tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3654219797627510127..comments2024-03-28T16:56:27.956-05:00Comments on Althouse: The most fascinatingly specific topic of research I've encountered in a good long while. Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63672245525453776702017-02-20T18:26:24.448-06:002017-02-20T18:26:24.448-06:00I also read that Groucho's ex-wife Ruth attend...I also read that Groucho's ex-wife Ruth attended Chico's funeral. Groucho too apparently didn't recognise her either! Ruth had evidently put on some weight and was drinking heavily but still. Maybe it's a Marx men trait where they can intellectually move on and forget past relationships.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569963848655773163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40846959086863443862017-02-20T18:25:06.429-06:002017-02-20T18:25:06.429-06:00I also read that Groucho's ex-wife Ruth attend...I also read that Groucho's ex-wife Ruth attended Chico's funeral. Groucho too apparently didn't recognise her either! Ruth had evidently put on some weight and was drinking heavily but still. Maybe it's a Marx men trait where they can intellectually move on and forget past relationships.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569963848655773163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5683616324757779962016-11-12T21:24:37.851-06:002016-11-12T21:24:37.851-06:00Wow, that made my head hurt. "If a nightingal...Wow, that made my head hurt. "If a nightingale could sing like her, ...."Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186326715874648232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84928139655138721552016-11-12T19:39:32.833-06:002016-11-12T19:39:32.833-06:00My recollection is that there's a 'lady in...My recollection is that there's a 'lady in black' in the Forsythe novels of John Galsworthy; her character is a major one and I'd never have thought that it referenced some other character in some other book or genre &c &c, some trope, but that is about the right time period, I believe, so perhaps.Marc in Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04331547981498637474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66383591674755617282016-11-12T17:00:57.613-06:002016-11-12T17:00:57.613-06:00When I was in elementary school, I wrote a book re...When I was in elementary school, I wrote a book report on the book Life With Groucho, which was written by Groucho's son Arthur Marx. I liked the book, which made a lasting impression on me. <br /><br />Over the years, I collected a half dozen books about the Marx brothers, but I never read any of them. <br /><br />A couple months ago, I had to cull a lot of my books, so I donated all of my Marx Brothers books to a library book sale. I hope that somebody bought them. <br /><br />Anyway, since I did not read any of them, I have nothing substantive to say about this fascinatingly specific topic of research that you have encountered in a long time. Mike Sylwesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09987402330015664312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35467486127972361832016-11-12T16:05:00.596-06:002016-11-12T16:05:00.596-06:00It says it's a large format book with lots of ...It says it's a large format book with lots of illustrations, so it might be worth it.<br /><br />I'm wondering what the Lady in Black phenomenon is.<br /><br />Maybe I should spring for it. You know I'm fascinated by Zeppo.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17396160896914659972016-11-12T13:39:15.539-06:002016-11-12T13:39:15.539-06:00I clicked through your link, Ann, thinking I would...I clicked through your link, Ann, thinking I would buy the book, but it costs almost $30 and I can't spend that much right now. Sounds interesting, though.Janette Kokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053659376999609091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2446945476664554352016-11-12T12:24:07.687-06:002016-11-12T12:24:07.687-06:00And then along came Ava Gardner. After her persona...And then along came Ava Gardner. After her personality arrived the men she met said it's not the size that matters, it's how she uses it.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34018333787200452572016-11-12T12:01:03.844-06:002016-11-12T12:01:03.844-06:00So, what's the answer to the mystery of why Ze...So, what's the answer to the mystery of why Zeppo didn't recognize his wife of 20 plus years? She'd put on enormous weight? Plastic surgery? He had spent the entire marriage visualizing her as the other Marion Benda?robotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158315485808195005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66239195546289783062016-11-12T10:40:45.889-06:002016-11-12T10:40:45.889-06:00There's a Kentucky ham contact contest that...There's a Kentucky ham contact contest that's been on for three hours, and I've heard only one forlorn Kentucky ham, loud, so propagation isn't a problem. I worked him and now I have one point in the contest, or actually two because it's morse code.<br /><br />I don't know if the rest of KY is out tapping maple trees for syrup, or what, down there.<br /><br />I love contests because you get ten second conversations and don't have to think up idle talk, and yet see that you're getting out there okay, which is always amazing.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24658745275727526842016-11-12T10:01:20.473-06:002016-11-12T10:01:20.473-06:00Notice that the preferred flatter breasts in the 1...Notice that the preferred flatter breasts in the 1920's. (Yes, they actually did. <a href="http://www.historyconfidential.com/2009/11/when-flat-chested-women-were-all-the-rage/" rel="nofollow">You can look it up</a>.)Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21704544712394246432016-11-12T09:34:57.936-06:002016-11-12T09:34:57.936-06:00Any insights as to why Marion Benda would be a pop...Any insights as to why Marion Benda would be a popular stage name? Is it too much to hope it's somehow related to the always amusing Ben Dover?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386165669907559416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5173211488474994752016-11-12T09:33:07.779-06:002016-11-12T09:33:07.779-06:00Probably many music hall stars adopted the stage n...Probably many music hall stars adopted the stage name Mezzanine. It's French-sounding.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78635117717807988112016-11-12T09:30:02.429-06:002016-11-12T09:30:02.429-06:00When Zeppo Marx's first wife Marion Bimberg an...<i>When Zeppo Marx's first wife Marion Bimberg and Rudolph Valentino's last lover Marion Wilson both chose the stage name Marion Benda in the early 1920s, it generated confusion that has continued to this day.</i><br /><br />Back in the 1970s, in Boston, I remember it was pronounced the same. "Benda".<br /><br />"Oh, good god, how did I get the name <b><i><a href="https://youtu.be/TvIZD-9oMU8?t=12s" rel="nofollow">Ariel Bender</a></i></b><br /><br /><i>Luther James Grosvenor is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym Ariel Bender, in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker.</i>Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5272614706981511802016-11-12T09:21:09.507-06:002016-11-12T09:21:09.507-06:00How many Donald Trumps are there.How many Donald Trumps are there.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.com