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As you know the Marx Brothers
were Jewish. Groucho had children with a Gentile, including a daughter who he took to a social gathering at a country club to which he had been invited. The club had a swimming pool, and the daughter wanted to go swimming but was disallowed because of the club rules forbidding Jews in the pool. Groucho asked for the manager, who still refused. He then asked, "well can she go in up to her waist since she's only half Jewish?". |
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Ya know, I heard that story back
(with the opposite gender being interviewed), and I always wondered if it really happened or not. Where to look when you get that wonderment? Snopes.com of course. More than you really want to know here, but interesting none the less: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/grouchocigar.asp |
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This Groucho legend got me thinking
about something that happened in Chicago on live TV while I was in high school ('64-'68). I didn't actually witness it, but I can be 99% sure it really happened, because on that particular day, the entire school was buzzing with the news. Countless students came to school with first hand accounts. Everybody and I mean *everybody* was talking about it. EVEN my best buddy's MOM discribed in detail what happened. So, I am convinced this happened without a shadow of a doubt and I can tell you that the isolated region it happened was in fact Chicago. Yet... have a look at the Snopes.com review. They are unconvinced: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/bozo.asp The way I remember it being told (over and over and over by nearly everyone I ran into for several days doing the school year) was: Playing that throw the ball in buckets game. BUT when the kid missed the bucket he just say something like "shit". THEN Bozo said something like "we don't talk like that..." blah blah blah, the kid said the imortal words "Cram it... " (I remember it "Cram it Boz") Just Boz, not Bozo. So there you have it. Snopes doesn't know everything. ![]() |
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Ya know, I this story's been told so many times it HAS to be true!! ![]() checking the facts. I remind myself of the media, repeat something often enough and people start to believe it. "Don't worry about the facts folks, we'll tell you what we think you should know. The story about the daughter and the pool I heard in an interview of a Groucho biographer. God I hope its true... |
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