Harpo Marx office boy. In January 1910, Harpo joined two of his brothers, Julius (later "Groucho") and Milton (later "Gummo"), to form "The Three Nightingales", later changed to simply "The Marx Brothers". Multiple stories—most unsubstantiated—exist to explain Harpo's evolution as the "silent" character in the brothers' act. In his memoir, Groucho wrote that Harpo simply wasn't very good at memorizing dialogue, and thus was ideal for the role of the "dunce who couldn't speak", a common character in vaudeville acts of the time. Harpo gained his stage name during a card game at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois. The dealer (Art
The Flying Karamazov Brothers that include old and new elements from their repertoire, and shows backed by city orchestras. The Flying Karamazov Brothers appear in the film "The Jewel of the Nile", the sequel to "Romancing the Stone". They also appeared as the Flying Sandos Brothers in an episode of "Seinfeld" entitled "The Friars Club." The Karamazovs performed a unique, broad adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" at Lincoln Center. Aired live on the PBS program "Live from Lincoln Center," on June 24, 1987, the Karamazovs were joined by such "new vaudeville" acts as Avner the Eccentric and members of the troupe Vaudeville