महान अमेरिकी हास्य अभिनेता और टीवी
स्टार ग्राउचो मार्क्स की आज पुण्यतिथि है. 2 अक्टूबर १८९० को जन्मे जूलियस हेनरी
मार्क्स को उनकी प्रत्युत्पन्नमति के चलते आधुनिक समय के सबसे बड़े कॉमेडियन्स में
शुमार किया जाता है.
उन्होंने अपने भाइयों के साथ एक
फिल्म कम्पनी भी बनाई और कुल १३ फिल्मों का निर्माण किया. अपने जीवन में उन्होंने
अपनी कुछ सनकों को सदा साथ रखा. वे बहुत ज़्यादा झुक कर चलते थे, अजीबोगरीब चश्मा
और एक बेढब मूंछ धारण किया करते थे. उनका यह लुक अपने आप में एक कल्ट बन गया था और
“ग्राउचो ग्लासेज़” उन्हीं की इस कल्ट इमेज का परिणाम था जिनका निर्माण बाकायदा एक
उद्योग की सूरत ले चुका है.
“Outside of a dog, a
book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
“I find television
very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room
and read a book.”
“When you're in jail,
a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell
next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”
“From the moment I
picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I
intend on reading it.”
“Learn from the
mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
“Well, art is art,
isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west
is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste
much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... now you tell me what you
know.”
“If you're not having
fun, you're doing something wrong.”
“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an
institution?”
“Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.”
“A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.”
“Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?”
1 comment:
Enjoy everytime I see the Sanity Clause scene between Groucho and Chico in A Night at the Opera. And Chicolini Trial in Duck Soup :)
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