Duck Soup clip

[Zecoatl]

Ahh... Groucho.

The original Troll.

[7outof9gone]

King of the one liners All hail G!

[Veritas1925]

BRILLIANT  !

[Veritas1925]

"You haven't stopped talking since I got here.... you must have been vaccinated with a phonoraph needle"

HA HA HA HA HA HA

[ipolson]

I have a great interview with Groucho where he says he was in Canada and a catholic priest came up to him and said ' I want to thank you for bringing so much pleasure into the world'. Groucho said ' Thank you, and I want to thank you for taking so much pleasure out of it !' . A true genius.

[kob7890]

"This is a gala day for you".

"Well a gal a day is enough for me - I dont think I could handle anymore".

CLASSIC!!!!

[Thisismyusername1010]

I'm not sure, but I think Margaret Dumont might have been in more of their films than Zeppo. Anyone know for sure?

[sov6rulz]

@Thisismyusername1010 I just looked this up! I believe Margaret was in 7 and Zeppo in 5. Apparently Groucho refered to her as "the fifth Marx brother"

[Thisismyusername1010]

@sov6rulz So does that mean he totally shunned Gummo?

[sov6rulz]

@Thisismyusername1010 I guess just in terms of the films because Gummo was never in the movies

[Thisismyusername1010]

@sov6rulz Yeah, I wonder why that was?

[sov6rulz]

@Thisismyusername1010 Maybe he just wasn't interested in entertainment

[Thisismyusername1010]

@sov6rulz He was in their Vaudville acts when they were younger. It's too bad we can't ask him. :( R.I.P. The Marx Brothers.

[WSenator1]

God, this is funny! Even though "Horse Feathers" is my favorite Marx Brothers film, "Duck Soup" sure ain't bad, either. Groucho's rapid-fire puns, jokes and delivery leave me breathless!

[Larrylarp]

"I was with him until the very end"

"No wonder he passed away"

[VikingThor1]

you can leave in a minute and a huff

[popomatic1970]

One of my favorite movies of all time. No matter how many times I see this it still makes me howl with laughter. Groucho was one sarcastic, funny guy.. way ahead of his time.

[seankinsellasean]

i wish i was as witty as groucho

[TheOnepoop]

@seankinsellasean dont we all but it takes a certain type of person to make people look so stupid but still awaken wierd admiration in them its like groucho is everybodys father

[Videogeek95]

@seankinsellasean You just have to be very smartalicky, If you get a comback in your head just let it fly. It takes lots of practice. But look at me, I'm probably the biggest jerk you'd ever meet. No, don't worry, I'd get to know ya a bit then I'd become an ass, but trust me by that time you wouldn't even notice when I did it. Infact most people always laugh at my comebacks, comments, and smart remarks.

[seankinsellasean]

@Videogeek95 I can do the dumb groucho dances im happy enough with that:P

[Darkzebrahead]

Groucho's humor is just as fresh today as it was 75 years ago.

[Videogeek95]

@Darkzebrahead no, it's times fresher. Infact, ten to one says that any commedian could use one of his lines and easily kill with everyone thinking it was theirs.

[ChrislovesKrystal]

Never mind that stuff. Take a card!

[Abstract67]

you expecting somebody?

[Abstract67]

you expecting somebody?

[Abstract67]

you expecting somebody?

[MottTheWot]

There is no doubt Duck Soup is the funniest movie ever made, the next 4 after that are Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horsefeathers and A Night At The Opera

[MottTheWot]

There is no doubt Duck Soup is the funniest movie ever made, the next 4 after that are Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horsefeathers and A Night At The Opera

[bapyou]

Hail hail Freedonia!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BKBroilerman13]

This is my favorite marx brother's movie!

Groucho is my comedic hero!!

[Castorell]

"Don't look now...but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you."

Gets me every time!

[panacea999]

His moustache is painted on! I don't know why I find that so funny, but I do

[Redrum200proof]

"Never mind that pick a card."

[dougrhon]

"So I see, then it was moider."

[Casablinker]

Has there ever been a greater scence in comedy history? NO! The greatest comedian EVER

[Smithereen1]

I was going to say, 'I am not the mesiah' from Life of Brian. But, your probably right.

[ccfc73]

I'd say the scene in Night at the Opera where everyone is piling into Groucho's room on the ocean liner tops this.

A minor quibble though.

[Casablinker]

While I concur to some degree like Miss Jean Brodie, the Duck soup scene is the best because it is my favourite.

The dialogue is better IMO

[MEGAIRONMETALHEAD]

wat a funny guy, did i say funny, i meant hilarious

[BeardedHoplite]

truly hail, freedonia

[LWall2000]

What a genius Groucho! I hadn't seen this clip in a LONG time and didn't realize just how closely it resembles later Gilbert and Sullivan (Grand Duke for example) both in style, dialogue and musical style.

[FulchesterUnited]

Feel free to follow through on that. Will save the rest of us from having to listen to your ridiculous comments. Groucho is the best Comedian the US ever produced or is every likely to.... The only guys who come close (for me) are Kauffman and Carlin...

[Oneiva]

Groucho? I didnt say that on this vid?

[FulchesterUnited]

"OMG So emo wth watching this makes me wanna kill myseft."

As I said... feel free...

[jdsmyhero85]

"you can leave in a taxi, if you don't wanna leave in a taxi, you can leave in a huff; if that's too soon you can leave in a minute in a huff." hahahahahahahaha Amazing!

[albee1000]

Classic stuff.

[jorel845]

It looks like he tries to pull the card trick on the representative from Sylvania, but backs off. Never noticed that before!

[albee1000]

I'd have never noticed that if you hadn't pointed it out. Good eye!

[kangamoo6]

I love that! Had me in stitches there...

[darius595]

The pun is the highest form of humor.

[danutcase66]

@darius595

hmmm...The only time you can do a pun and get away with it is if you say it due to it's cheeziness and people laugh because it's cheezy OR if you are Groucho Marx.

This film is brilliant, laugh and you miss two more gags. It is 2010 and yet something that was released in 1933 still makes us laugh. Extraordinary.

[Gargantupimp]

@darius595 Yes you can say they are Punderful! ;)

[iJ3NIU5]

@darius595 puns are punny :)

[Videogeek95]

@iJ3NIU5 That's the punniest pun that's possibly ever been punned.

[domkoehller0407]

"phonograph needle....." :-) They're brilliant :-)

[guillerm004]

This feels like Rodney Dangerfield on speed. I'm sorry if I offend people, but I don't find this amusing, maybe it's just a personal dislike for the pun, but I don't find it as amusing as I hoped it would be.

[LazlosPlane]

How old are you? Under 40, I bet.

As the generations who didn't watch this once a month on TV increases, the appreciation of the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Jimmy Durante, etc, becomes smaller and smaller. If it seems like Rod. Dngrfld on speed, you don't get it at all, and sadly, you never will.

[guillerm004]

If you knew where I was from, you'd know i'm lucky to know who Groucho Marx and Charlie Chaplin ARE, all they know over here is kat williams and daddy yankee and it really dissapoints me. Like I said, it's the pun that just doesn't get to mee, it's cheeky insult after cheeky insult, not all jokes have to look other people down you know.

[LazlosPlane]

Not to disparage you in the slightest--knowing WHO they (and Chaplin, and Laurel and Hardy, et al,) are is irrelevant. That their humor does not register with you is, to me, tragic. It bespeaks so much of how much society has changed over the past 25 to 30 years, ways that would have been thought impossible. I barely recognize the world and it's culture, aesthetics, etc....

[TigerRocket]

"Cheeky insult after cheeky insult" can actually be funny! You seem to take it so seriously. The humor here isn't "looking other people down," but poking fun at character & social convention, I find Groucho's material and delivery hysterical! He also mentions Eugene O'Neil, this entire scene is a satire on his play of the period, 'Strange Interlude' (Pulitzer Prize 1928). Read a synopsis of this and then view the scene. I find it incredibly funny! Groucho was a comedic genius of the first order.

[TigerRocket]

Sorry, the 'Eugene O'Neil reference is from 'Animal Crackers,' not this scene,...my mistake. The rest still holds though.

TR

[danutcase66]

@LazlosPlane

I completely agree.

Although I am 18, I have huge admiration for the classic comedians who are critically acclaimed and revered. The Marx Brothers, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Larry David, Christopher Guest, Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant (They need to do a bit more to get to that level) are superb. However, sadly, like you said, people are becoming morons - Katie Price, Paris Hilton and people like that are better known than true genius comedians listed above.

It is a shame.

[SuperElm]

@danutcase66

If you haven't seen them, I'd recommend Some Like it Hot and The Apartment directed by Billy Wilder.

[fredorulz1]

@SuperElm some like it hot has to be the best movie ever. considering it was made in the 50's its so far ahead of its time and so funny. a must see movie.

[SuperElm]

@fredorulz1

Yeah it is definitely one of my favourites. I didn't find The Apartment as good, but I still enjoyed it immensely. This film (Duck Soup) is also ahead of its time. The Marx Brothers humour doesn't seem to match any other from their era.

[Alyosha253]

The Marx Brothers were the masters of comedy.

[sserdlihcnaes]

priceless

[philgexile]

One of the funniest people that ever lived....

[Veggieman87]

First time I saw this movie, I was singing "Hail, Hail Freedonia..." for weeks.

[DrFurball]

This man is my idol.

[BCoriginal1]

Mine too. Groucho was WAY ahead of his time. Man if only I could have met him during his lifetime.

[illlite]

@BCoriginal1 THey just don't come like they used to///

[lobaxx]

@BCoriginal1

What, did you meet him after? :O

[BCoriginal1]

@lobaxx Yeah but he wasn't really quite the talkative quipster I thought he was. ^__^

[Imakemoviesthatrule]

@BCoriginal1 In the style of Groucho I'll reply to that with "You can still meet him, but it won't do you any good, I bet he wouldn't enjoy it either on the count of he's dead."

[mardawg12]

people simply aren't this funny now. "comedians" could learn a lot from them

[Tsippi]

There are people who don't get the credit they deserve. Groucho is one of them.

[SLACKER614]

classic comedy and satire...one of their best i think..