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If those things -- where Groucho says, "From now on, anyone caught in the halls will be shot," Harpo having everything in the world inside his trench coat aren't in this film, which one are they in? It has admittedly been years since I've seen it, but those things do exist, and if not in this film, which one?
Rlquall 21:27, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know the copyright status of this film? Meekrob 17:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Wow, this article is messy.
It probably should be mentioned that the "cut the cards" gag was not only included in the Bugs Bunny cartoon ''Bugs Bunny Rides Again'', but also in a Three Stooges short subject. (I'm wondering if this kind of card gag is actually an old vaudeville joke, since both The Marx Bros. and the Three Stooges were products of vaudeville.) I'm sorry, I can't recall the name of the Three Stooges short that has that gag. I think another comedy buff does, though. --- JS. 164.58.96.126 20:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I should probably just stop analyzing gags too seriously, and get off Wikipedia (I've been on here long enough today already!). Cinemaniac ( talk • contribs • critique) 20:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
I added a paragraph about this joke. I know you will come down on me for not providing adequate footnotes, but I think it's pretty commonly known that the Brothers were hard hit by the Depression ([ [1]]) and to me the reference is clear. Richard K. Carson 04:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
When Chico mentions the two professional football players, it sounds to me like he’s saying ‘Mullen and McCarty’, although The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia lists the second of these as ‘McCarthy’ - but I don’t think ‘MacHardie’ is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.107.78.193 ( talk) 23:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Having recently seen the Stooges' "Three Little Pigskins", it's interesting to see how writers would steal from each other. Early in the game, they tell Harpo to tackle whoever has the ball. So of course he tackles the ref, who's carrying the ball. The Stooges use the exact same joke in their film. Then there's a place where someone gets injured. Groucho asks, "Is there a doctor in the stands?" A man says, "I'm a doctor!" Groucho says, "How do you like the game, Doc?" Bugsy would use a variant on the same joke in Hair-Raising Hare. And on and on it goes. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:39, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Where does this information come from? The film is in black and white, and in the movie poster he's clearly blond. APL ( talk) 23:49, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Does this article need the notable scenes section? To me it looks like a bloated trivia section... Tommyt ( talk) 20:05, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Someone raised an issue about the Notable scenes section over a year ago that was archived without receiving a response. The issue raised was that the section in question is a trivia and quote farm. I agree. The section is largely unsourced, uses weasel words and seems to be stating a lot of someone's unsupported opinion. It's practically a fancruft dump. There is no focus to the section or argument made, it's just a spewing of dialog and site gags from the film with no indication of why those particular elements are more notable than any other in the film, or any other performed by the Marxes in other films. Without sources or structure it's just someone's opinion on what he thought was particularly cool about the film the last time he saw it. 71.200.89.119 ( talk) 15:11, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
An editor rightly corrected someone's original research on this expression. "Stuck on..." as in "in love with" has been around for at least a century, though it may be considered old-fashioned nowadays. The editor points out a Lionel Richie song, and there's also Elvis Presley's punning song which goes, "I'm gonna stick like glue / 'Cause I'm stuck on you." There's a Billy Murray song from sometime in the 1910s, a comic song about an overweight girlfriend named "Juanita": "Far off in Spain / When you're stuck on a dame ..." ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:08, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 |
If those things -- where Groucho says, "From now on, anyone caught in the halls will be shot," Harpo having everything in the world inside his trench coat aren't in this film, which one are they in? It has admittedly been years since I've seen it, but those things do exist, and if not in this film, which one?
Rlquall 21:27, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Does anyone know the copyright status of this film? Meekrob 17:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Wow, this article is messy.
It probably should be mentioned that the "cut the cards" gag was not only included in the Bugs Bunny cartoon ''Bugs Bunny Rides Again'', but also in a Three Stooges short subject. (I'm wondering if this kind of card gag is actually an old vaudeville joke, since both The Marx Bros. and the Three Stooges were products of vaudeville.) I'm sorry, I can't recall the name of the Three Stooges short that has that gag. I think another comedy buff does, though. --- JS. 164.58.96.126 20:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
I should probably just stop analyzing gags too seriously, and get off Wikipedia (I've been on here long enough today already!). Cinemaniac ( talk • contribs • critique) 20:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
I added a paragraph about this joke. I know you will come down on me for not providing adequate footnotes, but I think it's pretty commonly known that the Brothers were hard hit by the Depression ([ [1]]) and to me the reference is clear. Richard K. Carson 04:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
When Chico mentions the two professional football players, it sounds to me like he’s saying ‘Mullen and McCarty’, although The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia lists the second of these as ‘McCarthy’ - but I don’t think ‘MacHardie’ is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.107.78.193 ( talk) 23:40, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Having recently seen the Stooges' "Three Little Pigskins", it's interesting to see how writers would steal from each other. Early in the game, they tell Harpo to tackle whoever has the ball. So of course he tackles the ref, who's carrying the ball. The Stooges use the exact same joke in their film. Then there's a place where someone gets injured. Groucho asks, "Is there a doctor in the stands?" A man says, "I'm a doctor!" Groucho says, "How do you like the game, Doc?" Bugsy would use a variant on the same joke in Hair-Raising Hare. And on and on it goes. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 04:39, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Where does this information come from? The film is in black and white, and in the movie poster he's clearly blond. APL ( talk) 23:49, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Does this article need the notable scenes section? To me it looks like a bloated trivia section... Tommyt ( talk) 20:05, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Someone raised an issue about the Notable scenes section over a year ago that was archived without receiving a response. The issue raised was that the section in question is a trivia and quote farm. I agree. The section is largely unsourced, uses weasel words and seems to be stating a lot of someone's unsupported opinion. It's practically a fancruft dump. There is no focus to the section or argument made, it's just a spewing of dialog and site gags from the film with no indication of why those particular elements are more notable than any other in the film, or any other performed by the Marxes in other films. Without sources or structure it's just someone's opinion on what he thought was particularly cool about the film the last time he saw it. 71.200.89.119 ( talk) 15:11, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
An editor rightly corrected someone's original research on this expression. "Stuck on..." as in "in love with" has been around for at least a century, though it may be considered old-fashioned nowadays. The editor points out a Lionel Richie song, and there's also Elvis Presley's punning song which goes, "I'm gonna stick like glue / 'Cause I'm stuck on you." There's a Billy Murray song from sometime in the 1910s, a comic song about an overweight girlfriend named "Juanita": "Far off in Spain / When you're stuck on a dame ..." ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 07:08, 3 September 2012 (UTC)