Groucho glasses

Groucho glasses
A young woman wearing Groucho glasses.

Groucho glasses, often called funny glasses or beaglepuss, are a novelty disguise that caricature Groucho Marx. Typically consisting of black horn-rimmed glasses with attached eyebrows, large plastic nose, and bushy moustache, Groucho glasses were marketed as early as the 1940s.[1] Groucho glasses today are often used as a shorthand for slapstick[2].

References

  1. ^ Giddins, Gary (18 June 2000). "There Ain't No Sanity Claus". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/06/18/reviews/000618.18giddent.html. 
  2. ^ Pritzker, Steven R. (1 September 1999). "The Effect of Groucho Marx Glasses on Depression". Psychology Today (Sussex Publishers). http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19990901-000042.html. 



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