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The Marx Brothers!

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December 31, 2025, 11:01 AM
parabellum
The Marx Brothers!
Playing today on TCM


December 31, 2025, 11:09 AM
festus haggen
Hooray for Captain Spalding!
The African Explorer!

Did someone call me shnoror?

Hooray, hooray, hooray!



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As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
December 31, 2025, 11:45 AM
Mboroman
I once shot an elephant in my pajamas.

How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know.
December 31, 2025, 01:40 PM
Ripley
No thanks, the non-stop schtick is suffocating.




Set the controls for the heart of the Sun.
December 31, 2025, 02:33 PM
parabellum
Groucho wouldn't call you a cretin, which is a fine compliment, indeed. Razz
December 31, 2025, 03:06 PM
oddball
Big Grin





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December 31, 2025, 08:39 PM
braillediver
Timeless entertainment:




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January 01, 2026, 09:14 PM
bendable
Either them or W.C.Fields,
I imagine both are playing on a forever loop
in heaven.





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January 02, 2026, 02:09 PM
mttaylor1066
As I understand it, the Marx Brothers did a traveling vaudeville show and tested material on the audiences.

They had a strategy: Bits that got laughs made it into their movie scripts.

Now, in my humble opinion, their later movies were mostly unfunny. I think they stopped developing material in this way as their movie careers advanced. I wonder if they got lazy, over popular or just plain deluded by success.


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