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Podcast on Duck Soup

posted 8 years ago by impossiblefunky
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The Projection Booth: Episode 290: Duck Soup (1933)

Special Guest: Robert S. Bader, Robert Weide, Joseph Adamson
Guest Co-Host: Rob St. Mary, Jon Cross

Directed by Leo McCarey, Duck Soup (1933) was the last of the four Marx Brothers' run at Paramount. A send-up of politics and warmongering, Duck Soup is an anarchic collection of sight gags, wordplay, and surrealism in which Groucho Marx plays Rufus T. Firefly, the man who will save Freedonia from disaster, despite the efforts of Chicolini (Chico Marx) and Pinky (Harpo Marx), two Sylvanian spies.

Guest this week include Robert S. Bader (author of Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage), Robert Weide (producer of Marx Brothers in a Nutshell) and Joseph Adamson (author of Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World).

Rob St. Mary and Jon Cross join Mike to discuss Duck Soup and the Marx Brothers.

Now available via iTunes and the website:
http://projection-booth.blogspot.com/2016/09/episode-290-duck-soup-1933.html

[–] binaryguy1101 8 years ago

I usually don't follow links posted by people, but I went to this site (I don't know why).

That was an amazing discussion - 4 hours long!

It took me a couple of days to listen to it, but it was worthwhile. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the Marx Brothers. The discussion is so thorough - and includes various authors of books on the Marx Brothers.

I think I'll even order the book that will come out 15-Oct-2016 (tomorrow!).

thanks for the link

[–] impossiblefunky 8 years ago

Glad you liked it!

[–] TwoThousandOneMark 8 years ago

Love podcasts, esp movie discussion where it's not simply for quick reviews/reactions.

6hr+ Star Wars eps, good for a road trip.

...my essential 50 http://www.imdb.com/list/ls056413299/