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-- Zeppo Marx
"Hello, I Must Be Going is as funny, even funnier than Groucho has ever been."
-- Otto Preminger
"Charlotte Chandler's book is the real thing. Absolutely authentic, beautifully researched, a joy to read."
-- Billy Wilder
"Knowing Groucho was fascinating, but this book knows Groucho better than I did."
-- Mike Nichols
"The definitive book on Groucho Marx."
-- Irv Kupcinet, Chicago Sun-Times
"I wish I could have met Groucho, and now I have. In Hello, I Must Be Going, Groucho never disappoints."
-- Tennessee Williams
"I'd like to have a book like this written about me. Absolutely!"
-- Bette Davis
"Charlotte Chandler's Hello, I Must Be Going contains such a wealth of Groucho Marxisms that she qualifies as the late comedian's Boswell."
-- Richard R. Lingeman, The New York Times Book Review
"Hello, I Must Be Going is fabulous. The best book of its kind."
-- Elliott Gould
"Under those curls, Charlotte Chandler has a tape recorder in her head."
-- Jack Nicholson
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Hello, I Must Be Going is the story of Groucho and the Marx Brothers, told through Groucho's everyday conversations with Charlotte Chandler and his friends. And what a group of friends they were! Woody Allen, Jack Nicholson, Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby, Marvin Hamlisch, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Sidney Sheldon, and dozens of others walk through the pages of this fascinating book. Anyone interested in Groucho or the Marx Brothers, or who wants to spend a few hours in fabulous company, will find this book irresistible.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A rare glimpse of Groucho toward the end of his life,
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This review is from: Hello,i Must Be Going (Paperback)
As the author points out, Groucho was a willing participant in this book but didn't live to see its publication. Charlotte Chandler spent a good deal of time with Groucho in his home toward the end of his life, and it's a perspective not offered by other authors (and I've read a number of books on the Brothers). Ms. Chandler conveys a sense of mutual warmth between herself and Groucho but doesn't idolize Groucho the Legend to the point of forgetting to capture the man. I also appreciated her kindness and restraint in treating Groucho's twilight-years relationship with the much, much younger Erin Fleming (the subject of a lawsuit by son Arthur Marx and many vitriolic pieces by the tabloid press). My husband points out that a few of the stories are told twice (anecdotally by the author, then in interview form), but that's well worth the price of admission. Transcripts of coversations with Woody Allen, Bill Cosby and others are priceless.
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Memoirs of a Mangy Reviewer,
By Eric Draves (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hello,i Must Be Going (Paperback)
I've read part of this book in the library. It contains MANY anecdotes and quotes NOT found in any other Marx Bros. books-- and I've read most of the main ones! Thrill to the revelations about the sixth Marx brother! Gasp in Amazement at the meeting between Groucho and Woody Allen! Cheer at the revelation of the Missing Sketch from "I'll Say She Is!". And last but least, laugh. Of course some tiny smidgen (say, what IS a smidgen, anyway?) of information is incorrect, but hey, beggars can't be writers. Or is that critics can't be boozers?
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Best Book On The Marx Brothers,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hello,i Must Be Going (Paperback)
This book is the most delightful, most fun book about the Marx Brothers that I have ever read. It's a series of interviews with Groucho and his friends--friends like George Burns, Bill Cosby, Woody Allen. And the book is written in such a style that by the time you've read the whole book, you really feel like you've spent a lot of wonderful hours chatting with Groucho.
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