Just give me a comfortable couch, a dog, a good book, and a woman. Then if you can get the dog to go somewhere and read the book, I might have a little fun.

The quip plays on the fantasy of a cozy, civilized leisure scene—couch, dog, book, and a woman—only to undercut it with Groucho’s trademark comic reversal. The punchline suggests that the very things meant to provide comfort and pleasure can become distractions or obligations, and that “fun” might require removing them. It also satirizes masculine daydreams of effortless enjoyment: the speaker wants the props of domestic contentment, but not the demands that come with them. The humor depends on misdirection and a slightly mischievous, self-mocking cynicism about companionship and relaxation.