Speaking of other people playing Groucho Marx, as I was: Regular readers of this blog are sick of me plugging my pal Frank Ferrante and his touring show, An Evening With Groucho, but every time I plug it, people go see it and they write to thank me. Frank miraculously transforms himself into the master comedian and tells stories from his life. He also wanders the audience, chatting and insulting, chatting and insulting. Our clip today is about five minutes from when he was at the Pasadena Playhouse earlier this year…and he'll be doing a limited engagement (limited to three performances) there next January.
In the meantime, watch this space to see when he comes near you. He'll be in Rancho Mirage, California in August, Wisconsin and North Carolina in September, and he's having lunch with me a week from tomorrow at the Magic Castle. Here's some of what he does when he's in Pasadena…