That’s right! There’s more! In fact there’ll be even more than THIS post over the next few weeks, truth to tell.
The wonderful news for folks who couldn’t attend Marxfest is that it was extremely well documented and sharable. So you will be able to experience entire programs from the festival, or some of them at least. Anyway, my wrap-up post from last week was pretty thumbnail, so I’m glad to report that the present episode of The Marx Brothers Council Podcast starring Noah Diamond and Matthew Coniam features Marxfest Committee members Kathy Biehl and Jonny Porkpie, and it covers the festival in some detail, with memories from the gang as well as audio clips from the festival. At nearly three hours long, it amounts to an entire Marxfest experience itself! Listen to it here.
There are other ways to experience the festival, too. Illustrator/cartoonist Tom Motley brought along an accordion sketch book and filled it with images and spoken remarks, almost like a court reporter. He shared it on social media so I hope he doesn’t mind my taking the liberty of sharing a couple of sections that record his impressions of my talks. You’ll find references to Weber and Fields, Smith and Dale, Ned Wayburn, and Gummo in this one (the naked chick is from a Howard Chandler Christy work hanging in the Lambs Clubhouse:
This little snip is from my Coney Island talk the following week:
Thanks, Tom!
Here’s another bonus that has come to light. Gary Hardcastle’s 16 minute radio play about Chico’s cold dalliance with Clara Parnin, which he debuted at our Animal Crackers Salon, can be heard in its entirety here.
Much more on the way!
For more on the Marx Brothers, please read The Marx Brothers Miscellany: A Subjective Appreciation of the World’s Greatest Comedy Team