Chico Marx

It was the sort of letter designed to get attention. "Final attempt to notify," it said on the outside. Within, an official-looking "product warranty expiration notice" said that my Toyota's service contract "is expiring or has expired." It provided a...

They're so hot that Vanity Fair Magazine featured them in their December issue in a piece written by Sir Roger Moore of James Bond fame. A whopping 30 million views on YouTube have turned the inspired lunacy of musicians Igudesman & Joo into Internet...

Marshall C. "Marsh" Anders Jr., a retired music teacher, pianist and church organist who headed the music department at McDonogh School for nearly 50 years, died Nov. 15 of a stroke at the Brightview Mays Chapel retirement community. He was 90. "Marsh...

Robert Hegyes, an actor whose Jewish-Puerto Rican character Juan Epstein was one of the Sweathogs on the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Thursday of a heart attack in New Jersey. He was 60. A resident of Metuchen, N.J., Hegyes arrived at JFK...

Golden West College's rollicking comedy "The Servant of Two Masters" is credited to playwright Carlo Goldoni and adapters-translators Jeffrey Hatcher and Paolo Emilio Landi, but director Tom Amen's name should be included among the other creative...

Welcome back, Kotter: Robert Hegyes, who played Sweathot Juan Epstein, died this week in New Jersey of a heart attack. Where are the his cast mates now?...

Mark Swed reviews the West Coast debut zany and inspired and inspiring classical music duo, Igudesman & Joo at the Broad Stage....

Another day, another list. Turner Classic Movies has released its choices for “10 Best Comedy Lines from Classic Movies.” TCM is trying to draw attention to sister channel TBS and the Just For Laughs comedy festival running Tuesday through...

Take away the 3D from Step Up 3D and what you're left with is, wait for it…Step Up. It's the same movie as the earlier “gotta dance” over-choreographed crunk-and-breakdance epics. Exactly the same. Well, stripped of any hint of edge or...

Take away the 3D from Step Up 3D and what you're left with is, wait for it…Step Up. It's the same movie as the earlier "gotta dance" over-choreographed crunk-and-breakdance epics. Exactly the same. Well, stripped of any hint of edge or sex appeal. This...

Tom Treanor files a column from wartime Rome that’s just about perfect. Aug. 10, 1940: Jimmie Fidler’s staff says, Did you hear about golfer Chico Marx making a hole in one at Hillcrest the other day? Unfortunately, it was the W R O N G hole!...