Fun fact: The night we began bombing Iraq in 1991, and GHW Bush was on TV telling us all about it, I kept hearing 'Freedonia's Going to War!' playing in my head. I thought Quayle might be Pinky, but Harpo was smarter than Vice President Potatoe.
Ta, ziggywiggy. Always a ❣️for the Marx Brothers. As usual, hot handsome husband Meccalopolis and I cannot join you; we have a radio show to host. If for some strange reason you're here but *not* watching the movie, A Jet Age Sound airs ten p.m. to midnight at 91.3 FM in the Catskills. Very few of you are local, so if you want to hear us, go to wioxradio.org and click the Listen Live button. If you have sound problems, reload the page. This week's theme is Earworms. No, not Brainworms; we loathe and detest RFK Jr. An earworm is a song or melody that gets stuck in one's head for any or no reason. The usual cure is to play something else to knock it out of the brain, but that doesn't always work. Oh, and I spotted Babby Axl the second I looked at the poster. Hiding in plain sight again. When we're done with our show, we'll join you here when it's open thread. I hope everyone has fun!
I stopped watching "The West Wing" at some point -- I think the season finale where they killed Fitz and blew up Donna? -- but IIRC there was an episode in the last (or next-to-last?) season called "Freedonia".
I first saw this at age 16 or so, late on a Saturday night in the basement family room. I giggled so long and loud I woke my mother up, one floor above, out of a sound sleep. She came down, saw what the fuss was, chuckled and went back to bed.
Screenwriters Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar were standing on the set one day when an extra standing next to them said, "I don't know who wrote this stuff but they ought to be arrested...they should be in a different business." Kalmer, who was known as a rational and calm man, said to Ruby, "I'm going over to hit him. Who does he think he is? He's just an extra!" But before fisticuffs erupted, Kalmer and Ruby were informed that Chico Marx had paid the extra to rib the screenwriters, just for the hell of it.
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I'm 99.44% sure that I first heard about the Marx Brothers from this silly trifle when I was in probably third or fourth grade:
https://www.amazon.com/What-Goes-Must-Come-Down/dp/0590338781
One of my favorite movies.
Fun fact: The night we began bombing Iraq in 1991, and GHW Bush was on TV telling us all about it, I kept hearing 'Freedonia's Going to War!' playing in my head. I thought Quayle might be Pinky, but Harpo was smarter than Vice President Potatoe.
"The neighboring country of Sylvania" known for light bulbs and cut rate TVs and Radios!
15 MINUTES TILL SHOW TIME!
That is an incredibly long trailer on the Internet Archive copy.
That is why i gave you the FF point
Now wait a minute the Ziggy, are you saying this is an allegory for the Biden years?
Now I know where our friend Rufus T. Firefly got his handle.
This is the one with Shemp, right?!
Zeppo is the Joe Besser of Shemps
Ta, ziggywiggy. Always a ❣️for the Marx Brothers. As usual, hot handsome husband Meccalopolis and I cannot join you; we have a radio show to host. If for some strange reason you're here but *not* watching the movie, A Jet Age Sound airs ten p.m. to midnight at 91.3 FM in the Catskills. Very few of you are local, so if you want to hear us, go to wioxradio.org and click the Listen Live button. If you have sound problems, reload the page. This week's theme is Earworms. No, not Brainworms; we loathe and detest RFK Jr. An earworm is a song or melody that gets stuck in one's head for any or no reason. The usual cure is to play something else to knock it out of the brain, but that doesn't always work. Oh, and I spotted Babby Axl the second I looked at the poster. Hiding in plain sight again. When we're done with our show, we'll join you here when it's open thread. I hope everyone has fun!
I stopped watching "The West Wing" at some point -- I think the season finale where they killed Fitz and blew up Donna? -- but IIRC there was an episode in the last (or next-to-last?) season called "Freedonia".
I first saw this at age 16 or so, late on a Saturday night in the basement family room. I giggled so long and loud I woke my mother up, one floor above, out of a sound sleep. She came down, saw what the fuss was, chuckled and went back to bed.
fun fact, unlikely to be in boss's stack o' facts tonight:
there was a movie called Duck Soup made in 1927, also too
[it was a silent Laurel and Hardy short]
You would be mistaken.
But I don't mind!
awwCRAP!
sorry, boss :/
Never seen this, so I will be watching more than Wonking.
BONUS TRIVIA:
Screenwriters Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar were standing on the set one day when an extra standing next to them said, "I don't know who wrote this stuff but they ought to be arrested...they should be in a different business." Kalmer, who was known as a rational and calm man, said to Ruby, "I'm going over to hit him. Who does he think he is? He's just an extra!" But before fisticuffs erupted, Kalmer and Ruby were informed that Chico Marx had paid the extra to rib the screenwriters, just for the hell of it.
I decided to watch at least part of this movie, despite its dubious title.
(name checks out, sir!)
Huh, there's a movie tonight, what time does it start?
If it's Sunday, it's "Meet the Press".
If it's Saturday, it's "Wonkette Movie Night".
Unless otherwise noted, the movie starts at 21:00 Eastern / 20:00 Central / 19:00 Mountain / 18:00 Pacific. And the article for the movie, including where to stream it from, goes up an hour earlier.
/scratches head
Well, what time is that?!
What time zone are you in?
The right time zone.
Munich
So GMT - ?
That's 01:00:00 AM Sunday, Coordinated Universal Time.
a hundred and five, obvs