Credits:Groucho MarxDescription:Intheearly1970s,GrouchoMarxtookhisone-manshow--which,essentially,he'dbeendoing,inoneformoranother,formorethanadecade,eitheronYouBetYourLifeorwhateverothervenuehehappenedtobeworkingin--ontheroad.Theculminationwasthisrecording(sometimesreferredtoasAnEveningwithGrouchoMarx)fromhisappearanceatCarnegieHallinNewYork,infrontofanadoringaudience,introducedbyDickCavett,andaccompaniedbyMarvinHamlischatthepiano,withhiscompanionErinFlemingprovidingthefemalevocalswherenecessary.WiththeMarxBrothers'movies,itwaseasytoforgetthattheyhadsomeofthebestwritersinthebusinessprovidingthemwithlines,butasthematerialwasgenerallybuiltupontheirstagepersonalities,theirmovieworkwasrepresentativeoftheMarxesasartists--bythetimeGrouchodidthisperformance,atage81,hehadprettymuchbecomehispublicpersona,sothisisanhonestrepresentationofGrouchoMarxunchained,asitwere.Hisvoicecreaksalittlebit,andonesometimeswishesthathecouldhavemadethisc