Novelty glasses with a nose, moustache, and eyebrows
Woman wearing a pair of Groucho glasses
Groucho glasses (also known as the beaglepuss[1]) are a humorous noveltydisguise which function as a caricature of the stage makeup used by the comedian Groucho Marx in his movies and vaudeville performances. They typically consist of black frames without lenses (either round or horn-rimmed) with attached features including bushy eyebrows, a large plasticnose, bushy moustache, and sometimes a plastic cigar.
Considered one of the most iconic and widely used of all novelty items in the world, Groucho glasses were marketed as early as the 1940s[2] and are instantly recognizable to people throughout the world.[3] The glasses are often used as a shorthand for slapstick[4] and are depicted in the Disguised Face (🥸) emoji.[5][6]
^Giddins, Gary (2001). The New York Times Book Reviews 2000, volume 1. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN1579580580. "The most enduring mask of the 20th century—likely to take their place alongside Comedy and Tragedy or Pulcinella and Pierrot..."
