Movies Watched -- The Cocoanuts (1929)

Added on by C. Maoxian.

93 minute running time … Marx Brothers movie from 1929 making fun of the Florida land boom and bust … “You can have any kind of a home you want to. You can even get stucco -- Oh, how you can get stuck-o!“ The usual word play, slapstick humor, and general zaniness interspersed with musical numbers … it was a charming formula and I had quite a few laughs. This was their first big-screen comedy.

Groucho’s dinner speech:

In behalf of the Rotary Club of Minneapolis, I wanted to take this occasion of welcoming you to Waukegan ... No, no, I, er, I mean, in recognition of my many years of service with the railroad, you have presented me with these ties. Now, that, of course, reminds me of the story of the Irishman. It's so funny. I wish I could think of it. Oft in the stilly night, the trembling of a leaf can be heard, sighing through the trees, and the babbling brook as it wends its way onward, babbling and ...
Why a duck?

Why a duck?