You know it’s coming, but you still crack up when it comes. It doesn’t matter if you have seen it a thousand times, it’s still as funny as the first time. Now that is classic comedy!
Chico is playing a "Dumb Dora," the apparently stupid person who by twisted logic ends up on top. The master of this kind of gag was Gracie Allen. One of the last echoes of it was Eva Gabor on "Green Acres." Classic vaudeville.
The pacing and pausing was based on actually running these skits before live audiences in theaters to gauge how much laughter each line generated, so that when filmed, they would pause after each line just long enough to let the movie audience laugh before going on to the next line, to make sure that the laughter didn't cover each next line. Without a live movie audience, watching these films seem oddly paced at times, but they didn't make the films for solo watching on TV or online, but in theaters of hundreds of laughing viewers, which was something only performers used to live performances like the Marx Brothers or WC Fields grasped when making films, that is, know when the laughs are going to step on their next lines unless they pause a bit.
To quote him from Duck Soup "Chicolini may look like an idiot and he may talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot!"- referring to Chico.🤣
all this clause stuff sounds a lot simpler than some of the stuff you get now....... who the hell reads insurance contracts never mind understand them !
Some of the best and most clever writing and delivery in the history of cinema!!!
"I can read, but I can't see it!"
Pure gold.
this has got to be thee very best sketch ive seen in my life ..... bloody well love these guys ....
"You haven't got a baboon in your pocket have you?" What a line!
I am sure if Harpo was there. He would have taken it out of his long coat
Grouch's express at his brother's joke at the end is priceless.😊😅
And to end on a cracking joke "There ain't no Santa Clause". The whole family were so talented, sadly missed and never replaced.
Classic line
You know it’s coming, but you still crack up when it comes. It doesn’t matter if you have seen it a thousand times, it’s still as funny as the first time. Now that is classic comedy!
Not only smart and funny, but a dig on the legal system of contracts. Not everyone could pull this bit over like these guys.
-Well, your word's good enough for me. Now then, is my word good enough for you?
-I SHOULD SAY NOT.
-Well, that takes out two more clauses. 🤣
Chico is playing a "Dumb Dora," the apparently stupid person who by twisted logic ends up on top. The master of this kind of gag was Gracie Allen. One of the last echoes of it was Eva Gabor on "Green Acres." Classic vaudeville.
And you forgot Eb and Mr Kimball and everyone else in Hooterville. The only sane person was Oliver Douglas.
@@harryprice6019 Nobody forget Costello, now. He LIVED by crooked math.
I loved " Green Gables".
@@harryprice6019And Sam Drucker.
"I don't like the second party either" ..."you should have came to the first party we didn't home until 4 in the morning" LOL
Just so great! You cant fool me! There ain't no sanity clause!
I hear that modern contract negotiations usually go about the same way.
Sheer brilliance!
Haven’t got a baboon in your pocket? That’s the dumbest thing ever but I can’t stop laughing
They were and still are Hysterical.😂🤣 Clean joking and acting.
Pure Genius and script never been bettered; sadly they had a corrupting effect on me 🤣🤣🤣
"I was blind for 3 days" 😆
😂
I love this kind of humor, back before laugh tracks became rampant and dictated when stupid people should laugh.
Couldn't agree more this was a golden age for intelligent laughter. Now ppl need to be told to laugh it's very sad.
@@bellabear653 What if we can change all that for good?
The pacing and pausing was based on actually running these skits before live audiences in theaters to gauge how much laughter each line generated, so that when filmed, they would pause after each line just long enough to let the movie audience laugh before going on to the next line, to make sure that the laughter didn't cover each next line. Without a live movie audience, watching these films seem oddly paced at times, but they didn't make the films for solo watching on TV or online, but in theaters of hundreds of laughing viewers, which was something only performers used to live performances like the Marx Brothers or WC Fields grasped when making films, that is, know when the laughs are going to step on their next lines unless they pause a bit.
There were genius comedians
"Thats all right there's no ink in it anyhow" 😆😆
They were way head of their time. Classic
No, they were perfect for their time. That’s what made them great. 🤦🏻♂️
This is exactly why Attorneys make money
I like the looks Groucho is giving him.
It's like he's saying ~"He's an idiot isnt he."|
To quote him from Duck Soup "Chicolini may look like an idiot and he may talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot!"- referring to Chico.🤣
I should have gone to the other party Sounds like a Hoot
Nobody could give side-eye like Groucho.
I liked the first part
The party of the first part? Or the first part of the party of the first part?
@@yf-n7710 the first part of the party of the first part😂
Groucho and Chico would make terrible financial aid consultants.
No sanity claus…😂
3:53 Not in front of the children! Lol
Love this!!!
Genius. You can be funny without foul language.
VERY FUNNY A CLASSIC COMEDY TEAM
two of the marx brothers
all this clause stuff sounds a lot simpler than some of the stuff you get now.......
who the hell reads insurance contracts never mind understand them !
This should be part of the LSATs!
I love it :-)
They were great without using foul language like now, miss them.
Their innuendos obviously go over your head.
@@baronarmenian5019 "That's what I always say, love flies out the door, when money comes innuendo!"
@@darthrevan9858 nice
...the first of their many films...The Coconuts...
They're doing the new contracts in operation now
He hated paper work for took
😂😂😂😂😂😂❤️
Look there's $36,000,000,000,000 in red ink too. 😊
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