The Marx Bros - Broadway revue I'll Say She Is (1924), filmed in 1931 

Meanwhile, no one remembers Chevalier.

@@fullervisiondotnet Lots of us do. But younger generations who never saw him in films or TV shows have nothing to remember. My grandmother was shocked that I'd never heard of Francis X. Bushman, a star from her WWI generation. You can't remember what you never saw.

Oh but that's not true. I do remember Chevalier. First heard of him watching the Marx Brothers movie "Monkey Business".

That's from "Monkey Business" (1931).

@@hyzercreek It's a scene from a compilation film called "The House That Shadows Built." It was also used for "Monkey Business" that same year, though.

Squant! This was shown in its entirety in the 1982 documentary "The Marx Brothers In A Nutshell". All I could do at the time was audiotape it. I still have it somewhere.

I just noticed the desk drawers are on the wrong side

Any more colours and we'll have a problem on our hands

@@matthewl4067 The Chevalier bit was used as they try to disembark, in Monkey Business. But its a superficial resemblance

I like them, but I also like Moe, Larry, Curly, and sometimes Shemp (forget the two Joes). Different styles, but both comedy teams are equally funny.

Why limit your assessment to the 20th Century, Jessica? I think you could also include the 21st Century.

Dali clearly thought so...he was a fan.

@@philiphalpenny9761 Ah yes, the lost Marx Brothers on Horseback script :-)

There is no such thing as ahead of your time they were right on time

The other brothers maintained that in private, Zeppo was the funniest of all of them.

When they were on Broadway Groucho got sick. Zeppo stepped in and did his part for several nights. Groucho stayed out the rest of the week so Zeppo could have the extra time in the lead.

Zeppo really shows his "glue" in this piece, and I'll guess throughout "I'll Say She Is". While he was active as one of the "Four Marx Brothers", he wrote some of the jokes for the others, especially Harpo. Harpo was difficult to write for and set up in his part, yet arguably the most loved of the four.

Better than Chevalier, certainly.

I was keeping my shit together until he started "milking" that rubber glove! I laughed so hard I think I peed myself a bit. Note to self: Visit the bathroom before watching a Marx Brother's skit!

@@LazyIRanch I just watched it again after 3 years and literally laughed out loud.

He always did.

@@garryferrington811 He did indeed.

The other brothers say Zeppo was the funniest.

I enjoy the part at the very end where he attempts to break that woman's arm.

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Have you thought about transferring the vhs to Mpeg? It's not rocket surgery. I've done it myself.

Buy a couple of spare DVD players now, you'll need them in 20 years...

Yes. Predated the Goons by 10 years. Spike and Groucho were quite similar in their style

That was the funniest part!

That's the point where I lost it! My dog came in to check on me, I was laughing so hard!

I cannot imagine being on stage with all four of them at once.

Despite nearly always playing the "straight man", many people said that he was the funniest off-stage. Due to being the youngest, he grew up watching his elder brothers and could easily imitate any of them. He often stood in for them whenever they were too ill to perform.

Groucho got very sick and Zeppo had to fill in for him in a stage appearance. Zeppo dressed like Groucho and performed his part. Groucho said Zeppo was so funny, and he was such a hit, that he worried if he was going to have a job after that.

Zeppo didn't really like performing and he wasn't very funny, or even a good actor, in their movies.

I always thought he was quite handsome, too! My heart will always belong to Harpo, though. My first love was a Marx Brothers fan, and used to crack me up with his impressions of Harpo. We had a wonderful 8 years together, until he tragically passed at age 32. So many years ago, but I still miss him somethin' awful.

He didn't exactly get a lot of opportunities in their movies to show whether or not he had talent.

No censorship at the time.... In another movie the girl Groucho is trying to marry says "but this is bigamy", and Groucho replies " It is big on me too".

@@osvaldoschilling9129 "Let's all be big for a change!!"

@@Cliff_Dixon_42 KKKKKK||||| Animal crackers...

It was being restricted. 30yrs. before WW1, East Europe starting from Italy on up and eastward, emptied out. Those immigrants had children who became the generation that served in WW11.

@@jamespass4337 It's nice to hear from someone who learns the facts before he speaks.

@MichaelKingsfordGray In Monkey Business this occurs at the end of Groucho's lecture to Chico about Columbus. That makes it a good deal more satirical, considering Chico's fake ethnicity. The phrase was a casual political debating trope of the era.

"There's my argument for stricter immigration" - in reference to Chico

African invention, the high five

Thanks. I had a difficult time believing this was from 1926.

This was much better than Monkey Business IMHO :-)

@@dabble778 Not even close. This is fairly weak material, only a few funny lines. Monkey Business (and Horsefeathers) was written by SJ Perelman, one of the great comic authors. It's full of hilarious dialogue and physical comedy.

@@aragorn1780 No reason for racism

@@hyzercreek Actually, the Italians were looked upon with suspicion at the time of this clip. They were stereotyped as anarchists in the 1920s, then as fascists and gangsters in the 1940s. The exaggerated accent of Chico is still commonplace today as well, but that and other racial and ethnic stereotypes were quite common in popular entertainment at the time.

The Klan was expanding out of the South in the 1920s, and expanding their hate list to Jews, Catholics, and immigrants, even staging a huge parade in full regalia in Washington, DC, and controlling Presidential and Congressional politics. It was in 1924 that Ellis Island and mass immigration were shut down and quotas were imposed, partly due to Klan influence. One possible reason for this was the social conservative backlash against “decadent” Europe from Doughboys’ reports of their service in the Great War (a popular song of the era began “How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm, after they’ve seen Paree?”), also a contributing factor to Prohibition. The Marx Brothers, being Jewish, were naturally targets of Klan hate, despite their popularity as entertainers. Chico’s Italian accent (and his and Zeppo’s stage names) were fake, of course (Groucho’s real name was Julius).

@@aragorn1780 That's hilarious. The scary brown italians didn't come to Australia till after WW2. Before that it was scary yellow people from China.

@@allanrichardson1468 Im pretty sure they weren't really all that observant as jews. And of course they were from Europe, not from Palestine. There's a big difference. In fact the devout jews would probably have avoided this as decadent. Iirc Groucho was also married more than once. Chico was a compulsive gambler as well.

*new*

And I think Chico was about to do it too, c'mon Zeppo join the party!

Nia White lol if you can’t beat em, Join em

@@jessicathethreestoogesfan2635 ha good point they are blood so it's necessary!😂

" they make clean and innocent jokes" Sometimes. Then again see the bits with Groucho and Margret Dumont. Sorta clean but not innocent. Well Margret was as she allegedly never got the jokes.

"We took photographs of the native girls but they weren't developed"

I guess you missed the Ben Hur bit at 1:35 ("I played her.")

Zeppo never really had any confidence in his acting ability, even though once during their Broadway years he substituted for Groucho when Groucho was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy. Reportedly, few if anyone knew the difference.

Somebody had to be the straight man

Had me laughing while I was trying to get ready for work. So funny.

My favorite was,”There’s my argument. Restrict immigration.” Chico was my absolute favorite, and I loved how he and Harpo would be paired together for long scenes in most of the films.

Did you ever get hit with a coconut pie?

there’s m y argument, restrict immigration

Coconuts and Animal Crackers were also Broadway shows the Marx. Bros. did first and then turned them into films.

Apparently a special feature on the DVD of the documentary, Inside the Marx Brothers

There's MY argument - restrict immigration!

I thought there might actually turn out to be milk in the hat! LOL

Could be. If he can draw a cup of steaming hot coffee from his coat pocket then he can get milk from gloves.

@@melissacooper4282 : What do you mean he pulled a full-grown live dog out of his overcoat in whatever movie that was the one with Raymond Burr I forget the name now it was funny it was surreal!

i think the play is from '24 but this short footage has been recorded by Paramount in 1931 ;)

1927 was the first talkie movie Al Jolson the Jazz Singer

This footage was filmed by Paramount pictures in 1931.

@@hyzercreek No it isn't

His pound of flesh. Or half a pound, at least. Verily, the links in the description!

@MichaelKingsfordGray The stuff by Eminem lately is amazing. story line, meaning, rhythm, and all delivered at auctioneer speeds. But... I am old and have a hard time understanding people... yet I can undestand each word he says at that speed. I find that amazing. There are other good rapsters out there too. A lot of crap too tho.

In the original Broadway script, the imitations were of Gallagher and Sheen. It was a salute to their Uncle Al Sheen who had guided them in their early years.

I was wondering if that was her coming in at the end?

She was not in two of their early films - Monkey Business and Horsefeathers. This was a promotional film shot for Monkey Business. Thelma Todd was the female foil in those films and she was wonderful. But was murdered by the mob.

Monkey Business. Though Money Business would be a good title too!

@@premanadi Whoops! Autocorrect...

@@philipmonihan8222 Autocorrect doesn't change monkey to money...wtf??