Apropos of almost nothing, the exchange between Jonah and Mac put me in mind of a tale Groucho Marx told in 1972 when he appeared at Carnegie Hall for a legendary one-night stand of stories and jokes and songs — later turned into a record that I listened to so many times I literally wore the groove out at one point.

Here’s the story: “I knew a fellow named Otto Kahn, who was a very rich man, and he gave a lot of money to the Metropolitan Opera House at one time. And his close friend was Marshall P. Wilder, who was a hunchback. And they were walking down Fifth Avenue, and they came to a synagogue, and Kahn turned to Wilder and he said ‘Marshall, you know I used to be a Jew.’ Marshall said ‘Really? I used to be a hunchback.’”

You can actually find a transcription of Groucho’s Carnegie Hall concert here. It’s pure gold, I tell you!