As others have noted, every great comedian needs a great foil, so it's kind of appropriate that one of the greatest comedians found one of the greatest partners in Margaret Dumont - They are just wonderful together.
"Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You'd better beat it or they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing. You can leave in a taxi. If you can't find in a taxi you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon you can leave in a minute and a huff. You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle." That's just classic!!!
I watched this after watching the 1969 interview with Dick Cavett and he's just the same when being interviewed by Dick. Every time Dick tried to get a word in sideways, Marx was there with another anecdote. 😂🤣😭
@@valnaples -- That's MARGARET Dumont, and she knew exactly what she was doing as the "straight woman," as she called herself. In fact, she's up there with Bud Abbott as the greatest straight man/woman in the history of motion pictures. Don't believe the urban legends that said she didn't understand Groucho's humor. She was in on it all the time.
I had the pleasure of playing Margaret Dumont's role onstage for the first time as Gloria Teasdale and it was quite an experience!!! We had wonderful actors that played all four of the Marx Brothers...I think they all would have been very proud!
Quite humorous and witty, indeed !! Also, his subtle attempt to do the "pick-a-card" routine again at: 1:56 is even funny, lol !! He and Harpo were the BEST, no doubt !! Ha, ha :-) !!!
Margaret: The future of Fredonia rests on you. Promise me you'll follow in the footsteps of my husband. Groucho: How do you like that? I haven't been on the job five minutes and already she's making advances towards me.
Groucho...you were the original chooch, the original troll...you are immortal to comedy and the definition of quick whit mixed with driving sane people insane! :)
♫ The last man nearly ruined this place; he didn't know what to do with it. If you think that things are bad off now, just wait till I get through with it! ♫ - why does that ring so true today??
_Rufus:_ Not that I care, but where is your husband? _Mrs. Teasdale:_ Why, he's dead. _Rufus:_ I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse _Mrs. Teasdale:_ I was with him 'til the very end! _Rufus:_ Mhmm! No wonder he passed away _Mrs. Teasdale:_ I held him in my arms and kissed him! _Rufus:_ Oh I see, then it was murder. LMAO!
I looked up Margaret Dumont on Wikipedia and it said that her husband died in 1918 due to the Spanish Flu Pandemic. He was a wealthy man. She never remarried after that. The irony her was that she played wealthy widows in the movies and here in real life she really was one!
in a course on the history of children’s literature, my professor shared this clip with us, to compare Lewis Carroll’s humour to that of the Marx brothers. i am 21, i have never seen a Marx brothers movie, though i have heard of them. watching this, i was blown away at the quick wit; the jokes just keep coming! the line “If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff” hit me like 2 punches. i am an english nerd and such wordplay delights me. i am so grateful to my professor for sharing this with us, i never thought to look into such old films because, i am ashamed to say, i thought they might be boring, which is very foolish, as i love history and old stuff like Shakespeare. but now i have seen this, i want to see more! also: it is hard to believe that this film came out 90 years ago!
@NightBeast12 "i was with him until the very end" "well, no wonder he passed away" "i held him in my arms, and kissed him" "well, i guess it was murder" perfect.
Margaret Dumont: ''I welcome you with open arms.'' Groucho: ''How late do you stay open?'' That kind of clever wordplay is totally absent from today's movies and TV.
Some trivia… “Fredonia”was used as the name of Grouchos country was from when in the Marx bros. Early vaudeville days, “bombed” miserably when they performed in Fredonia, N.Y. This was the Marx bros. way of saying to Fredonia, “Hey look at us now!”
I can't decide if I prefer "Here's one I picked up in a dancehall. Here's another one I picked up in a dancehall." or "Well, a gal a day is enough for me. I don't think I could handle any more."
Cuts off before the song, but let me assure anyone reading, the music in these movies still holds up well today, even if the sound quality is... somewhat primitive.
as much as I love the marx brothers and as brilliant as all of them are, they are not the worlds greatest wordsmiths. that honor goes to George Carlin. I highly recommend you get "when will Jesus bring the pork chops". also I recommend this video just to demonstrate how versitile and awesome his command of language and humor really is. /watch?v=fx21zEdhlPQ&list=PLW2LcJEtZEOc7J4b78pNXpP2ErD1m6pG4
edinburgh: Or how about: "You better beat it. I hear they're gonna tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing." OR "You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must've been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."
Ethan Ocean Wong There were earlier (more subtle) examples of it before this., (going back to the silent era, by some definitions), but probably none as direct as what Groucho does. The earlier ones were more about the actors on screen acknowledging (or aware of) the fact that they were being filmed.
+Ethan Ocean Wong i read sometime ago that thier first talking film (movie) was "Coconuts", which was 2 or 3 years before "Duck Soup" , and this is from 1933.
This is classic Pickup Game. Any man watching this should remember marx's body language and how he negged the target. This man was the greatest seducer of his age. A notorious womanizer and this is how he did it.
Hey marcel Just because it isn't riddled with "jokes" about knicker knockers and farts like English "humor" I still enjoy watching it time and time again.
Lol!! Be ready for a strip show. They were well known for coming out on stage completely naked. Especially if they knew there were Nuns in the audience.
Utterly brilliant, over eighty years old and it still hasn't been matched. When this film was shown at the BFI last year, the audience was falling out of their seat with laughter. Hard to believe when "Duck Soup" was first shown, it was a huge flop.
I believe it was because they were recycling material they had already used in their radio show so it was a case at the time of "heard it before". But, as we see the gags still work today.
I was only about 13 or so when my dad showed me Duck Soup for the first time. This is the greatest comedy ever made for its time. Groucho was extremely funny and had such a wit. I only hope to be a fraction of the man he was.
I defy anyone to come up with a funnier line, from anywhere in human history, than this film's closing line: "Remember, men; we're fighting for this woman's honor, which is probably more than she ever did."
I loved Harpo doing the Paul Revere ride right into the young maiden’s house. Next scene shows his shoes, her shoes, and the horse shoes! Genius, pure genius!
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"I held him in my arms and kissed him".
"Oh I see then,it was murder."
One of the all time classic lines.
Will you marry me ? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first
As others have noted, every great comedian needs a great foil, so it's kind of appropriate that one of the greatest comedians found one of the greatest partners in Margaret Dumont - They are just wonderful together.
"Well, that covers a lot of ground. Say, you cover a lot of ground yourself. You'd better beat it or they're going to tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing. You can leave in a taxi. If you can't find in a taxi you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon you can leave in a minute and a huff. You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle." That's just classic!!!
When does he breathe? Just exceptional comic timing...
@Miss X Helps to have a sense of humor and half a brain
@@blacbraun will you marry me did your husband leave you any money answer the second question first.
I watched this after watching the 1969 interview with Dick Cavett and he's just the same when being interviewed by Dick.
Every time Dick tried to get a word in sideways, Marx was there with another anecdote. 😂🤣😭
These guys knew their way around a play on words like nobody’s business. Their dialogue in these movies was pure poetry.
Dumont: "this is a gala day for you!"
Groucho: "Well, a gal a day is enough for me...I don't think I could handle any more."
LOVE IT!
Poor Mary Dumont....so abused!
@@valnaples -- That's MARGARET Dumont, and she knew exactly what she was doing as the "straight woman," as she called herself. In fact, she's up there with Bud Abbott as the greatest straight man/woman in the history of motion pictures. Don't believe the urban legends that said she didn't understand Groucho's humor. She was in on it all the time.
I had the pleasure of playing Margaret Dumont's role onstage for the first time as Gloria Teasdale and it was quite an experience!!! We had wonderful actors that played all four of the Marx Brothers...I think they all would have been very proud!
0:41-1:51 A masterclass in comedic timing...The poise and composure of Margaret Dumont on top of Groucho's impeccable rapid fire is perfection
"Where's your husband"?
" Why, he's dead"
"I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse".
Great line from Groucho
Classic...cannot get any better than this!.
Well... I think "A Night at the Opera" is better! Regards
Lazarus0357 That was Groucho's favorite as well.
"A gal a day is enough for me, I don't think I could handle any more" XD
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Quite humorous and witty, indeed !! Also, his subtle attempt to do the "pick-a-card" routine again at: 1:56 is even funny, lol !! He and Harpo were the BEST, no doubt !! Ha, ha :-) !!!
Drago I have watched this so many times and missed that card bit. That is so funny :)
Margaret: The future of Fredonia rests on you. Promise me you'll follow in the footsteps of my husband.
Groucho: How do you like that? I haven't been on the job five minutes and already she's making advances towards me.
I love how they have him looking directly at the viewing audience when he says it.
"Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first."
kek
Kek
Based and possibly red-pilled.
The glare Groucho gives Margaret when she starts singing
Groucho...you were the original chooch, the original troll...you are immortal to comedy and the definition of quick whit mixed with driving sane people insane! :)
one of the best films out
Same!
I need to use the hat stuff on a friend of mine who always wears one even though he's only 15.
I'm 13, and this has made me laugh harder than Disney's and Nick's comedies Combined.
so you 24 now
@@a.c.6192 no. they are 2. aged in reverse
I love how he briefly tries to do the “pick a card” gag with the ambassador.
Louis Calhern deserved a medal just for being able to keep a straight face during this!
One wish: Hang out with Groucho Marx for a day and him do his signature walk the whole time. That walk has amused me for 20+ years.
♫ The last man nearly ruined this place; he didn't know what to do with it. If you think that things are bad off now, just wait till I get through with it! ♫ - why does that ring so true today??
If it does, it slags off Obama.
Whoever does a talented and dynamic Sparta Remix of this movie gets my first born child.
lady: I welcome you with open arms
groucho: how late do they stay open?
You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!
Groucho's humor is timeless!
Or just vaccinated, in general. 💉😵💫
Margaret Dumont really was brilliant
+Alex Tettenborn She was considered the fifth Marx Brother
Poor Gummo Marx, always the forgotten one
She almost sings her lines - a brilliant delivery.
@@CScottyW Zeppo and Gummo formed a talent agency and became very successful. They landed on their feet in a big way.
@@RossM3838 Really! I never heard much about Gummo or Zeppo's life after the big screen. That's great to hear!
Funniest man ever. Period.
"Can't you see what I'm trying to tell you, I LOVE you!" (waggle waggle)
- I was with him until the very end!
- No wonder he passed away.
_Rufus:_ Not that I care, but where is your husband?
_Mrs. Teasdale:_ Why, he's dead.
_Rufus:_ I'll bet he's just using that as an excuse
_Mrs. Teasdale:_ I was with him 'til the very end!
_Rufus:_ Mhmm! No wonder he passed away
_Mrs. Teasdale:_ I held him in my arms and kissed him!
_Rufus:_ Oh I see, then it was murder.
LMAO!
Didn't Groucho improvise all his lines?
Groucho is a legend.
No, they worked hard on all those lines. There was no improvisation in any of their films. Even Harpo's antics were carefully scripted.
I cracked up every time!
I looked up Margaret Dumont on Wikipedia and it said that her husband died in 1918 due to the Spanish Flu Pandemic. He was a wealthy man. She never remarried after that. The irony her was that she played wealthy widows in the movies and here in real life she really was one!
in a course on the history of children’s literature, my professor shared this clip with us, to compare Lewis Carroll’s humour to that of the Marx brothers. i am 21, i have never seen a Marx brothers movie, though i have heard of them. watching this, i was blown away at the quick wit; the jokes just keep coming! the line “If you can't get a taxi, you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon, you can leave in a minute and a huff” hit me like 2 punches. i am an english nerd and such wordplay delights me. i am so grateful to my professor for sharing this with us, i never thought to look into such old films because, i am ashamed to say, i thought they might be boring, which is very foolish, as i love history and old stuff like Shakespeare. but now i have seen this, i want to see more!
also: it is hard to believe that this film came out 90 years ago!
Groucho Marx is a legend still funny.
"I'll have to enclose the check first."
"You do and I'll fire ya."
"HAIL, HAIL, FREEDONIA, LAND OF THE BRAVE, AND FREEEEEE!" - The best running gag of the movie!
Time we had a Marx Bros retrospective, not since the 1970s.........
Yep. This is the guy now running the USA
#MakeAmericaFreedoniaAgain
^_____^
3:35 he just starts dancing for no reason lol
@NightBeast12 "i was with him until the very end"
"well, no wonder he passed away"
"i held him in my arms, and kissed him"
"well, i guess it was murder"
perfect.
the one liners are brilliant.
Margaret Dumont: ''I welcome you with open arms.''
Groucho: ''How late do you stay open?''
That kind of clever wordplay is totally absent from today's movies and TV.
Everything has to be dumbed down so today's kids will understand.
Marx. The backlog overture is what hit the continental people making mysteries
Margaret Dumont was usually the punchline for Groucho's hilarious jokes.
Some trivia… “Fredonia”was used as the name of Grouchos country was from when in the Marx bros. Early vaudeville days, “bombed” miserably when they performed in Fredonia, N.Y. This was the Marx bros. way of saying to Fredonia, “Hey look at us now!”
I can't decide if I prefer "Here's one I picked up in a dancehall. Here's another one I picked up in a dancehall." or "Well, a gal a day is enough for me. I don't think I could handle any more."
"if thats too soon, you can leave in 'a minute and a huff'" XD Legendary
Groucho you are great!
@edinburghmike ''on second thought I'd rather dance with the cows 'till you came home'', lol
Cuts off before the song, but let me assure anyone reading, the music in these movies still holds up well today, even if the sound quality is... somewhat primitive.
BRUTAL!
I see, then it was moider.
I'd surely vote for Rufus T Firefly as my President! He's my kind of politician, not the usual buffoons that you can find in Washington :D
You can leave in a taxi or you can leave in a huff. If that's too soon you can leave in a minute and a huff.
I think Groucho could handle more then a gal a day :)
Poor Maggie, half the time she didn't understand the wise cracks.
Louie Calhern.
Yes! He was sleeping with Marilyn Monroe in Asphalt Jungle. Her first part!
The humpty dance!!
is that a young vincent price hes talkin to the one from sylvainia?
Ambassador Trentino does look somewhat like Vincent Price, but he is not. I never noticed that before. The actor is Louis Calhern
i was wondering and this isnt to be mean, did groucho have a lazy eye? ive been wondering that for awhile.
What I didn't remember by Agatha Christie's is that they would then pull the backlog to frame your statement I took meds it told me
“Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first.”
as much as I love the marx brothers and as brilliant as all of them are, they are not the worlds greatest wordsmiths. that honor goes to George Carlin. I highly recommend you get "when will Jesus bring the pork chops".
also I recommend this video just to demonstrate how versitile and awesome his command of language and humor really is.
/watch?v=fx21zEdhlPQ&list=PLW2LcJEtZEOc7J4b78pNXpP2ErD1m6pG4
Not only do I love the Marx Brothers,but I think Margaret Dumont is funny too.
Groucho always said that Margaret Dumont never understood his jokes.
trust me, they used to be better than they are now.
@StephenRCollins Just hang around outside the morgue!
Ha! Classic Groucho.
the submit assignment button on canvas is missing
But it didn't matter 'cause anybody who would care was missing too!
Signed
Rufus T. Firefly
I sing about the Marx Brothers in The Celebrity Song.
Mrs. Teasdale: I welcome you with open arms.
Rufus: Is that so? How late do you stay open?
Hilarious
That's no small personal request he's asking. $12 in 1933 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $276.16 in 2023!!!
I see , so it was murder.
edinburgh: Or how about:
"You better beat it. I hear they're gonna tear you down and put up an office building where you're standing."
OR
"You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must've been vaccinated with a phonograph needle."
SOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY :-) !!!!!!!!!!
hail, hail, hailstone the dictator!
Is Sherlock Holmes relay man named Arthur k Doyle
was this the first forth wall break?in movies i mean
Ethan Ocean Wong There were earlier (more subtle) examples of it before this., (going back to the silent era, by some definitions), but probably none as direct as what Groucho does.
The earlier ones were more about the actors on screen acknowledging (or aware of) the fact that they were being filmed.
+Ethan Ocean Wong i read sometime ago that thier first talking film (movie) was "Coconuts", which was 2 or 3 years before "Duck Soup" , and this is from 1933.
Aner and eschol portions
@CharlieChaplinsAngel No, it's his other eye who works too hard....^^
I absolutely love Groucho as a comedian but don't confuse his character with the man himself. No one is perfect and he had quite a few flaws.
No--say it ain't so...
Well, I've reached the conclusion that many geniuses have "flaws" when judged by "normal" people.
Of course he did .... His House had a 1st Flaw a 2nd Flaw and I believe a 3rd Flaw! .... And a Basement!
Down in flaw-da!
This is classic Pickup Game. Any man watching this should remember marx's body language and how he negged the target. This man was the greatest seducer of his age. A notorious womanizer and this is how he did it.
Classic
Could be titled "Groucho roasts thots left and right".
ain't that the truth...goddamn inflammation
I found a new show that is old...
You definitely have to adjust the setting. It makes all the difference. 1.25
Groucho was said to be horse-hung!
I could dance with you till the cows come home... on second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows till you come home. lol
Huh!
Roasted
Hey marcel Just because it isn't riddled with "jokes" about knicker knockers and farts like English "humor" I still enjoy watching it time and time again.
Brilliant comedy. A laugh a minute. Margaret Dumont was the perfect foil for Groucho.
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This clip never gets old!
"Will you marry me? Did he leave you any money? Answer the second question first."
I never get tired of that! :D :D
you left out a hungadunda..... the most important one.
Nobody else is as witty, quick on the draw, and more of a character than Groucho Marx. One of the best comedians that ever lived. :D
Bob Veinne I
The Marx Brothers are the greatest comedy team of all time; and Groucho Marx is the GREATEST comedic genius, of ALL TIME !!!!!!!!!!
Yes sir LEGENDARY
Dumont;"I want you to meet a very charming lady."
Groucho;"And it's about time!"
I'd give anything for a time machine to go and see them in vaudeville.
How about, specifically, the night when the brothers switched things up and played each other's roles?
Right!? Me too!!
Lol!! Be ready for a strip show. They were well known for coming out on stage completely naked. Especially if they knew there were Nuns in the audience.
You'd give anything? What do you have?
Magaret Dumont is always superb.
Take a card.
@@andrewmalenda199
“Card? What should I do with the card?”
"You can keep it, I've got 51 left."
Utterly brilliant, over eighty years old and it still hasn't been matched. When this film was
shown at the BFI last year, the audience was falling out of their seat with laughter.
Hard to believe when "Duck Soup" was first shown, it was a huge flop.
I believe it was because they were recycling material they had already used in their radio show so it was a case at the time of "heard it before".
But, as we see the gags still work today.
Everytime I watch Duck Soup, I pick up something new. Groucho is quick.
This is nearly a century old and it's still as funny as hell.
yes 90 years old and we still watching it
I was only about 13 or so when my dad showed me Duck Soup for the first time. This is the greatest comedy ever made for its time. Groucho was extremely funny and had such a wit. I only hope to be a fraction of the man he was.
That's a good Dad! Similar story for me. Pure comedy!
I defy anyone to come up with a funnier line, from anywhere in human history, than this film's closing line:
"Remember, men; we're fighting for this woman's honor, which is probably more than she ever did."
Really true in this day and age! lol
"This is a gala day for you."
"Well, gal a day is enough for me. I don't think I could handle any more."
How about "send help, send help; four men and a woman trapped in a bunker, if you can't send help, send three more women"!!!
@@nickyd.4695 Excellent contender; as is:
RUFUS: "Will you marry me? Did your husband leave you any money? Answer the second question first."
@@tadimaggio Good one but I like your first one better.
I loved Harpo doing the Paul Revere ride right into the young maiden’s house. Next scene shows his shoes, her shoes, and the horse shoes!
Genius, pure genius!
How the hell could anyone dislike this?
Never seen an act that is so 100% original. No-one like any of them since. Love the irreverence.!