The oldest joke

It's story time, boys and girls. Gather around, and hear about the best comedians ever. These guys, one specifically, have the best jokes ever. They may sound stupid now, but these guys created them. Nearly all of their jokes fall into the category, "The oldest joke in the book."
I'm talking the Marx brothers. Groucho Marx to be specific. That is a picture of him. Now you're probably wondering where you have seen this guy before. You know those fake glasses that have the big nose, eyebrows, and mustache? Yep. Those are replicas of the face of Groucho Marx. Throughout his career, he created 15 movies along with his siblings. He also had a long and successful solo career. (Thank you Wikipedia. If you want some more details, click here. It's his biography.)
Grouch Marx was a master of witty comments, quick one-liners, and improv(ad-libbing). One of his most famous quotes is, "I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know." Another great moment is in the film, "A Night at the Opera." Groucho is writing up a contract with another man, (his brother Chico), and the dialogue is brilliant. The whole contract consists of lines like, "The party of the fist part, being the party of the first part, shall henceforth be know solely as the party of the first part." The second part is the exact same lines, but replace the word 'first' with the word 'second'. After that, neither agent(the Marx brothers) can agree on anything in the contract, so they just begin ripping parts off the contract. They each end up with a contract barely large enough for an entire sentence to be written on.
He also had a lot of success as the host of the T.V. show You Bet Your Life. The show first aired in 1947. It was a mixed interview and quiz game show. The greatest pull to the show was the existence of a secret word. This word would be decided before the show, but none of the contestants would know the word. Before any contestants came on stage, the word was revealed to the audience. If a contestant happened to say the secret word, all sorts of hulabaloo would go off on stage. Then a duck with one of the Groucho masks would fall out of the ceiling with a $100 bill in its bill.
Now, how many of you are familiar with the laugh tracks on all of your favorite sitcoms? Yeah, thats what I thought. Well, you know when they have that killer joke or crazy burn where the laughter is completely ridiculous? I thought so. Want to know where they get the audio for that laugh track? Bingo, Groucho Marx. During one show, Groucho asked the contestant how many children she had. She replied nineteen. When Groucho asked why, she replied, "Well, I just love my husband." Groucho replied, "I like a good cigar, but I take it out once in a while." (once again, Wikipedia comes through). The remark was too risque to be aired at that time in history, but the laughter that ensued is still used today for the biggest jokes.
This great man had weak health later in life. He got pneumonia and died on August 19, 1977. His legacy is great, and the shadow he has cast is huge. Even Bugs Bunny has impersonated Groucho Marx. Some albums by Queen are named after Marx Brothers films. He even has part of the Hollywood sign (the big one in Hollywood, on the hillside, that says Hollywood) dedicated to him.
When our generation reads his jokes or watches his movies, most of us give a chuckle but don't really give anything a second glance. What we don't realize is that Groucho made a new style of comedy. I can't even imagine what comedy was before him. Before Groucho was stuff like Charlie Chaplin, which isn't funny. Everyone was just mesmerized by the moving pictures. What I want you to do is to go to Groucho Marx's wikiquote page and read all of them. These are the classics of comedy upon which I feel the empire of laugh has been built. Groucho built the foundation, leaving a steady base for others to build upon. In my opinion, there would be no comedy without Groucho Marx and the Marx brothers. We would be stuck watching black and white films in which people walk funny and have top hats. Thank goodness for Groucho.
The End.