The Marx Brothers

TheDom · 04.13.2006, 06:49 PM

These guys are amazing. I could watch their films all day, everyday. Please, tell me there are some fans of them on this board.

This could also turn into a favorite Marx Brothers poll, so look out.

Kim C Not G · 04.13.2006, 08:04 PM

I lovvvee them. I have the boxset. I love how all different styles of humor are shown within them. Groucho is my favorite of course. His humor is so smooth and fast. If I were alive back in the day, I'd be one of the chicks hanging over him haha.

TheDom · 04.13.2006, 09:44 PM

Only 1 reply??

I wish I had that box set. I've only seen Duck Soup and Horse Feathers, but those 2 are amazing. I don't even know how to explain it, it's just crazy.

noumenal · 04.13.2006, 09:48 PM

I've seen 2 or 3 of their movies - they're very funny. I should watch them again, it's been a few years.

Kim C Not G · 04.13.2006, 10:04 PM

Don't their movies kinda make you hate the comedy nowadays almost? Like how low we've become or something haha.

samrago · 04.13.2006, 10:59 PM

I saw this post and couldn't resist. who could forget that mirror dance in duck soup? magnificent!

Flen flyys · 04.14.2006, 12:31 AM

Oh man, I love the Marx Brothers, especially Graucho. It's strange, I'm not usually super into physical comedy, but there are times when Harpo has made me laugh out loud uncontrolably. I'm just a huge fan of all their movies. There's an old movie theater around where I live and they show Marx Brother's movies from time to time...I've only been to see 'A Night at the Opera' but it's great on the big screen in an old-timey theater.

dietzer123 · 04.14.2006, 01:23 AM

they say a mans bestfriend outside of a dog is a book. inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

IntoTheGroovey · 04.14.2006, 01:51 AM

Duck Soup is gold. I've also seen the one where they're on a cruise ship or something and they keep piling a bunch of people into a cabin, can't remember the name of it.

TheDom · 04.14.2006, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by IntoTheGroovey

Duck Soup is gold. I've also seen the one where they're on a cruise ship or something and they keep piling a bunch of people into a cabin, can't remember the name of it.

yeah, I found that clip on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLIYu...arx%20brothers

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 04.14.2006, 05:33 PM

I love the Marx brothers. Groucho is my favorite. I also love the musical numbers. They are very talented musicians. There is a scene, I think it is in a day at the races, where chico plays the piano, and then harpo takes the harp out of the piano and plays it. Great stuff.

Bertrand · 04.15.2006, 04:28 AM

They were so great & wild. How can Harpo burn so many books (was that in Soup?). Duck Soup is wonderful.
I used to be really fond of Harpo when I was young, then I found Groucho to be classier, and now & then I tend to favour Chico whose talk amazes me (taxes, taxis, Texas in Duck Soup).
A bit like Sonic Youth maybe - hard to pick the one who turns you on the most.
Lee with a moustache? Kim as Harpo? Thurston with a shapeless hat? Steve as Zeppo (or better, dressed as Margaret Dumont)?
Love it when Groucho sits on the dames lap, when he faces his fake reflections in Duck Soup, love it when Harpo bludgeons don't-know-who in Opera...
What I like is that they don't make any kind of pause for the audience to laugh, recover & start from all over again. They carry on their random cruelty.
(By the way "Carry On" was a series of English comedies I never saw, said to be terribly openly stupid).

Rob Instigator · 04.17.2006, 10:02 AM

I checked out all their movies from the library a few years back. great fucking anarchic stuff. I forward past the plot point shit when the marxes are not on screen though.
Harpo cracks me the fuck up ridiculous with his faces.

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!@#$%! · 04.17.2006, 12:35 PM

i've seen a few of them and while i liked them they were not as funny as i expected

buster keaton however gives me bellyaches--

Rob Instigator · 11.13.2012, 02:48 PM

Buster Keaton is boring.

Pookie · 11.13.2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Buster Keaton is boring.

True enough.

These three words alone are funnier than all of Buster Keaton's films put together:

Anything further father.

Rob Instigator · 11.13.2012, 03:06 PM

"I couldn't fool you on a piece of pipe, not a woman like you." - Groucho Marx

evollove · 11.13.2012, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Buster Keaton is boring.

<-----No I'm not.

evollove · 11.13.2012, 03:12 PM

This is probably good enough to prove otherwise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkdtS8OFlA

Anyway, I don't see the point in comparing a great silent comedian to a great comedy troupe (other than the films are in b&w and American).

By the way, HORSE FEATHERS often gets overlooked. It shouldn't. One of the Marxs' best.

Rob Instigator · 11.13.2012, 03:21 PM

Horse Feathers is awesome.

Their first 5-6 films work best as anarchy. after that the studios tried to make actual plot-driven drama films with the Marx Bros as comedic element.

04.13.2006, 06:49 PM	#1
TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	These guys are amazing. I could watch their films all day, everyday. Please, tell me there are some fans of them on this board. This could also turn into a favorite Marx Brothers poll, so look out.
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04.13.2006, 08:04 PM	#2
Kim C Not G bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 109	I lovvvee them. I have the boxset. I love how all different styles of humor are shown within them. Groucho is my favorite of course. His humor is so smooth and fast. If I were alive back in the day, I'd be one of the chicks hanging over him haha.
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04.13.2006, 09:44 PM	#3
TheDom expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nashville. Posts: 1,924	Only 1 reply?? I wish I had that box set. I've only seen Duck Soup and Horse Feathers, but those 2 are amazing. I don't even know how to explain it, it's just crazy.
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04.13.2006, 09:48 PM	#4
noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	I've seen 2 or 3 of their movies - they're very funny. I should watch them again, it's been a few years.
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04.13.2006, 10:04 PM	#5
Kim C Not G bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 109	Don't their movies kinda make you hate the comedy nowadays almost? Like how low we've become or something haha.
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04.13.2006, 10:59 PM	#6
samrago little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pgh, PA Posts: 39	I saw this post and couldn't resist. who could forget that mirror dance in duck soup? magnificent!
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04.14.2006, 12:31 AM	#7
Flen flyys little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 64	Oh man, I love the Marx Brothers, especially Graucho. It's strange, I'm not usually super into physical comedy, but there are times when Harpo has made me laugh out loud uncontrolably. I'm just a huge fan of all their movies. There's an old movie theater around where I live and they show Marx Brother's movies from time to time...I've only been to see 'A Night at the Opera' but it's great on the big screen in an old-timey theater. __________________ "That's part of your problem, you know, you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies."---Grand Canyon
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dietzer123 stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 419	they say a mans bestfriend outside of a dog is a book. inside of a dog it's too dark to read. __________________ I smoke. If this bothers anyone, I suggest you look around at the world in which we live and shut your fuckin' mouth.-bill hicks
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IntoTheGroovey bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 197	Duck Soup is gold. I've also seen the one where they're on a cruise ship or something and they keep piling a bunch of people into a cabin, can't remember the name of it. __________________ The owls are not what they seem.
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04.14.2006, 05:33 PM	#11
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I love the Marx brothers. Groucho is my favorite. I also love the musical numbers. They are very talented musicians. There is a scene, I think it is in a day at the races, where chico plays the piano, and then harpo takes the harp out of the piano and plays it. Great stuff.
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04.15.2006, 04:28 AM	#12
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,267	They were so great & wild. How can Harpo burn so many books (was that in Soup?). Duck Soup is wonderful. I used to be really fond of Harpo when I was young, then I found Groucho to be classier, and now & then I tend to favour Chico whose talk amazes me (taxes, taxis, Texas in Duck Soup). A bit like Sonic Youth maybe - hard to pick the one who turns you on the most. Lee with a moustache? Kim as Harpo? Thurston with a shapeless hat? Steve as Zeppo (or better, dressed as Margaret Dumont)? Love it when Groucho sits on the dames lap, when he faces his fake reflections in Duck Soup, love it when Harpo bludgeons don't-know-who in Opera... What I like is that they don't make any kind of pause for the audience to laugh, recover & start from all over again. They carry on their random cruelty. (By the way "Carry On" was a series of English comedies I never saw, said to be terribly openly stupid).
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04.17.2006, 10:02 AM	#13
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	I checked out all their movies from the library a few years back. great fucking anarchic stuff. I forward past the plot point shit when the marxes are not on screen though. Harpo cracks me the fuck up ridiculous with his faces. !!! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	i've seen a few of them and while i liked them they were not as funny as i expected buster keaton however gives me bellyaches--
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Buster Keaton is boring. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	"I couldn't fool you on a piece of pipe, not a woman like you." - Groucho Marx __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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evollove invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,879	This is probably good enough to prove otherwise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlkdtS8OFlA Anyway, I don't see the point in comparing a great silent comedian to a great comedy troupe (other than the films are in b&w and American). By the way, HORSE FEATHERS often gets overlooked. It shouldn't. One of the Marxs' best.
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11.13.2012, 03:21 PM	#20
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	Horse Feathers is awesome. Their first 5-6 films work best as anarchy. after that the studios tried to make actual plot-driven drama films with the Marx Bros as comedic element. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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