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The Marx Brothers were American *waggling eyebrows*
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The Marx Brothers were American *waggling eyebrows*
Thanks, Anna, you've reminded me to look out for their movies again - "A Day at the Races" is my favourite.
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All right, I can't hide the shame anymore...MY all time favorite: Search for the Holy Grail (I know, I know, I’m getting old) When King Arthur meets “Dennis” in the autonomous collective …. “you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power ‘cause some watery tart threw a sword at you. I mean, if I went around sayin’ I was the emperor just because some moistened bink had lobbed a scimitar at me they’d put me away” It just slays me. For those interested in a good Monthy Python page: http://montypython.net/grailsounds.php3
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I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully Yes indeed; neither causes terminal indigestion in the other. Hi, Shona, You say this with much assurance. Did you ever inquire among sharks?
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>Did you ever inquire among sharks?
I have to remind you that Jackie doesn't like us to discuss politicians!
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Jackie
Perhaps my favourite slapstick film/moment (as opposed to humour in general) has got to be Chaplin's Easy Street (have I got the name right?), with the entire window-upstairs-downstairs thing between Chaplin, the girl (Paulette Goddard?) and the policeman.
One for my younger days though... slapstick doesn't quite do it for me any more
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< Easy Street>
Yes, Shanks, Easy Street (made in 1917) is still a very funny half-hour. Edna Purviance (what a fascinating surname!) played the missionary; Paulette Goddard didn't work with Chaplin until Modern Times in 1935.
Our film society had a double bill of Chaplin (The kid plus Modern Times) a couple of months ago. A wonderful evening of fun and nostalgia.
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<Bush … spoonerism>
I'm sure that Dr Spooner would refer to the two candidates as Gush and Bore.
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There goes any reputation I may have tried to maintain for infallibility. Thanks for the info, though. Was it the same actress (Edna Purviance) in all his early classics (Gold Rush et al)?
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