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The '''Marx Brothers''' were a successful [[Vaudeville]] act who performed on [[Broadway]] and in movies. Most of the time, they portrayed the same characters and wore the same clothes in their movies. So the cigar waggling, heavily moustached Groucho was effectively the same persona<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=86548&rss=mrqe]</ref> whether his role was Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", college president or a stowaway on board a ship.
The '''Marx Brothers''' were a successful [[Vaudeville]] act who performed on [[Broadway]] and in movies. Most of the time, they portrayed the same characters and wore the same clothes in their movies. So the cigar waggling, heavily moustached Groucho was effectively the same persona<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=86548&rss=mrqe]</ref> whether his role was Captain Spaulding in "Animal Crackers", college president or a stowaway on board a ship.
Groucho's puns ranged from the simple to the outrageous: "I'm gonna take you down and show you our cemetery. I've got a waiting list of fifty people down at that cemetery just dying to get in it."<ref>[http://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/info/movies/scenes/whyaduck.htm Why A Duck?</ref>
Groucho was noted for socially conscious wordplay, as in "Monkey Business" (1931):
Groucho was noted for socially conscious wordplay, as in "Monkey Business" (1931):