue2 ай бұрын
I never heard of the fling with Tallulah. Chico did have an affair with Ann Roth, sister of Lillian, that nearly broke up his (first) marriage to Betty Karp Marx. It is documented in his daughter's book, "Growing Up With Chico."
@bwtv1473 ай бұрын
Buggy Siegel built an early Strip casino. Las Vegas already had casinos.
@Glamrockqueen3 ай бұрын
I swear the titles of these videos are purely for clickbait! Chico Marx was a valued member of the brothers. Each and everyone of them had a crucial part to play in each and every film. Yes, that also includes the lovely Zeppo.
@MavonEast3 ай бұрын
The channel uploads old celebrity scandals on a daily basis. I'd say clickbait is putting it lightly.
@Glamrockqueen3 ай бұрын
@@MavonEast I know love. Half of its crap information too!
@harlow7432 ай бұрын
In this case Chick Bait
@Glamrockqueen2 ай бұрын
@@harlow743 That's a good one! x
@flipindisticalproductions47362 ай бұрын
radibonzical video, makes me want to go and watch some Marx Brothers, truly you are an inspiration
@ValleyoftheRogueАй бұрын
Chico's second wife, Mary De Vithas, died the same day as Harpo's widow, Susan. They died December 22, 2002. They had been close friends.
@galloe89333 ай бұрын
I feel like not everyone in that poll knew too much about Chico because of him not being Groucho and all, and the ones who do don't like him because they feel he may have held them back with his addiction so screw him, and then the ones who have studied the brothers and knew who he actually was in the family and used that to decide. I honestly think it has/had more to do with the age of it all. No one knew him, but some know of him, and all the other shitheads in between commenting our views on him over KZbin, after just learning about him. Man I love all of this, because there is history in this silver age gossip that I otherwise would have never known about. Good stuff!
@helenstillman-dk7jm2 ай бұрын
Ya right they didnt knw him & nor did his daughter
@JohnW.Mackenzie2 ай бұрын
I’ve heard of Chico’s gambling addiction. I Always liked the 3 main Marx Brothers. They did some Great Skits together. Their timing was Phenomenal! I still Always watch “You Bet Your Life “ Groucho’s quiz show. It’s such a Crack Up!! 🙏🏻👼😎👼🙏🏻
@63mckenzie2 ай бұрын
There is a famous scene in A Night At The Opera where the tiny ship's cabin becomes crowded with people. Watch Chico and the young woman (down on the left). There is a moment where her face suggests Chico had his hand somewhere inappropriate.
@bluemoon10333 ай бұрын
Forgotten? You kidding? 🥴
@KatharineShaw-z8u2 ай бұрын
The rumor was that Zeppo was the funniest of all the Marx bros in private.
@dale1956ties2 ай бұрын
Chico did a brilliant bit in Room Service I believe it was, where in his faux Italian accent he impersonated an Irish "hotel dick" complete with a brogue colored by the over arching Italian accent. It was great. Only the best can do one fake but convincing accent imitating a different stereotypical accent. Mel Blanc could do it too having one of his characters imitating the voice of another. More recently you can also hear Tom Kenny do it when for example Spongebob imitates Krabbs. Outstanding voices all.
@lp-xl9ld2 ай бұрын
Apparently it was originally spelled "Chicko" but at one theater the program had it as "Chico" and it stuck that way. There's a picture of the four brothers on the set of either MONKEY BUSINESS or HORSE FEATHERS, each one is in one of those "director's chairs", and there's a picture illustrating their nicknames (the frowning mask from the theater symbol; a harp; a bird; a zeppelin).
@sharonpolome30332 ай бұрын
You MUST see Chico playing piano to the little Italian children, in A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, to appreciate the utter CHARM of this man......no wonder he got so many women.......he was magic on screen, and must have been irresistible in person. I wish I had known him -- actually, Harpo was a real charmer as well. (Not so much GROUCHO!)
@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr2 ай бұрын
At 1:15 Chico , Harpo , Groucho and Zeppo for those who would not know them cleaned up . At 7:53 taken in 1958 Harpo , Zeppo , Chico . Groucho and Gummo all dressed dapper .
@lisag183 ай бұрын
You all have time to argue the pronunciation of the man's nickname? Once and for all, it was CHICK-o. He was not Latino.
@monicadaniels7842 ай бұрын
Excellent video, well done!
@kali36652 ай бұрын
Chico Marx was never the forgotten Marx Brother. Does anyone remember Gummo or Zeppo? Gummo never appeared in the Brothers' movies, having split to form his own talent agency long before. And Zeppo left the team after completing Duck Soup. So, there are your forgotten Marx Brothers. Chico got the Brothers their contract with MGM - mostly because Irving Thalberg was a poker buddy, and Chico figured anyone that good at poker would be worth working for. It made the Brothers a lot of money, but the movies got worse over time.
@Lorabeachlife3 ай бұрын
Good video but I’m missing details like when he died and what of. More details of him. I watched it a lot growing up. Reruns and vhs of course.
@ma44503 ай бұрын
Wiki's bio says he died at home at the age of 74 of arteriosclerosis.
@btcrazee12 ай бұрын
Bankhead’s family is buried at Jasper, Al. where some of my people are buried.
@winstonelston57432 ай бұрын
Groucho _(indicates map):_ And over here we have a levee... Chico _(interrupting):_ Oh, Ats'a da Jewish neighborhood. Groucho: We'll pass over that one.
@sendtherain233 ай бұрын
I grew up knowing him as Cheeko, but I read it’s supposed to be pronounced Chicko because of him chasing women. Let’s just focus on the video yall. 😫
@johnstuartkeller52442 ай бұрын
"I wasn't kissing her. I was just whispering in her mouth."
@restock_17313 ай бұрын
Great video.
@NEAZ243 ай бұрын
It sucked. He didn't do any research.
@kijekuyo94942 ай бұрын
I loved Chico's routines. He was great as the guy that paired with both Harpo and Groucho more than the other two with each other. I have no favorite among the three. It's a 3-way tie.
@RobertaReal79803 ай бұрын
Why did you show pictures of Groucho when at that moment you were talking about Chico?
@Steve-xm2ie2 ай бұрын
They didn't call him Chico for nothing!
@jasoncromwell42062 ай бұрын
Sometimes the direct approach works!!!! Show me a clip of a Hollywood celebrity who actually had a happy life if you want to shock me. I haven't heard of one yet.
@marilynscott-waters77862 ай бұрын
Oddly enough, if you watch the Groucho Dick Cavett interview, Groucho pronounces it both Chick-o and Cheeko.
@oveidasinclair9822 ай бұрын
I liked Chico the best of the Marx Brothers, if he was born Italian and just a few things were different, he would have fitted right in with the Italian Mafia in NYC.
@St634202 ай бұрын
GREAT Thievery was a title both Italians and Jews could hold.😂.
@pooddescrewch87182 ай бұрын
Talulah Bankhead was hardly a conquest …. The Panty-less Wonder
@Brian-pf7qq2 ай бұрын
Gummo never was in the movies, he worked in the movie business but behind the scenes.
@Cynthia-ld9eb2 ай бұрын
Cheeko is what I grew up. the The way pronounced in this video I believe is incorrect. His name has a long ee as pronounced.
@ValleyoftheRogue2 ай бұрын
It is NOT incorrect. That is how the Marx family pronounced it. YOU are wrong.
@kiltedjohn10002 ай бұрын
Can you pronounce Grand Prix?
@RobertaReal79803 ай бұрын
I've been a Marx brothers fan since i was a kid & I've never heard it pronounced chick-o.
@jimnething12643 ай бұрын
then why did Chico's own brother Groucho pronounce it "Chick-O" in interviews? that would seem to settle it!
@RobertaReal79803 ай бұрын
@@jimnething1264 didn't say it was a lie. I said I'd never heard it pronounced that way.
@jimnething12643 ай бұрын
@@RobertaReal7980 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you, Roberta. I think Chico was okay with either pronounciation, so in that sense I think we're all correct, lol!
@RobertaReal79802 ай бұрын
@@jimnething1264 you didn't upset me Hun. We're both fans ❤️
@jimnething12642 ай бұрын
@@RobertaReal7980 so true!! 🙂
@kindnessfirst96702 ай бұрын
Forgotten? He's much more well known than two of his brothers.
@anitarichmond89302 ай бұрын
Yes,he was a bit of a rake. You could see it in his eye. I love the story you told about him eulogy, I’m sure it had the mourner asking if that guy was at the right funeral? 😂
@harlow7432 ай бұрын
His brother Groucho pronounced it as Chicko..............apparently all these people below think Groucho was wrong !!
@frogmantoad81103 ай бұрын
Karl Marx was the biggest clown of all! 😂😂😂😂😂. 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@karenklehm10363 ай бұрын
@@frogmantoad8110 Good one.
@IndigenousUndergroundPrimate3 ай бұрын
Wait! You can`t release this with the wrong pronunciation of Chico`s name.
@sergioandrade87353 ай бұрын
According to what I've heard it was "Chick-Oh" because he liked "Chicks".
@conorolaf17622 ай бұрын
So he gambled and chased chicks. So he was a regular guy!
@davidstrickler53622 ай бұрын
He had a photographic memory, yet he kept forgetting his lines ?
@genniejefferson658812 күн бұрын
Handsome men. Harpo was funniest to me.
@ssjup812 ай бұрын
Geez all these years I’ve been pronouncing his name wrong.
@raymeedc2 ай бұрын
How’s he the “forgotten” Marx brother? If you know of them, you know them all, as they were equals in every way on screen & fame. The forgotten Marx brothers were Zeppo & more so, Gummo.
@markmed90913 ай бұрын
Look up what “ infamous “ means before you misuse it again .
@NuglessMacArthur3 ай бұрын
Say it with me "CHEE-KO"
@eyeseeeeeАй бұрын
Im just now realizing Groucho had a bro 😆 i swear i use 2 think Chapman & Groucho were the same ppl 🤦🏻♀️😆
@BeverlyLedbetter-cb1955Ай бұрын
Boy... and I always thought Groucho was the worst brother!🙄
@mariondudek5643 ай бұрын
Chikko had problems.
@danhurst90482 ай бұрын
Aren't zeppo and even more gummo the most forgotten?
@kennethpeterson40682 ай бұрын
He probably is still a free spirit. Soar
@tomlevier36152 ай бұрын
Wait, there are people who believe Zeppo was funnier than Chico?
@johnjaco55442 ай бұрын
It's Cheeko,silly boy.
@paulsnider92084 күн бұрын
But what of Gummo, dammit? What of Gummo (or, as THIS felller'd prolly pronounce it, "Goo-Moe")?!
@aisforapple24942 ай бұрын
Wouldn't Zeppo be "the forgotten Marx Brother??!! You didn't mention Karl either. 🤣
@LorrieMiller-qm9pz2 ай бұрын
He was called Cheeko not not Chicko
@nathandodge6652 ай бұрын
Groucho corroborated this in his book.
@janetseager40693 ай бұрын
The mispronunciation of his name is extremely irritating
@kayhathaway69562 ай бұрын
Well, he explains his pronunciation very clearly.
@madisonophelia95233 ай бұрын
The speaker needs to learn how to pronounce the words he has to read. His mispronounciation is off-putting.
@ricksamericana7492 ай бұрын
Really, you expect to be taken seriously when you can't even get the first name of a very famous person correct?
@Brightangel553 ай бұрын
Pronounced ch-EE-ko for goodness sake !!!!! It's a long eeee sound, not short like a chicken. I can't watch - your mispronunciation of the man's name is killing me 😖😓
@Cynthia-ld9eb2 ай бұрын
@@Brightangel55 I hear yah, I could watch the video any longer because the narrator’s pronunciation was getting to me.
@carlmassengale10272 ай бұрын
Did you stop watching before the narrator explained the difference between the commonly accepted pronunciation of the name and its original, intended, and correct pronunciation?
@elizabethhouse94543 ай бұрын
This video is very good except for the distracting & annoying AI voice mispronouncing Chico. It's pronounced CHEEK-O not chick-o.
@allan96033 ай бұрын
@elizabeth, wrong. Groucho made it clear numerous times that Chico was pronounced Chick-O. Also, the narrator isn't an AI voice.
@Noyb.2653 ай бұрын
@allan9603 Except he didn't. Stop pulling crap out of your ass just to be disagreeable.
@allan96033 ай бұрын
@@Noyb.265 , Just to prove you wrong, I would post links to interviews Groucho had with Dick Cavett and Steve Allen where Groucho made it clear the pronunciation of Chico's name, but you being an ass wipe changed my mind. End of discussion.
@lisag183 ай бұрын
It's Chick and it's not AI
@shannonwalker69443 ай бұрын
No, it is not. You can find Grouch pronouncing it Chick-O. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Marx
@dlschgo2 ай бұрын
Cheek--O. Sheesh!
@jessewolf76492 ай бұрын
I think u mean “best”
@harlow7432 ай бұрын
This guy sugar coats what Chico actually said...
@deeprose85983 ай бұрын
It’s pronounced CHEEKO
@andrealittle28363 ай бұрын
What a jerk.
@kristynwatters19132 ай бұрын
I hate the mispronunciation- pls fix it
@danielcostello40413 ай бұрын
CHEEKO! GET THE AI RIGHT! Use a person and do a little darn research. CHEEKO
@RogerStuart-s9g3 ай бұрын
Probably an AI voice
@Factinate3 ай бұрын
All of our videos are narrated by real humans!
@bikerfry3 ай бұрын
Dude. Learn how to pronounce the names of those people whose stories you steal.
@unclezero76393 ай бұрын
Cheeeko not chicko. Sheesh
@mssmith36043 ай бұрын
Nope. Didn't you follow the video? He chased chicks (women).
@fredgardner28703 ай бұрын
C H E E C K O..
@ollielucious3483 ай бұрын
CHEEEEEEKO
@steventhorson44872 ай бұрын
😮
@lisaanndavis32893 ай бұрын
Has the close caption typist never HEARD of the Marx brothers???? Can'[t spell Chico or GROUCHO???