Groucho Marx Stopped Trading for 15 Minutes in 1950

Groucho Marx Stopped Trading for 15 Minutes in 1950. Groucho Marx was once among the most well-known figures in Hollywood. In 1950, they invited him to the New York Stock Exchange just to take a look around because he was so well-known. Marx, a superb showman, took over of the public address system when allowed access to it and started singing Lydia the Tattooed Lady to the gathered merchants on the trading floor.

They reportedly owned him at least one song because when they tried to take the microphone away from him, he reportedly complained about losing all of his money in the 1929 stock market crash. He effectively closed the market after that for a full 15 minutes. The diversion was sufficient to catch the traders' interest, and they paused their work to have a look. Marx had made the song famous roughly 11 years previously, and he was a professional entertainer.