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Also frequently joining them was the matronly figure of Margaret Dumont, typically cast as a wealthy widow who was a perfect foil for Groucho; he would alternate between shamelessly flirting with her ("Ah, married. I can see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove...") and viciously insulting her ( "But I can't see the stove."). A common misconception is that Dumont was not a comedy actress, didn't understand the Marxes' jokes, or was exasperated by their antics on set (not helping this was a one man show Groucho did at Carnegie Hall where he falsely spread, if not directly originated, said misconception). The truth is that Dumont (a vaudeville veteran herself) was extremely canny as an actress, and not only understood everything around her, but was consummately committed to her role as the Straight Woman to the brothers, knowing how important her role was to their humor. President Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx): I'd be unworthy of the high trust that's been placed in me if I didn't do everything in my power to keep our beloved Fredonia in peace with the world. I'd be only too happy to meet with Ambassador Trentino, and offer him on behalf of my country the right hand of good fellowship. And I feel sure he will accept this gesture in the spirit of which it is offered. But suppose he doesn't. A fine thing that'll be. I hold out my hand and he refuses to accept. That'll add a lot to my prestige, won't it? Me, the head of a country, snubbed by a foreign ambassador. Who does he think he is, that he can come here, and make a sap of me in front of all my people? Think of it— I hold out my hand and that hyena refuses to accept. Why, the cheap four-flushing swine, he'll never get away with it I tell you, he'll never get away with it! [Trentino (Louis Calhern) enters] So, you refuse to shake hands with me, eh? [Firefly glove slaps Trentino for the second time in two days and the war begins] Momma's Boy: All of them were devoted to their mother, Minnie, and Groucho, Chico, and Harpo named their daughters in honor of her. In many stagings of As You Like It, Rosalind's "Ganymede" disguise is portrayed as this. In these versions, Orlando recognizes her at once, she realizes as much, and their subsequent "tutoring" scenes together become coy, humorous flirtations between the pair, who through role-playing can be frank with each other in ways a young couple of the time ordinarily couldn't.
Katawa Shoujo parodies this to demonstrate just how detached from reality Kenji really is. During one of their encounters, Kenji mentions that he's going to the store and Hisao, well acquainted with his paranoia at this point, sarcastically asks if it's safe for him to go outside. Kenji, immune to sarcasm, counters that he's safely disguised because he has a hat. (Bonus points: he's not even wearing a hat.)Pardon me while I have a strange interlude." This is a shout-out to Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, in which the characters speak to each other while holding masks, then drop the masks to voice their true feelings in soliloquies. Are you ready to transform into the legendary Groucho Marx? With our exclusive Groucho Marx Costume Glasses, you'll have everyone laughing and doing double takes at your next Halloween party or costume event. These glasses are the perfect accessory to complete your Groucho ensemble and bring out the comedian in you! Hilariously Authentic Design BlazBlue Alternative: Remnant: Discussed in Chapter 2 Makoto notes that Blake's attempt at hiding her Faunus heritage is actually very flimsy and easy to see through, but she also brings up that most people won't notice something they aren't looking for anyway, so it isn't that big an issue. In another episode, Fozzie disguises himself as Ms. Piggy to get more screen-time (his mother's in the audience and he wants to show off). This consists of stealing her Pigs in Space costume and putting on a blonde wig, then peppering his statements with " Mon capitan". Since he's dealing with Link Hogthrob, this works. Link just thinks "Piggy" hasn't shaved, and then tries to kiss her, much to Fozzie's alarm. It's only once he takes the wig off Link realizes he's been had. From El Chigüire Bipolar: Maduro [who is already moustachioed] goes out wearing a fake moustache hoping that nobody recognizes him .
When the brothers made their first movie, “The Cocoanuts,” in 1929, director Robert Florey objected to Marx’s amateurish disguise In another sketch, Cookie Monster dresses as "The Cookie Bunny", and "corrects" Ernie whenever he refers to Cookie as Cookie Monster. Similarly in Relic Of The Future, Ozpin decides it's probably coincidence that Jaune Ashari is almost identical to Nicholas Arc, figuring the two are probably distantly related at best. It becomes a Running Gag in At The Circus since Groucho does it numerous times. One of the best is a scene where he's trying to get something Pauline has stuffed down her shirt, and when he realized she's done so he looks at the camera in fear and says "There has to be some way to get that money while staying out of the Hays Office!"Without his mustache, Groucho Marx, seen here with Arleen Whelan, was almost unrecognizable. Photo by Getty Images Trials and Tribulations, the one difference between Godot and Diego Armando is basically a pallet swap and a face visor. Captain Obvious: During the 1970s, when Groucho attended a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar with Elton John, he remarked "This is sure to offend the Jews" in regards to the crucifixion scene, which may be considered a bit of self-deprecating humor, since Groucho and his brothers were Jewish. Audiences were surprisingly welcoming of the stage Jew’s lilting voice and familiar physicality. With Jewish performers actively playing a role in the creation of these characters, they became much more compassionate representations of the immigrant experience intimately understood by their Jewish audience. “An immigrant who has already acculturated a bit, when he sees this bumbling immigrant Jew onstage with his heavy Yiddish accent— he looks at that and can laugh at it and say ‘that’s not me,’” explained Eddy Portnoy, curator of Jewface: Yiddish Dialect Songs of Tin Pan Alley at the Center for Jewish History in 2015. “It’s a way to distance himself from his previous immigrant self.”
In Episode 22 of The Most Popular Girls in School, Ashley Katchadorian disguises (read: tries to) herself with... sunglasses, and a trenchcoat. Atchison's Taylor called her "a lesbian Inspector Gadget". My parents are dead because a crazy bad guy shot them with a gun and then I fell into a bat hole and bats were there. That's when I found John Battman. He helped me to dress up like a Ba-- (static) To fight cri-- (static) To not be afraid of bats anymore and also criminals and their crimes they commit. Also we both hate guns, me because of parent murder and him because of... he has reasons. Babylon Bee: Hillary Clinton has been portrayed several times as some sort of assassin with an inept disguise:Once on the Dream SMP, Technoblade stands in front of a "Wanted!" Poster in L'Manburg as a disguise. It's is even thinner as the clothing skin Techno's wearing is distinctly different than the one on the poster. Downplayed in that Tubbo and Ranboo did recognize him, but are either too intimidated, confused, or amused to point him out. In this Garfield strip, Liz may not be fooled by Garfield in a chef uniform, but as the next day's strip showed, Jon sure is. Kyon: Big Damn Hero: Kyon manages to call Tsuruya and make her think he was his uncle Kintaro, even though he sounded identical to normal. He was sleeping in the same room as her at that point, though. Grande Dame: Margaret Dumont was the perpetual butt of the Marxian humor throughout a long series of films. Throw It In: Harpo's horn started off as this. He just happened to have one on him during one of their stage shows, and it went off in the middle of a gag when another actor grabbed him. The audience loved it, so Harpo made it a part of his persona.
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