# A Marx Bros. New Year's Eve **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009 "2011-01-01T01:04:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/1 "2011-01-01T01:04:48Z")
Animal Crackers is starting now on Turner Classic, to be followed by Monkey Business and Horse Feathers. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/2 "2011-01-01T01:06:50Z")
No commercials. Could life get any better? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/3 "2011-01-01T01:15:54Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > No commercials. Could life get any better? Not if I’m any judge of horseflesh. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/4 "2011-01-01T07:16:49Z")
I’d never seen _Duck Soup_ – laughed my ass off. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/5 "2011-01-01T15:14:56Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I’d never seen _Duck Soup_ – laughed my ass off. It’s probably their best. I didn’t make it that late; in between Monkey Business and Horse Feathers I decided to stretch out on the couch. That was a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/6 "2011-01-01T15:58:12Z")
Older Daughter was given a boxed set of Marx Brothers films for Christmas by her boyfriend. I approve of this one. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/7 "2011-01-01T16:02:47Z")
If I’d have watched it any closer, I would have been inside it! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/8 "2011-01-02T05:56:45Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > No commercials. Could life get any better? Umm, yeah. My frakking cable could carry TCM! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/9 "2011-01-02T22:42:32Z")
Before this thread drops off, a question. Was Chico a good pianist (I know he was a bandleader when he wasn’t being a Marx brother) or just a passable pianist and a good showman? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/10 "2011-01-03T00:12:17Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Before this thread drops off, a question. Was Chico a good pianist (I know he was a bandleader when he wasn’t being a Marx brother) or just a passable pianist and a good showman? He certainly wasn’t a classical pianist, but he could play pretty well. All of the Marx Brothers were adequate musicians. Harpo was likely the best. Absolutely they focused more on showmanship in their vaudeville shows and plays and movies than on being orchestra quality. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-marx-bros-new-years-eve/566009/11 "2011-01-05T21:33:17Z")
Run out and get me a four year old child, I can’t make head or tail of this thread!