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Anyone else into the Marx Brothers?  Got a favorite?  I like Harpo the best.  I'm really into pantomine in general and love Charlie Chaplin as well.

Favorite Marx Brothers movies:  Duck Soup, Night at the Opera

Favorite Chaplin:  Modern Times

Interesting aneqdote:  Salvador Dal� met and became friends with Harpo.  He wrote a script for the Marx Brothers called Giraffes on Horseback Salads.  It was never produced because MGM thought it was too surreal.  More on that here:  http://www.miskatonic.org/dali-marx.html

And now, a couple Groucho quotes:

"I don't have a photograph, but you can have my footprints. They're upstairs in my socks."

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. "

"Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse."

I am not a big fan of the Marx Brothers, but I used to like watching a few Chaplin films, do you like Harold Lloyd? As a child I thought he was very funny.

Have you heard of Will Hay? He is an absolute genius, I have all of his works on video. Do you like Laurel and Hardy? I am a big fan of their work.

The only people you mention that I've heard of are Laurel and Hardy. But I haven't actually seen any of their stuff, though I'd be interested in checking it out.

oh Laurel and hardy are such fun! Custard pies and all!

Oh, I love the Marx Brothers' films. What's really funny is the woman in one segment of The Big Store. She looks so flat-faced its scary.

I haven't seen that one, but I'd like to. So far I've only seen Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. I'm going to see as many of the others as I can when I return to the States.

Someone posted this on the Harpo Marx IMDB message board:

Quote:

In the late 1920's, after Harpo and a friend had pre-arranged a booking at a hotel, they received a telegram saying something to the effect that "we assume you are Gentiles." Harpo showed up in the lobby wearing a Scottish get-up, complete with kilt, signed the register "Harpo MacMarx," and asked directions to the nearest synagogue. He then treated the manager to his famous "Guckie" expression before exiting.

There are a couple of Marx Brothers boxed sets available now, but they are not cheap. You also have to either be willing to tolerate dual-sided discs or able to copy them onto DVD�Rs. That aside, I recommend Go West the most aside from A Day At The Races.

And that story about Harpo and the hotel is priceless. Almost makes up for the one about his visit to Germany during the 1930s.

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