“Last week I spent $425 to fly to Florida, $140 to rent a car, $50 on gas to drive to a $375 a day resort to attend a $795 seminar called 'Money Isn't Everything.'" - From the book Accent on Humor, by Cindy Chamberlain
In the documentary film Marx Brothers in a Nutshell, writer Norman Krasna reflects on an encounter with Groucho at the New York Stock Exchange: "One day in 1929 Groucho lost $230,000 in the stock market. Years later, he took me to the VIP gallery at the stock exchange. At the top of his lungs in a vaudeville voice, he starts to sing When Irish Eyes are Smiling. The whole stock exchange froze like a painting. He sang two lines, then stopped and said, 'Fellas, I lost $230,000 one Friday afternoon in 1929. I am now going to sing two more choruses of When Irish Eyes are Smiling. And he started again.
Now, the (ticker) tape is coming in blank from all over the world. Investors must think there's an earthquake in New York. So Groucho finishes the song and everyone gives him a tremendous hand. He looks down to the floor of the exchange and says, 'Don't just stand there, you could be wiping someone out in Beverly Hills,' and does five more minutes of schtik. They were roaring at every joke, and the market went up several points that day. I don't see why they didn't keep Groucho there permanently."
