Texass & "Nacogdoches is full of roaches" (Groucho Marx)

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Entry from March 20, 2007 
Texass ("The jackass is the finest flower of Texass”—Groucho  Marx)
 
"Texass” is a derogatory name for Texas. The term is often used by people  
from Oklahoma, such as at an OU-UT football game. 

Groucho Marx—when the  Marx family was performing on the vaudeville circuit 
in Texas—once ad-libbed:  “The jackass is the finest flower of Texass.” 


_Urban  Dictionary_ (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Texass)  
Texass 
The US state of Texas, or a Texan.  
My wife has a cute name for all the states. Texass, Kansass,  Assachusetts... 
by LudwigVan Nov 10, 2003 

_Google  Books_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0385124449&id=FPYOAAAAMAAJ&q=texass&dq=texass&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1)  
Hello, I must be going: 
Groucho and his friends  
by Charlotte Chandler 
New York: Doubleday 
1978 
Pg. 145: 
By  this time we were so angry we started making sarcastic remarks. Like,  “
Nacogdoches is full of roaches,” and “The jackass is the finest flower of  
Texass.” 

_Google  Books_ 
(http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0805071229&id=syclbl_B9uIC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=texass&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=0gBVAs2wXksoP9L9DBkjq2ZXhCs) 
 
Typical 
by Padgett Powell 
New York: Henry Holt and  Company 
1992 
Pg. 41: 
“My daddy sat on his Texass in a Barcalounger  size of a Lincoln.” 

_SoonerFans.com_ 
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IamHornE 
12/10/2003, 11:58 AM 
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For the record, I wrote  “Oklahomo” and “shithole” because this is smack 
central. Just like the ol’  texass or texican thing you guys do. 
All in fun 

_Burnt  Orange Fan Zone_ 
(http://www.burntorangefanzone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10824&page=3)  
12-13-2005, 10:08 AM 
(...) 
ou should take a VERY  serious look at Arkansas and what has happened to 
them. ou can not compete for  championships without Texans from Texass/Baja 
Oklahoma/ tuck fexas. 

_Former Detroit Free  Press Politics Forum_ 
(http://wc1.worldcrossing.com/WebX?14@@.1de41257/1839)  
Okiecub - Jan 24, 2007 8:02 pm (#1840 of 2146)  
heh 
It’s the Texassans who come to OK to play football, Mad.   
beaner, Texass ain’t nothing but Baja Oklahoma. 

9 July 1950, Long  Beach (CA) Independent, “Marx Bros. Star in Crichton Work”
 by George  Eres, pg. 37A, col. 3: 
THEY WERE IN some turkeys in their days. It wasn’t  until they began 
improvising and acting upon the stage that they found  themselves. It started when the 
Marxes were doing a show in Texas and the  audience walked out to see a mule 
which had died. 

They were infuriated  that a dead mule could draw more of an audience than 
they. The audience tired of  viewing the mule and returned to their seats. The 
show resumed and Groucho added  some lines of his own to the effect that 

“Nacogdoches 
Is  full of roaches.” 

Harpo was running up and down in front of the  audience wiggling his fingers 
at his nose...Groucho was singing mechanically and  racking his brain for more 
insults. At the next break in the number he came  forth with 

“The Jackass 
is the finest  
flower 
of 
Texass” 

(Trademark) 
Word  Mark TEXASS 
Goods and Services (ABANDONED) IC 025. US 039. G & S: MEN’S  AND WOMEN’S 
WEARING APPAREL, NAMELY JEANS. FIRST USE: 19810627. FIRST USE IN  COMMERCE: 
19810627 
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING 
Design Search  Code 
Serial Number 73321636 
Filing Date 0000 
Current Filing Basis 1A  
Original Filing Basis 1A 
Owner (APPLICANT) JUDY FISHMAN AND JAMES TERRY  PARTNERSHIP 143 WEST LOVERA 
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS 78212 
Type of Mark TRADEMARK  
Register PRINCIPAL 
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD 
Abandonment Date October  9, 1982 

(Trademark) 
Word Mark TEXASS 
Goods and Services  (ABANDONED) IC 025. US 022 039. G & S: T-shirts, workout 
wear, caps, shorts,  sweat shirts, sweat pants, swim suits, swim suit 
cover-ups, jeans, jackets, bike  shorts, tank tops, leggings 
Mark Drawing Code (1) TYPED DRAWING 
Design  Search Code 
Serial Number 74684788 
Filing Date June 5, 1995 
Current  Filing Basis 1B 
Original Filing Basis 1B 
Owner (APPLICANT) Knight, Darla  Munster INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 10050 
Lakemere Drive Dallas TEXAS 75238  
Type of Mark TRADEMARK 
Register PRINCIPAL 
Live/Dead Indicator DEAD  
Abandonment Date May 8, 1996 




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