Read here<\/a> and she\u2019ll give you some interesting tidbits.<\/p>\nThe Marx Brothers, the first comedy troupe to successfully exploit the new invention of talking pictures, are like the Beatles. \u00a0Everyone has their favorite. \u00a0For me, it was Chico. \u00a0In life he had his problems. \u00a0Addicted to gambling, his brothers often had to bail him out. \u00a0In fact, some of their later (and far less quality) films were to help Chico with his financial struggles.<\/p>\n
On screen, however, he \u00a0was the link between Groucho\u2019s dialogue driven quips and Harpo\u2019s arsenal\u00a0of pantomime comedy. \u00a0Also, like his brothers, he was multi-talented, and a piano virtuoso. \u00a0He wasn\u2019t on\u00a0the same level as Harpo, but nobody has ever tackled the keyboard with the panache and flair of Chico. \u00a0So in tribute to his important day (one day late), here is a clip of him playing possibly my all time favorite on screen piano performance (make sure you close any pop up ads along the bottom, it\u2019s watching his hands that makes the difference):<\/p>\n
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