I think this is my favorite of all the Marx Brothers movies that I've seen so far. It was filled with goofiness from beginning to end, and had several bits that just made me giggle out loud. One of those very rare movies that are just solidly funny ALL THE WAY THROUGH. Now *that* is tough to pull off. I'm not sure what else to say about this, except... everyone go watch it. It rocks.

Memorable quotes:
"I used to know a fellow who looked exactly like you by the name of Emanuel Ravelli. Are you his brother?"
"I am Emanuel Ravelli."
"You're Emanuel Ravelli?"
"I am Emanuel Ravelli."
"Well, no wonder you look like him. But I still insist there is a resemblance."
"Heh, heh, he thinks I look alike."

"Put it in a box and mark it, uh...'fragilly.'"
"Mark it what?"
"Mark it fragilly. F-R-A-G... Look it up, Jamison, it's in the dictionary. Look under 'fragile.'"

"Now, I want you to make two carbon copies of that letter and throw the original away. And when you get through with that, throw the carbon copies away. Just send a stamp, airmail, that's all. You may go, Jamison. I may go too."

"Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west, and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know."

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