An Evening with Groucho
If You Say the Secret Word, You Win a Hundred Dollars
19 min readMar 10, 2024
Did I say that my first two portraits were Marx and Lennon? They were! But “Lennon and Marx” just doesn’t sound right, and it takes all the pun out of the game. In truth, John Lennon sat for my first portrait and Groucho Marx for my second. But let me tell you about the first time I saw Groucho — in person, not in the movies or on…