The video quality of this isn't great but it's certainly worth a look. In 1960, the Bell Telephone Hour presented a highly-compressed version of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Mikado. The cast included Dennis King, Stanley Holloway and Helen Traubel…but the show was stolen and never returned by Groucho Marx. He played Ko-Ko, the tailor turned Lord High Executioner. Despite the odd casting and the many deletions in the show, a lot of people feel it was one of the best presentations ever of The Mikado. Here's Groucho performing Ko-Ko's big song…
