If Zeppo Marx was still alive, he'd be 112.
He was born February 25, 1901.
Zep (mockingly nicknamed "Zippo" after a famous monkey, then re-spelled) didn't get much of a chance to be funny in any of the Marx Brothers movies, but he sang a song now and then.
He was probably the only one of the four who stood any chance of getting off a boat by impersonating Maurice Chevalier.
He needed a good voice and also…a paste board? Washboard? Oh…passport.
Just to lighten up the blog postings (quite a combo, Mindy McCready above and the story of Dick Kallman below) here's the song the Marx boys all tried to sing in "Monkey Business."
Sing along, and work on your karaoke skills. PS, you might also want to study self-defense and how long you can go without eating, if the boat you're on happens to be from Carnival Cruise.
The familiar original version is in the movie, so here's the jocular and sonically more appealing re-make. Chevalier recorded it for MGM in the 50's, long after he stopped fiddling with Jeanette MacDonald. At this point in his life, he was also prone to sing "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore." You really believe he meant it? Chevalier, ehhhhhh?
Maurice Chevalier YOU BROUGHT A NEW KIND OF LOVE TO ME
1 comment:
A song memorable to me only for seeing the bit in Animal Crackers with the washboard-um-passport! And not long after seeing the movie, I saw a death notice for Chevalier on ABC news.
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