[78-L] Duck, Chico!

[Malcolm Rockwell]

On 12/26/2011 1:19 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 12/26/2011 11:37, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>> ...and, oh yeah!
>> Last night I watched Duck Soup on TCM for the first time all the way
>> through and was unimpressed. Osborne jacked it up as the greatest Marx
>> Brothers film ( the last one with Zeppo in it) ever made. It was a study
>> in antic humor but the jokes were stale, as if they'd been done one time
>> too many, and the musical numbers far overblown. In the film's defense,
>> it was the Marx Brothers! IMNSHO, the funniest bits contained Edgar
>> Kennedy, the stooge who ran the second cart in front of the palace.
>> Chico and Harpo were in full glory and Kennedy was perfectly cast.
>> How does the "Hail, Freedonia" anthem end? Every time the chorus got
>> that far they seem to be mumbling and I never could figure it out. Maybe
>> that was done on purpose? It would serve me right if it was.
>> Mal
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> You mean, "Hail, Hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free"!
>
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Sure. Yeah, that's it!
All I heard was "Hail, Hail Freedonia, land of thbfrtflktgrf..."
Makes sense either way.
Thanks,
Mal