Yes, my eight-year-old boy has discovered the joys of the Marx Bros.
He always liked Harpo’s antics, and the wackiness of the proceedings, but in the past week or so, he has actually chosen to watch a Marx Bros. videotape as opposed to one of the many other, more kid-oriented movies we own (and we own plenty of those, folks!).
Last night he picked Animal Crackers. This past weekend, he opted for Monkey Business and Horsefeathers.
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My little boy…a true Marxist. I’m so proud. RTFirefly, Exapno Mapcase, please join me in celebrating…
I really like the Marx Brothers. However, at one point just after college when I was errrr… chemically altered, we watched part of A Day at the Races. I vividly remember the scene where Harpo was playing the flute and dancing through the all-black stablehands were living. They all stuck their heads out, wide-eyed and begain singing “Who 'dat man?”
You can’t fool me. There ain’t no sanity clause. (Damn it’s been so long that I can’t even remember the quote). I used to try and get my friends to watch the Marx Bros, but alot of them would not watch them because “Black and White movies suck”. My 9-year-old sister seems to be interested in them so maybe I’ll watch one with her tonight.
DAVE, you really faked me out with that thread title. :o :rolleyes:
When we had our high-school reunion I sat at a table with a friend from the senior year–whose family I was still in contact with–and her husband. I used a line of Groucho’s from Animal Crackers: “Ever since I’ve known you–I’ve swept you off my feet!” (That’s the way I said it whether or not Groucho said it exactly that way.)
Incidentally, in Try and Stop Me, Bennett Cerf told about a wealthy man whose friend was shocked to hear that the man’s son had just joined the Communist Party. The mogul said, “If my son had not become a Communist at age 22, I would have disowned him. If he is still a Communist at 30, I will do it then.”
