Mike,

 >   If I'm not mistaken, in this case, dry means "bitter". I think of what
 > Groucho Marx would say "Pardon me while I slip out of these wet clothes,
 > and into a dry martini". I think the Looney Tunes used this quite a bit
 > with their cartoons...one had Bugs Bunny as Groucho, and Elmer Fudd as
 > Harpo. 

 MP> I think it may also.  The Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies used the Marx
 MP> Brothers more a few times to get a good laugh.  :)

  There is a deal on YouTube with "What's My Line?" where Groucho is one
of the panelists (along with Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, and Dorothy
Kilgallen)...and it was apparently shortly after The Marx Brothers had
disbanded. But, while some would say "Groucho destroyed the show", he was
clearly having fun...and the audience loved it too.

  The first contestant was a jail warden (who Groucho said looked like
Nikita Khruschev (the show was done Sep. 20, 1959))...and the second one 
was a female professional wrestler (this is where things got quite
interesting ). The questions got around working with the opposite
sex, and Dorothy Kilgallen got befuddled and asked something about
"having sex". It brought the house down in raucous laughter...and
Groucho reached over and shook her hand...to which, she lamented "He
made me do that".  The mystery guest was Claudette Colbert (who
starred with Clark Gable in "It Happened One Night")...but Groucho
got disqualified, as he took his blindfold off prematurely.

  You can watch it at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6wxrLjJobM

Daryl

... "I was married by a judge. I should've asked for a jury." -Groucho
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