The Marx brothers

[DREDIOCK]

These guys were flippen great
Complete genuis.

"Yanno "Id buy you a Parachute if I thought it wouldnt open"

[storch]

one of the things I miss about living in the NE was that there were movie theaters that played all those old comedy classics every weekend.  I don't believe I have ever laughed harder than when I first saw WC Fields or the Marx Brothers. truly truly comedy genius.

[DREDIOCK]

Speaking of WC Feilds I remember hearing a story about whatn he was on his deathbed a visitor found him reading the Bible.
 On asking him why he would be reading a Bible now when he wasnt particularly religeous  in life he responded in classic Feilds fashion.

"Im looking for loopholes"

[Boroda]

I wonder why did they include all that silly stuff like playing harp. They were great regardless to their musical skills.

[storch]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Speaking of WC Feilds I remember hearing a story about whatn he was on his deathbed a visitor found him reading the Bible.
 On asking him why he would be reading a Bible now when he wasnt particularly religeous  in life he responded in classic Feilds fashion.

"Im looking for loopholes"

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Boroda
I wonder why did they include all that silly stuff like playing harp. They were great regardless to their musical skills.

Most of the movies made in those days had musical numbers in them.

Far as the Mrx Brothers are concerned. Im not into harp music But Harpo was IMO nothing short of impressive

And Chico was a very good pianist

but then again I was raised with music in my house ranging from Beethoven to ZZTOP
And have been intoduced to evrything from Guilbert & Sullivan to "A Raisen in the Sun"

So I have learned to have an appreciation for just about anything

[uberhun]

Duck Soup:aok

[oboe]

First time I saw Chaplin's "Modern Times" I nearly wet my pants laughing at some parts.

[eskimo2]

Welcome to 1930.

[uberhun]

Originally posted by oboe
First time I saw Chaplin's "Modern Times" I nearly wet my pants laughing at some parts.

Hey Oboe grew up in Minnesota. It's Duck opener this weekend. If I remember correctly. Sure do miss it.
Uber.

[bozon]

Groucho:

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Why a four year old child could understand this. Run out and get me a four year old child, I can't make head or tail out of it.

I danced before Napoleon. No, Napoleon danced before me - in fact, he danced two hundred years before me.

Attorney: Chicolini, when were you born?
Chico: I don't remember. I was just a little baby.

Chico: "The garbage man is here."
Groucho: "Well, tell him we don't want any."

Brilliant!

[ASTAC]

You can't forget the most famous of them all...Karl Marx

Oops not realated:D

[Boroda]

Originally posted by ASTAC
You can't forget the most famous of them all...Karl Marx

Oops not realated:D

Karl Marx Friedrich Engels are two persons, TWO, NOT FOUR!!!

[CyranoAH]

That depends on the quantity of Vodka ingested

[Dinger]

Musical Numbers -- well, the Marx Brothers were a vaudeville act before going to Hollywood -- their first film, the Cocoanuts is effectively their vaudeville show. Vaudeville had singin' and dancing.

Their early work with Paramount is outstanding. after 1933 though, the Hays office set up shop, and the Marx Bors. moved to MGM. The Hays office brought an end to much of the sexuality they had. Paramount's specialization was musicals -- they were convinced that would bring the female element into the theaters; while the Marx Brothers Paramount films always had singing-and-dancing as an integral element, with MGM the wackiness would compete with a turgid love affair between bland young actors and interminable dance numbers.