and the other to Zeppo Marx of the Marx Brothers. The casual observer may be forgiven if they are moved to ask if this is some kind of joke. Absolutely not, says Burt Kearns, author of “Shemp!” ...

Micky Dolenz says the Monkees weren't a band, they were a TV show about a band. The Beatles got it. To John Lennon, they were ...

Beyond the numbers, Jews have remained a consistent comedic force, showing up in every decade: Vaudeville in the teens and ’20s, the Marx Brothers in the ’30s, the Borscht Belt in the ’40s ...

Barry Cryer reviews the timeless vaudeville family, the Marx Brothers. Sons of Jewish immigrants, the brother's distinctive slapstick personas were a hit on Broadway, with Groucho converting his stage ...

John Lennon was actually the first one I heard say, "The Monkees are like the Marx Brothers." And that was incredibly accurate. I hadn't even thought about it so much. But they had screened Marx ...