Phoebe Snow 's '' Harpo 's Blues '' ( 1975 ) was written about " a guy in a band who '' became '' Harpo Marx ... he would n't talk , and his eyes would roll around ... " In the 1974 Academy Awards telecast , Jack Lemmon presented Groucho with an honorary Academy Award to a standing ovation . The award was also on behalf of Harpo , Chico , and Zeppo , whom Lemmon mentioned by name . It was one of Groucho 's final major public appearances . " I wish that Harpo and Chico could be here to share with me this great honor , " he said , naming the two deceased brothers ( Zeppo was still alive at the time ) . Groucho also praised the late Margaret Dumont as a great straight woman who never understood any of his jokes
1974 Academy Awards telecast
46th Academy Awards
Harpo Marx