Tag: marx brothers

don56:

Groucho and Chico Marx in “Horse Feathers”

Who are you?

I’m fine, thanks. Who are you?

I’m fine, too, but you can’t come in unless you give the password.

Well, what is the password?

Aw no, you gotta tell me! Hey, I tell what I do I give you three guesses. It’s the name of a fish.

Is it Mary?

Ha! That’s a no fish.

She isn’t? Well, she drinks like one!

ahdie-marx:

tutsiefruitsie:

last night i was thinking about how in the early 1900s to the 60s/70s people got married at much younger ages than they do today, and then i thought “wait, but harpo got married in 1936!” which means harpo was 48 years old when he first got married which is actually pretty late in the game for that time. has anyone thought about this/does anyone have any info relating to this they’d like to share?

He was engaged to another lady, but she ended up dying (I think in a plane crash? I can double check when I’m near my book) Pair that with the fact that he was also very content just being a bachelor, he didn’t necessarily seek out anything serious. When Susan had other plans, they went steady for a while (a loooong while) before finally tying the knot per her request. Luckily, this worked in his favor, since they remained married until his death.

bluehairedspidey:

softbutxh:

mlkjr:

korolevx:

korolevx:

the idea of consuming two conflicting things that promise to do the opposite of each other has always been hilarious to me. there’s a liquid shot-based sleep aid called 6 hour sleep and as soon as I saw it i immediately imagined mixing it and a 5 hour energy together for a 1 hour nap

mix NyQuil and DayQuil to create Quil

what does Quil do

All the time all the time

im sorry but theres a joke based on exactly that premise in the marx brothers movie “a night at the opera” which came out in 1935 and personally i am delighted that people 80 years ago were making the same jokes we do

acrazyinkling:

fleamontpotter:

that scene in the emperors new groove where kuzco and yzma are going back and forth through the kitchen door ordering food from kronk while not noticing the other person is the height of comedy and nothing will ever surpass it

The emperors new groove is the height of comedy and nothing will ever surpass it

It’s an homage, I figure, to many other slapstick moments in classic comedies, probably from vaudeville or earlier. See the scenes in Marx Brothers movies, such as in A Night at the Opera or Duck Soup, for example.