Skullington sez, "Melinda Marx (Groucho's daughter) put out a few pop records, and in this clip, her famous pop introduces her to the Hollywood Palace audience. Dig that choreography!"

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grimc

Evidently, to get to the East Side of Town you first have to go through Downtown.
- madopal
  
  Yeah, I was going to say, this sounds like something T-Mobile would use in a commercial instead of paying royalties.
- dpamac
  
  It’s an obvious response to the song. But, wow, they really honed close to what they were trying to clone. Not just in tone but content and that horn line.Tony Hatch could have claimed royalties for that.
- http://walkingwithshimmer.wordpress.com/ Werther deGoethe
  
  And, as if to show they deny any connection to the song “Downtown,” they point upwards every time they sing “East side of town.”
euansmith

Nice singing voice.
relawson

I skipped through the video and they were doing the same things every time!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Amorette-Allison/1163340223 Amorette Allison

The east side of town where everyone is gay.

Very ahead of its time.
http://www.facebook.com/roytruax Roy Edward Truax

All due respect to Groucho, that was really bad.
dgeos

If “My Sweet Lord” was plagiarism, then someone should call Petula’s lawyers.
http://www.megatoothpastemammals.com Carpeteria

Damn rock and roll music. Devil spawn!
noah django

Melinda’s mama must’ve been beautiful, ’cause she sure don’t favor her daddy.
- Snig
  
  Her daddy didn’t really favor what we think her daddy looked like either.
http://www.facebook.com/eric.wagner.180 Eric Wagner

Makes Rebecca Black look like a polished pro.
gorfulator

Was that the watusi or the swim?
- 3ringquercus
  
  The Pony mostly, though I might be mistaken…a little before my dancing days.
  
  Apparently on the East Side of Town they’re big into RUFFLES!!

Groucho's daughter sings!

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