On This Day In Video

Barack Obama Pre-Election Infomercial

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:18:00 +0000

Barrack Obama in his 30-minute infomercial ad which attracted 33 million viewers.

Bloggers Mosaic

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:34:00 +0000

Check out this great new site I have just been listed on, Bloggers Mosaic.

The idea is to let you discover Blogs via the blogger's photos. It's also a good place for you to meet other Bloggers, become a better Blogger, attract more Blog readers, and promote your own Blog.

Don't miss out, head over and get your blog added to the mosaic now!

1st Video of Hurricane Ike in Galveston

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:27:00 +0000

This is the first video of Galveston Island soon after Hurricane Ike devastated the area on this day, 13th September 2008.

Video is a raw B-roll of a fly over of Galveston Island during and after Hurricane Ike from a HU-25 Falcon Jet from the Aviation Training Center in Alabama.

Hurricane Ike Hits Galveston Island Texas

KFC Secret Recipe Revealed

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:28:00 +0000

The KFC secret recipe is out. Well, sort of.

Col. Harland Sanders' handwritten recipe of 11 herbs and spices was removed Tuesday from safekeeping at Kentucky Fried Chicken's corporate offices for the first time in decades. The temporary relocation is allowing KFC to revamp security around a yellowing sheet of paper that contains one of the country's most famous corporate secrets.

The brand's top executive admitted that his nerves were aflutter despite the tight security he lined up for the operation.

Pistorius Takes 100m Paralympic Gold

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:05:00 +0000

On this day, 9th Spetember 2008, the fastest man on no legs has his first gold medal in the bag at the Beijing Paralympics.

That leaves two to go for amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius. Despite a slow start on a wet track, the South African won the most difficult of his three races, clocking 11,17 seconds yesterday to take gold in the 100 metres final.

Pistorius is a strong favourite to add the 200m and 400m titles.

The double amputee, known as the “Blade Runner” because of his prosthetic legs, won a legal battle in May for the right to run in the Olympics. However, subsequently he failed to meet the qualifying standard.

“I had a tough start and a slow first 30m,” Pistorius said of the 100m. “I really just pulled out all the stops.”

Pistorius still has his sights set on qualifying for the Olympics. “I‘m looking forward to London 2012,” he said.

Oscar Pistorius winning 100m at Beijing Paralympics

Documentary about "The Blade Runner" Pistorius

Sarah Palin Accepts Vice President Nomination

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:31:00 +0000

On this day, 3rd September 2008, Sarah Palin became the first woman to accept nomination for vice president as a Republican and only the second to run for vice president on a major party ticket, after Democrat Geraldine Ferraro in 1984.

Palin also will be the first Alaskan to be on the ticket of either party.

She has described herself as "commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard" and noted that her oldest son, Track, is a U.S. soldier scheduled to deploy soon to Iraq.

But there also are aspects of her biography that make her unusual for a Republican candidate.

Vice Presidential Candidate Gov. Sarah Palin's Speech
at the 2008 Republican National Convention

Clinton Dem Convention Speech

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Hillary Clinton gave her much anticipated 2008 Democratic Convention speech in support of Barrack Obama yesterday.

Here is a video of the full speech, introduced by Chelsea Clinton, with a transcript below.

Hillary Clinton 2008 Convention Speech

Transcript of Hillary Clinton's Democratic convention speech.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Senator Clinton: Thank you. Thank you all.

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you. Thank you all very, very much.

(APPLAUSE)

Thank you. Thank you all very much. I...

(APPLAUSE)

I am so honored to be here tonight.

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You know, I'm -- I'm here tonight as a proud mother, as a proud Democrat...

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... as a proud senator from New York...

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... a proud American...

(APPLAUSE)

... and a proud supporter of Barack Obama.

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My friends, it is time to take back the country we love. And whether you voted for me or you voted for Barack, the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose.

(APPLAUSE)

We are on the same team. And none of us can afford to sit on the sidelines. This is a fight for the future, and it's a fight we must win together.

(APPLAUSE)

I haven't spent the past 35 years in the trenches, advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping parents balance work and family, and fighting for women's rights here at home and around the world...

(APPLAUSE)

... to see another Republican in the White House squander our promise of a country that really fulfills the hopes of our people. And you haven't worked so hard over the last 18 months or endured the last eight years to suffer through more failed leadership.

(APPLAUSE)

No way, no how, no McCain.

(APPLAUSE)

Barack Obama is my candidate, and he must be our president.

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Tonight, I ask you to remember what a presidential election is really about. When the polls have closed and the ads are finally off the air, it comes down to you, the American people, and your lives, and your children's futures.

For me, it's been a privilege to meet you in your homes, your workplaces, and your communities. Your stories reminded me that, every day, America's greatness is bound up in the lives of the American people, your hard work, your devotion to duty, your love for your children, and your determination to keep going, often in the face of enormous obstacles.

You taught me so much, and you made me laugh, and, yes, you even made me cry.

(APPLAUSE)

You allowed me to become part of your lives, and you became part of mine.

I will always remember the single mom who had adopted two kids with autism. She didn't have any health insurance, and she discovered she had cancer. But she greeted me with her bald head, painted with my name on it, and asked me to fight for health care for her and her children.

(APPLAUSE)

I will always remember the young man in a Marine Corps T-shirt who waited months for medical care. And he said to me, "Take care of my buddies. A lot of them are still over there. And then will you please take care of me?"

And I will always remember the young boy who told me his mom worked for the minimum wage, that her employer had cut her hours. He said he just didn't know what his family was going to do.

I will always be grateful to everyone from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the territories...

(APPLAUSE)

... who joined our campaign on behalf of all those people left out and left behind by the Bush administration. To my supporters, to my champions, to my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits...

(APPLAUSE)

... from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you, because you never gave in and you never gave up. And together we made history.

And along the way, America lost two great Democratic champions who would have been here with us tonight, one of our finest young leaders, Arkansas Democratic Chair Bill Gwatney, who believed with all his heart...

(APPLAUSE)

... that America and the South should be Democratic from top to bottom.

And Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, a dear friend to many of us, a loving mother, a courageous leader who never gave up her quest to make America fairer and smarter, stronger and better. Steadfast in her beliefs, a fighter of uncommon grace, she was an inspiration to me and to us all.

Our heart goes out to Stephanie's son, Mervyn, Jr., and Bill's wife, Rebecca, who traveled here to Denver to join this family of Democrats.

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You know, Bill Gwatney and Stephanie Tubbs-Jones knew that, after eight years of George Bush, people are hurting at home and our standing has eroded around the world.

We have a lot of work ahead of us: jobs lost; houses gone; falling wages; rising prices; the Supreme Court in a right-wing headlock; and our government in partisan gridlock; the biggest deficit in our nation's history; money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis; Putin and Georgia; Iran and Iraq.

I ran for president to renew the promise of America, to rebuild the middle class and sustain the American dream, to provide opportunity to those who are willing to work hard for it and have that work rewarded, so they could save for college, a home, and retirement, afford gas and groceries, and have a little left over each month.

To promote a clean energy economy that will create millions of green-collar jobs, to create a health care system that is universal, high-quality, and affordable, so that every single parent knows their children will be taken care of.

(APPLAUSE)

We want to create a world-class education system and make college affordable again, to fight for an America that is defined by deep and meaningful equality, from civil rights to labor rights, from women's rights to gay rights... (APPLAUSE)

... from ending discrimination to promoting unionization, to providing help for the most important job there is, caring for our families, and to help every child live up to his or her God-given potential, to make America once again a nation of immigrants and of laws, to restore fiscal sanity to Washington, and make our government an institution of the public good, not of private plunder.

Senator Clinton: To restore America's standing in the world, to end the war in Iraq, bring our troops home with honor, care for our veterans, and give them the services they have earned.

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We will work for an America again that will join with our allies in confronting our shared challenges, from poverty and genocide to terrorism and global warming.

Most of all, I ran to stand up for all those who have been invisible to their government for eight long years. Those are the reasons I ran for president, and those are the reasons I support Barack Obama for president.

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I want you -- I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me, or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him?

Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids?

Were you in it for that young boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage?

Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?

We need leaders once again who can tap into that special blend of American confidence and optimism that has enabled generations before us to meet our toughest challenges, leaders who can help us show ourselves and the world that with our ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit, there are no limits to what is possible in America.

(APPLAUSE)

Now, this will not be easy. Progress never is. But it will be impossible if we don't fight to put a Democrat back into the White House.

(APPLAUSE)

We need to elect Barack Obama, because we need a president who understands that America can't compete in the global economy by padding the pockets of energy speculators while ignoring the workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas.

We need a president who understands we can't solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall profits to the oil companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in the new technologies that will build a green economy.

We need a president who understands that the genius of America has always depended on the strength and vitality of the middle class.

Barack Obama began his career fighting for workers displaced by the global economy. He built his campaign on a fundamental belief that change in this country must start from the ground up, not the top down.

(APPLAUSE)

And he knows that government must be about "we the people," not "we the favored few."

And when Barack Obama is in the White House, he'll revitalize our economy, defend the working people of America, and meet the global challenges of our times.

Democrats know how to do this. As I recall, we did it before with President Clinton and the Democrats.

(APPLAUSE)

And if we do our part, we'll do it again with President Obama and the Democrats.

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Just think of what America will be as we transform our energy economy, create those millions of jobs, build a strong base for economic growth and shared prosperity, get middle-class families the tax relief they deserve.

And I cannot wait to watch Barack Obama sign into law a health care plan that covers every single American.

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And we know that President Obama will end the war in Iraq responsibly, bring our troops home, and begin to repair our alliances around the world.

And Barack will have with him a terrific partner in Michelle Obama.

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Anyone who saw Michelle's speech last night knows she will be a great first lady for America.

(APPLAUSE) And Americans are fortunate that Joe Biden will be at Barack Obama's side...

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... a strong leader, a good man who understands both the economic stresses here at home and the strategic challenges abroad. He's pragmatic, he's tough, and he's wise.

And Joe, of course, will be supported by his wonderful wife, Jill.

(APPLAUSE)

They will be a great team for our country.

Now, John McCain is my colleague and my friend. He has served our country with honor and courage. But we don't need four more years of the last eight years...

AUDIENCE: No!

Senator Clinton: ... more economic stagnation and less affordable health care...

AUDIENCE: No!

Senator Clinton: ... more high gas prices and less alternative energy.. (OOTC:AEGC) .

AUDIENCE: No!

Senator Clinton: ... more jobs getting shipped overseas and fewer jobs created here at home...

AUDIENCE: No!

Senator Clinton: ... more skyrocketing debt, and home foreclosures, and mounting bills that are crushing middle-class families...

AUDIENCE: No!

Senator Clinton: ... more war and less diplomacy...

AUDIENCE: No!

Senator Clinton: ... more of a government where the privileged few come first and everyone else comes last.

AUDIENCE: No!

Senator Clinton: Well, John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound. John McCain doesn't think 47 million people without health insurance is a crisis. John McCain wants to privatize Social Security. And in 2008, he still thinks it's OK when women don't earn equal pay for equal work. (AUDIENCE BOOS)

Now, with an agenda like that, it makes perfect sense that George Bush and John McCain will be together next week in the Twin Cities, because these days they're awfully hard to tell apart.

(APPLAUSE)

You know, America is still around after 232 years because we have risen to every challenge in every new time, changing to be faithful to our values of equal opportunity for all and the common good. And I know what that can mean for every man, woman, and child in America.

I'm a United States senator because, in 1848, a group of courageous women, and a few brave men, gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, many traveling for days and nights...

(APPLAUSE)

... to participate in the first convention on women's rights in our history. And so dawned a struggle for the right to vote that would last 72 years, handed down by mother to daughter to granddaughter, and a few sons and grandsons along the way.

These women and men looked into their daughters' eyes and imagined a fairer and freer world and found the strength to fight, to rally, to picket, to endure ridicule and harassment, and brave violence and jail.

And after so many decades, 88 years ago on this very day, the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, became enshrined in our Constitution.

(APPLAUSE)

My mother was born before women could vote. My daughter got to vote for her mother for president. This is the story of America, of women and men who defy the odds and never give up.

So how do we give this country back to them? By following the example of a brave New Yorker, a woman who risked her lives to bring slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

On that path to freedom, Harriet Tubman had one piece of advice: "If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going."

(APPLAUSE)

And even in the darkest moments, that is what Americans have done. We have found the faith to keep going.

I have seen it. I have seen it in our teachers and our firefighters, our police officers, our nurses, our small-business owners, and our union workers. I've seen it in the men and women of our military.

In America, you always keep going. We're Americans. We're not big on quitting.

And, remember, before we can keep going, we've got to get going by electing Barack Obama the next president of the United States.

(APPLAUSE)

We don't have a moment to lose or a vote to spare. Nothing less than the fate of our nation and the future of our children hangs in the balance.

I want you to think about your children and grandchildren come Election Day. Think about the choices your parents and grandparents made that had such a big impact on your lives and on the life of our nation.

We've got to ensure that the choice we make in this election honors the sacrifices of all who came before us and will fill the lives of our children with possibility and hope.

That is our duty, to build that bright future, to teach our children that, in America, there is no chasm too deep, no barrier too great, no ceiling too high for all who work hard, who keep going, have faith in God, in our country, and each other.

That is our mission, Democrats. Let's elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden for that future worthy of our great country.

Thank you. God bless you, and Godspeed.

Transcript of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention by CQ Transcriptions.

Cuban Taekwondo Star Kicks Referee

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:36:00 +0000

Angel Valodia Matos and his coach Leudis Gonzalez have been banned for life after the Cuban taekwondo fighter kicked a Swedish referee square in the face in protest at being disqualified for exceeding a minute’s injury time during the bronze-medal match at the Beijing Olympics last night.

Cuba's Angel Matos Kicks Referee In Face

Close Up Still Photos Of Incident

OZploitation - Not Quite Hollywood

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:17:00 +0000

In cinemas now, Not Quite Hollywood is the wild, wonderful, untold story of 'Ozploitation' cinema - that is, Australian genre cinema of the 70s and 80s. A time when the Aussie film industry got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the-floor, full bore action!

This film looks at the 1970s period when a lifetime of savage-censorship suddenly ended. Australian cinema broke the shackles of a staid, highly conservative society and started producing films dedicated to entertaining a mass audience.

An abundance of free-wheelin sex romps, blood-soaked terror tales and high-octane action extravaganzas were released and found enthusiastic audiences around the World.

It was a time when Australias cinematic heroes were possessed with white-line fever, their heroines were well-stacked and sexually liberated, and the death-defying stuntwork was indeed truly death-defying!!

"Not Quite Hollywood" official trailer

Paris Hilton for President 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Paris Hilton mocks McCain's Obama attack ad with funny spoof ad

This video is a spoof of John McCain's 'celebrity' advertisement released last week (see below) in which the Republican candidate compared Barack Obama's popularity with that of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears and claimed the Democrat was no more than a celebrity candidate who was not ready to lead the nation.

In Paris' version of the advertisement, she tells electors: "Hey America, I'm Paris Hilton and I'm a celebrity too. Only I'm not from the olden days and I'm not promising change like that other guy. I'm just hot!”

I actually do like the way she comes up with a "hybrid energy policy" which could almost be seen as clever mocking of both candidates polarized views on the issue!

Paris Hilton Responds to McCain

The Original McCain Campaign Attempted Attack Ad

Jack Nicholson For Hillary

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:48:00 +0000

This new video has hit YouTube. We don't really know if it is actually sanctioned by Jack Nicholson as claimed at the end, but it's pretty funny nonetheless.

Bad Boy Barrack Obama? Drugs and Gay Sex Allegations

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:24:00 +0000

What do you make of this?

ELECTION 2008
Sleaze charge: 'I took drugs, had homo sex with Obama'
Minnesota man takes his case to court, YouTube, $100,000 polygraph challenge

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56626

Real or a setup?

Does it matter either way?

Will the mainstream media air this story?

Will it hurt his chances of being nominated and/or winning the presidency?

Who benefits most from this sort of "scandal"?

Mediocre Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:49:00 +0000

Sandwiched between Superbowl Sunday and Super Tuesday, we have Mediocre Monday!

Help For A Friend

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:03:00 +0000

A good lady and friend has hit some hard times. Please read her story here.

If you know of any social work related job opportunities in Mississippi or can help in any way please get in contact with Denise through her blog, Prin's Links for Social Work Students

Update 4th February It sounds like things have turned around now for Prin. Read the good news here.

Apple Launch The Macintosh - 1984

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:38:00 +0000

Apple launched the Macintosh on this day, January 24th, 1984.

Here is the original pre-launch TV advertisment from the time.

MLB Manager Tony La Russa DUI Video

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:07:00 +0000

On November 28th 2007, St. Louis Cardinals manager, Tony La Russa pleaded guilty to DUI charges and Jupiter Police Department in Florida released the following arrest video.

On August 22, 2007, he passed Bucky Harris to become the third-highest manager of all-time in total games managed in baseball history in his 4,409th game; behind only John McGraw and Connie Mack.

Eye of the Dolphin: More on Japan Whaling

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:37:00 +0000

As the Japanese whaling fleet steam toward the Southern Ocean an ever increasing "Un-Welcoming Commitee" is lining up in Australia. Read more about the growing protest movement at Eye of the Dolphin: More on Japan Whaling

Apparently these vessels could not operate as they do in the Southern Ocean without access to Australian ports to re-supply.... seems like there really is a simple way to fight the Japanese whalers available... if the political will exists! (which it clearly doesn't right now)

John F. Kennedy Defeats Nixon For President - 1960

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:34:00 +0000

On this day in 1960 John F. Kennedy, Jr. defeated Richard M. Nixon and was elected president. Montana become the 41st United State of America in 1889. Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, was born on this day on 1900 with Courtney Thorne-Smith born in 1967, Parker Posey in 1968 and Tara Reid in 1969.

Magic Johnson HIV Positive - 1991

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:53:00 +0000

Hillary Clinton became the first First Lady elected to the US senate on this day in 2000. Magic Johnson shocked the basketball world by announcing he was HIV positive on this day in 1991 and in Wales, in 1982, it finally became legal to enjoy an ale at the pub on a Sunday.

Sally Field, Maria Shriver and Ethan Hawke Born

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:40:00 +0000

CJ and Johnny Ramone Born - 1965/1948

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:37:00 +0000

"C Jay" and Johnny Ramone share this day, October 8th, as their birthdays, in 1965 and 1948 respectively.

The Ramones were arguably the first punk rock group, reportedly inspiring bands "the Clash" and "The Damned" to form and start playing within days of seeing the first Ramones British concert, held on July 4, 1976.

After forming in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, in 1974, they performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band went on a brief nightclub tour and then disbanded.

The Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 18, 2002.

The Musical Cats Opens on Broadway - 1982

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:50:00 +0000

The musical Cats is composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot.

Cats was first shown in London's West End, at the New London Theatre, on May 11, 1981. It was originally produced onstage by Cameron Mackintosh and Lloyd Webber and was directed by Trevor Nunn.

The show made its debut on Broadway on this day, October 7, 1982 at the Winter Garden Theatre with the same production team. On June 19, 1997, Cats became the longest running musical in Broadway history with 6,138 performances. It played a total of 7,485 performances in New York. Its New York record was surpassed on January 9, 2006, by The Phantom of the Opera, which was also composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Cats' final performance on Broadway was on September 10, 2000.

"Memory" form Cats

Roy Horn Mauled By White Tiger - 2003

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:35:00 +0000

On this day, October 3rd 2003, Roy Horn, of the famed illusionist duo Siegfried and Roy, was mauled by a tiger during a performance in Las Vegas.

Siegfried & Roy with their White Tigers and Lions

Roy Horn Walks Again For The First Time

Re-creation of the Siegfried & Roy Tiger Attack

Groucho Marx Born On This Day - 1890

noreply@blogger.com (Optional) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:19:00 +0000

American comedian Groucho Marx was born on this day, 2nd October, 1890.

Marx developed a routine as a wise-cracking hustler with a distinctive chicken-walking lope and an exaggerated greasepaint moustache and eyebrows, improvising insults to stuffy dowagers (often played by Margaret Dumont) and anyone else who stood in his way. He and his brothers starred in a series of extraordinarily popular stage shows and movies, often ad libbing.

"Groucho Marx was the best comedian this country ever produced. [...] He is simply unique in the same way that Picasso or Stravinsky are." —Woody Allen

"Lydia the Tattooed Lady", which became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes, was written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, and first appeared in the movie At the Circus (1939).

The Dick Cavett Show September 5, 1969

Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life

Groucho Marx as Captain Spalding with Bill Cosby 1973

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