-
Wolf (Groucho):
-
Oh,
hop in here. There's a few things I'd
like to discuss with you. What I am about
to say is intended for your ears alone.
-
Martha:
-
Oh,
Wolf!
-
Wolf:
-
Martha,
dear, there are many bonds that will hold
us together through eternity.
-
Martha:
-
Really,
Wolf? What are they?
-
Wolf:
-
Your
Government Bonds, your Savings Bonds,
your Liberty Bonds---and maybe in a year
or two after we're married---
-
Martha:
-
Yes?
-
Wolf:
-
Who
knows? There may be a little baby bond.
-
Martha:
-
Oh,
it all seems so wonderful! Tell me,
Wolfie, dear, will we have a beautiful
home?
-
Wolf:
-
Of
course. You're not planning on moving,
are you?
-
Martha:
-
No.
But I'm afraid after we're married a
while, a beautiful young girl will come
along and---you'll forget all about me.
-
Wolf:
-
Don't
be silly. I'll write you twice a week.
-
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The 1933
Marx Brothers' movie
Duck Soup is
generally considered their best.
The government of the bankrupt
Balkan state of Freedonia gets a
new president Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) and goes
to war with neighbouring state
Sylvania |
Cabinet
Meeting
-
Minister of Labor:
-
The
Department of Labor wishes to report that
the workers of Freedonia are demanding
shorter hours.
-
Firefly:
-
Very
well, we'll give them shorter hours.
We'll start by cutting their lunch hour
to twenty minutes. And now, gentlemen,
we've got to start looking for a new
Treasurer.
-
Minister of Labor:
-
But
you appointed one last week!
-
Firefly:
-
That's
the one I'm looking for.
-
Secretary of War:
-
Gentlemen!
Gentlemen! Enough of this. How about
taking up the tax?
-
Firefly:
-
How
about taking up the carpet?
-
Secretary of War:
-
I
still insist we must take up the tax.
-
Firefly:
-
He's
right. You've got to take up the tacks
before you can take up the carpet.
-
Secretary of War
(now
exasperated):
-
I
give all my time and energy to my duties
and what do I get?
-
Firefly:
-
You
get awfully tiresome after a while.
-
Secretary of War:
-
Sir,
you try my patience!
-
Firefly:
-
I
don't mind if I do. You must come over
and try mine sometime.
-
Secretary of War:
-
That's
the last straw. I resign! I wash my hands
of the whole business.
-
Firefly:
-
That's
a good idea. You can wash your neck, too.
-
-
In
a subsequent scene, the new Secretary of
War Chicolini( Marx brother Chico) is
discussing the funding of the war:
-
-
Minister of
Finance:
-
Something
must be done! War would mean a
prohibitive increase in our taxes.
-
Chicolini:
-
Hey,
I got an uncle lives in Taxes.
-
Minister of
Finance:
-
No,
I'm talking about taxes - money, dollars.
-
Chicolini:
-
Dollas!
There's-a where my uncle lives. Dollas,
Taxes!
-
Minister of
Finance:
-
Aww!
Ardent Marxists can find more of Groucho and friends at:
The Marx
Brothers' Links
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