This Marx Bros classic has some of their best gags, musical numbers, routines,etc. that even today you hear comedians say they look to as inspiration for their comedy. Some of their other movies dwell on musical numbers that revolve around secondary characters and feature voice stylings of some Robert Goulet look-a-like. This movie was great because most of the numbers were kept in the family. Groucho's opening musical number is phenomenally sung and performed by he and his chorus of professors. Chico's singing lesson in the widow's apartment is vintage Chico and is some of the best piano playing you're ever going to see on screen. The gags with Harpo and Chico escaping the two football thugs near the end of the movie is probably one of the biggest reasons my mom wouldn't send us to our room when we misbehaved. We would re-enact these scenes in our room and obvious carnage would ensue. Everything that is good about comedy is represented in some form or fashion in this movie.
Review of Horse Feathers
