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Can someone explain all the gags please?

posted 16 years ago by rooprect
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For the sake of us kiddies, can someone explain all the gags?

In order of appearance

Band leader: Leopold Stokowski
Man with razor: Gregory Peck
Man with typewriter: Ray Milland
Skinny man: Frank Sinatra
Customer: Humphrey Bogart
3 customers: The Marx Brothers
Fat man: Sydney Greenstreet
Singer: Carmen Miranda
Baby: Lauren Bacall

Ok, I got the obvious gags (Bogie, Bacall, Marx Bros, Carmen), but I can't figure out some of the others, like why is Gregory Peck eating his steak with a razor? What's the significance of typewriters for Ray Milland?

[–] Chesterfield_Invincible 16 years ago

Gregory Peck's turn with the razor is reference to his character in Alfred Hitchcok's "Spellbound" (1945).

Ray Milland's business with the typewriter is a paeon to his Oscar-winning turn in the Oscar-winning best picture "The Lost Weekend" (1945).

Seeing the films themselves does more justice in explaining the gags than mere words ever could.

[–] rooprect 16 years ago

Thanks, Chester! I saw Spellbound ages ago, but I don't remember anything but the weird Caligari-esque dream sequence near the end. I'll be on the lookout for The Lost Weekend. You're right; I should see them myself rather than try to get the jokes second hand. Great tips!

[–] geleafa 15 years ago

I'm pretty sure Joan Crawford is in there too, right at the beginning, sitting at a table with a guy, and on her left is another table with Irene Dunn? or Barbara Stanwyck? and some guy with a strong chin and sunken eyes.