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Hello, I Must Be Going

Hello, I Must Be Going
Hello, I Must Be Going
Groucho and His Friends  
By Charlotte Chandler
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When Groucho Marx was well into his eighties, Charlotte Chandler approached him about writing a profile of him for a magazine. Groucho invited Charlotte to meet and that meeting grew into a friendship that lasted until Groucho's death in August 1977. Groucho was surrounded by a group of friends - some old timers like George Burns and Jack Benny - some younger comedians, like Woody Allen, who revered Groucho. Charlotte was present for most of these meetings and these conversations form the basis of Hello, I Must Be Going. Some are hilarious, some are poignant, all of them are fascinating.

If you ever wondered what it was like to spend some time with Groucho Marx, one of the wittiest men ever, this is your book.

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"Reading Hello, I Must Be Going is like really being there. And I should know. I love the book."

-- Zeppo Marx

"Hello, I Must Be Going is as funny, even funnier than Groucho has ever been."

-- Otto Preminger

"Charlotte Chandler's book is the real thing. Absolutely authentic, beautifully researched, a joy to read."

-- Billy Wilder

"Knowing Groucho was fascinating, but this book knows Groucho better than I did."

-- Mike Nichols

"The definitive book on Groucho Marx."

-- Irv Kupcinet, Chicago Sun-Times

"I wish I could have met Groucho, and now I have. In Hello, I Must Be Going, Groucho never disappoints."

-- Tennessee Williams

"I'd like to have a book like this written about me. Absolutely!"

-- Bette Davis

"Charlotte Chandler's Hello, I Must Be Going contains such a wealth of Groucho Marxisms that she qualifies as the late comedian's Boswell."

-- Richard R. Lingeman, The New York Times Book Review

"Hello, I Must Be Going is fabulous. The best book of its kind."

-- Elliott Gould

"Under those curls, Charlotte Chandler has a tape recorder in her head."

-- Jack Nicholson

"Groucho and I worked without a net, and Hello, I Must Be Going caught us."

-- Bill Cosby
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