"Inside of a dog"

[Mark Mandel]

Many lines attributed to Groucho or the other bros. should properly be
attributed to the scriptwriters of the movies they were uttered in. I don't
think this one is from a movie, though.

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 > > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
> >
> > wrote:
> >
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> > >>
> > >> I've always been fond of the apothegm in question--
> > >>
> > >> "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's
> > >> too dark to read."
> > >>
> > >> that I assumed was indeed uttered/written by Groucho Marx.  There was
> > >> always that question of whether "inside of a dog" is really truly
> > >> possible, but on balance, it's still an immortal line.  Only maybe
> > >> it's not Groucho's after all?
>

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