Marx Brothers in Cocoanuts

[mikebgoode005]

funny movie it was made in the Astoria Studios around 36 ave and 37th street

[shortyblackwellll]

five people didn't make a reservaish.

[pinkelephantsarecool]

Hahahaha this is fantasic!!!

[leianog]

I love this clip. They were just like mischeveious children



[BCTMarcus]

Vaudeville!

They were perfectly attuned to one another.

[jackie6639]

Totally fab!!

[DavidWoodFX]

"Would you like a Swede on the third floor?" "No I'll take a Pollock in the basement"

I've don't remember that line.

[puberis]

lol. That part where Harpo slaps Groucho kills me!

[SoxGrrl312]

@puberis It got me too. I was expecting something else but the slap and then the threat with the cane was hilarious!

[Captelov]

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[MissCodswallop]

I love Groucho's line after Harpo picks up the phone (1:48-1:52). My brother and I also get a good laugh at 3:39-3:56. I've only recently discovered the Marx Brothers and I've absolutely fallen in love with them.

[HarpoMarxTheSpot]

Bum. Bum. Rrrrrrrum bum bum!

I love it!

[SimuLord]

Chico was 42, Harpo was 41, Groucho was 39...and Zeppo was a sprightly 27 when this film came out.

Nowadays, Hollywood would tell them "We could never market you, you're too old for our target demographic." Never mind that Groucho would be 121 if he were alive today and he'd probably STILL be funnier than any comedians out there today!

[takineko]

@SimuLord I thought Groucho was 40 at the time.

[SimuLord]

@takineko Groucho was born October 2, 1890, and this film came out in 1929, so he would've been 39.

[takineko]

@SimuLord I see, thanks!

[valley18ful]

the best

[LouisLambert]

How much sense did that NOT make?

(that was a compliment, not an insult)

[dragonfly8486]

harpo is the most beautiful man i've ever seen....and was it just me or did that bell hop smile when harpo gave him his leg after eating his buttons? XD

[rockergirl83]

It isn't shown here, but I love the part where Harpo steals the handkerchief from that same lady's chest with only his teeth. Looked like he was going for something more. I thought Harpo was quite the pimp there! lol

[20sn30sFTW]

@rockergirl83 i'm sure he took her petticoat or something. whatever it was, it was underneath her coat.

[tedwalsh]

wire fence

[kaymae981]

ok. you can stay, but you'll have to get this groundhog outa' here!! too funny!!!!

[sharadh14]

whenever i feel depressed ....i watch marx bros videos..... real antidepressants ;-)

[blizzardballz]

this is why you dont put the Marx Bros. is a rook that has anything contains bells in its design or name.

[blizzardballz]

growing up; and still to this day; my father was/is a trash picker. some things he find elsewhere. growing up my parents had an old cash register. the same one in this scene. my mother still has it to this day. the small portruding part facing the camera is for PRINTING RECEPTS! the flat, white portion above the dror is made of MARBLE, and the highest single amount is $5!!

[chuck50750]

OK! It's Marx Brothers Night! But I am only sharing the Best!

[Dfrankjazz]

Hi fellow MB freaks! I invite you to enjoy my new master class on the music of Chico and Harpo. Free, hilarious, and very educational! Type in "Dave Frank" Marx on Youtube.

Dave Frank

Assoc. Prof, Piano Dept.

Berklee College of Music

[zazu2]

Chico's singing with the cash register & horn utterly floors me everytime!

[HarpoMarxTheSpot]

Bum. Bum. Rrrrrrumbumbum.

[alexandanu]

harpo forever!

[Jessmira23]

LOOOOOOOOL! Omg, they're the best! Comical geniuses I say!

[19florydory00]

Still funny 80+ years later.

[Bellyflops2]

Why does Harpo have intercourse with the register?

[piontro]

Harpo was an angel in disguise, he was a true gentleman in real life, too bad that he never had kids of his own. He adopted some lucky kids, but for some reason he never had kids.

[gibbdreamer]

@piontro The four kids Harpo and his wife susan adopted ARE thier kids. Just because a child dose not come from your body dose not mean your heart knows the differance. Harpo and Susan were just as lucky to be blessed with THIER kids as THIER kids were to be blessed with THIER parents. A 100 per cent WIN / win

[zazu2]

@gibbdreamer very well said... his kids were amazingly lucky, and if you read his autobiography you realise they are of course just as loved as any biological one would be. The way he & Susan told their children of their adoptions through "the story" is one of the most heartwarming things I've ever heard of in my entire life.

[gibbdreamer]

@zazu2 I just spoke my heart. Thank you. Oh, I bought HARPO SPEAKS years ago and treasure it completely. You read LOVE on every page Harpo worte on his family. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It touchs my heart. I love THE STORY, so sweet and beatiful and heartwarming. But by all I have read Harpo was a good loveing family man. , No wonder he makes my heart happy.

[drummers42]

i love the Marx Brothers, and im twelve! their stuff is hilarious! :-)

[piontro]

Good for you drummers42, that proves that you're a smart kid.

[yamsman]

BRILLIANT... The best 5 1/2 minutes of comedy I've ever seen and, likely, ever written.

[MelonHeadFilmz]

what worries me is that many of today's children and teenagers may go through life having never heard of the Marx brothers or seen any of their material. Their genius needs passing down to all the future generations.

[MrRecklessBehavior2]

@MelonHeadFilmz Amen!

[drummers42]

@MrRecklessBehavior2 and MelonHeadFilmz, like i said earlier (up there :P ) i love the marx brothers. unfortunately i am probably the only one in my whole class who has seen and loved one (or all) of their films. i HAVE tried showing a couple of my friends a few of their movies, but it seemed like it went right over their heads.... it is a shame, though, i agree.

[kyly9kelkool]

Harpo looks like Martin Short! lol

[crs0221]

I think this is one of Harpos best movies - he is perfect!

[leafyutube]

Haha! Great chemistry between Chico and Groucho. Harpo especially cracks me up.

How come Zeppo isn't in too many of their routines?

[darkhorsegeorge]

cos zeppo's the straight man :3 groucho actually ranked him as the lowest, then chico, then harpo (then himself, obviously)

although when you think about it zeppo (as straight man) really ought to have been in it more to make funny scenes even more so...

[thomaschavers]

I think i read that groucho said zeppo was the funniest of the 4 in real life.

[LazlosPlane]

We don't watch real life.

[redredreds100]

you should learn your marx brothers, the other three had characters, and things they did, Zeppo didn't, and he was too good looking by their standards to fit in.

[darkhorsegeorge]

i should learn my marx brothers? i KNOW my marx brothers. i know zeppo was the straight man; one would think thats a set character in itself as in all the movies he was in he did the same schtick just like his brothers. harpo was the mute zany one, groucho was the wisecracker, chico was the scammer-sort (well, hes harder to describe XD) and zeppo was the straightman/romancer. i *know* zeppo didnt fit in and i know they expanded his part in one movie to try and appease him...

[BraedenX]

harpo was the mute guy who did all kind of weird unusual stuff who blew his... whatevers all the time and had absolutely EVERYTHING in his pockets or anywhere, which happened to fit senselessly in the scene... my fav character btw lol

[darkhorsegeorge]

yeah thats true :) dont forget that he played the HARP wonderfully. i always loved harpo the best as well. just a certain facial expression or the toot of a horn or a quick whistle can always get me to laugh

[HeraldMB]

In their early years onstage, there was more for Zeppo to do as a straightman. But when they started getting "proper" Broadways shows with love story subplots, the straightman role was given to the romantic leads. Thus Zeppo was left with much less to do.

[redredreds100]

because, there was harpo, and the harp, chico and the piano, groucho and singing, there just was not room for a character like zeppo.

[rodeothug]

Hey Harpo actually spoke. He says bum at least 3 times at the end.

[JeffZHigs1]

actually. he was just mouthing it. chico said it.

[JoelandtheBots]

:21 Groucho smackdown!

[JerryLewisLover]

I died at 0:17!! Any comedian these days would never beat them!

[LTDANMAN44]

the step right up bit was my favorite it had me LOLOL

[goback3spaces]

COCOANUTS is their funniest movie, plus you have that lovely scene where Harpo consoles Polly. This is a movie for fans, whereas DUCK SOUP, marvelous though it is, has been analyzed to death by cineastes, film students, historians and critics.

[Veggieman87]

I will agree with you in that Cocoanuts was the perfect movie to introduce the boys to the world.

[ShyChibi1]

At 2:48, what did Harpo just eat?

Groucho: As a matter of fact, I'm going upstairs to get your partner a stomach pump.

LOL XD

[scotpens]

It's a bit hard to see in this low-quality video, but he's eating a flower. That's why Groucho hands him the whole vase of flowers -- so he can pick a nice tasty one for himself!

[aGlowingTeapot]

I died at 0:21-0:23 lol! A few seconds of pure LOL-Material (As the Marx Brothers kindly give away...)

[marylandfan003]

I am playing that bellboy who gets the buttons eat off

[freeindeed7]

I love the random music (ringing the register turns into opera, being called a bum turns into a march) :)

[ZzCyuga]

3:40-3:56 is one of my favs!

Harpo and Chico rule!

[seandeb2]

Marx bros, abbott and costello, laurel and hardy all classics. Dane Cook not funny at all!

[SBulger29]

Dane Cook steals jokes and without acts like The Ritz Brothers, Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, etc. comedians today would have nothing. These guys paved the way so that Dane Cook could make money without truly knowing what comedy is

[amirdude]

u dunno what your talking about i've watched all the marx brother videos and louis ck has nothing to do with them..... anywayz the marx brothers were first and dane cook is a fag but that doesnt mean louis ck's comedy isnt amazing which it is.

[Ragnemalm]

The Marx brothers are sure classics, and funny too. I don't know any Dane Cook, I guess I prefer the swedish chef. :)

[JeffZHigs1]

thats your opinion

[RICHARDO7100]

WTF AT 2:35 LOL

[vynilistic]

An awesome foursome!

[sekhonkamal]

Marx are the BEST!

No one can ever, ever, ever put them out!!!!!

[LazlosPlane]

Filmed at the Astoria Studios in Queens, NY.

[olivej1914]

"Would you like a suite on the 3rd floor?"

[gomezadam]

i dont get it???? is that supposed to be funny?

[Hnil96]

He misheard it as "Would you like a Swede on the 3rd Floor?" and answered "No I'd like a Pollack in the basement."

[olivej1914]

Chico takes it as "Would you like a Swede on the 3rd floor?"

[tookie9293]

The Marx Brothers. True stoners.

[tookie9293]

One of my all time favorite movies. Harpo is adorable. This is what being an anarchist is all about, not being violent, being funny and getting people off guard.  When I tell people we need a Marxist revolution, I mean this type. Ray Davies is right, celluloid heroes never really die.

[curmudgeon09]

touche!

[adrian4594]

i love the part where he starts humping the cash and they make a song out of it

[laura20022004]

hahahahahahahahaahaha i love these guys

[kratosq8ty]

which movie when Groucho asks chico

how much do get in hour..

for playing we get 10$ in hour..

ok.. what do u get for not playing..

thats 12$ in hour..

clip me off a peice of that..:P

[thomaschavers]

it's from animal crackers

[christiansisson]

I love them!!!!

[Megalomaniac04]

"No! Don't throw that! It's only for long distances!!"

haha, it took me a minute, but when I got it, it was hilarious.

:o)

[djseandu]

I thought it was a great line too....

[Rumplestillskull]

if anyone wants to know how these guys came to be the hilarious guys they were look for a book called Harpo Speaks.

[ShoesB3tch]

I think it's funny how Chico got his name by chasing girls (chicks) and yet it's always Harpo who gets carried away in chasing them.

[alienshinobi84]

I like how Chico and Harpo started playing the Anvil Chorus.

[theshadowcult]

Groucho.... :D

[barravelli]

the founders of modern comedy can't be beaten

[MissHarpoMarx]

A silent movie?

i never herd that...but im happy that they made it a talkie!

[archontic]

That's why they called it silent.

I hate myself for that joke, but I couldn't resist.

[MissHarpoMarx]

Harharhar..very funny.

xD

I wouldnt be able to resist either...i dont blame you..its the Groucho in all of us..lol

[jewgirl43]

I was actually going to be made as a silent movie but with all of the musical scenes it just did not make sence. It was made into a talkie and I am glad that it was.

[PsychicKnife]

Yes, they were going to make it a silent, eliminating all the music and dialogue of the hit Broadway version, and doing away with Groucho and Chico Marx's dialogue, and they were going to make a silent movie in 1929, when virtually every studio converted to sound.

[sarniatownreggae]

I believe Harpo wore a red wig for this movie.

[archontic]

True. But he wore a blond one in the others, since the red showed up too dark.

[PaulPaddickFan]

when was Cocoanuts made...1929 right?

[themindstripper]

yeap