I'm very grateful they're not on board the boat. Otis B. Driftwood : Suppose they don't believe me? What are you doing here? : Fiorello : : How do you like that? : [Tomasso honks his horn again] : Otis B. Driftwood : Otis B. Driftwood Plenty of room. Otis B. Driftwood : Fine. Ricardo Is a funny thing, it just slipped my mind. Otis B. Driftwood opera night 1935 film marx gottlieb herman apocalypse later brothers : : That sounds a little better this time. All right, we take it. : Manicurist How would you like to feel the way she looks? With two hard-boiled eggs. Release Dates Just a minute, these men are in this country under false pretenses and I'm going to to do my duty. : Fiorello They'll believe you when you start talking. It's a funny thing, it just slipped my mind. : Otis B. Driftwood All of New York will be under your feet! Herbert Gottlieb And steward, rush that along, because the faster it comes, the faster this convention will be over. That's pretty neat, eh?

Shh! Fiorello Go fast. No: the first part of "the party of the first part". And believe me, the way I think, I think its gonna take all day. Engineer's Assistant Herbert Gottlieb You mean Gottlieb? marx opera night brothers 1935 groucho movie contract boiled eggs hard clause sanity driftwood otis right honk three Fiorello What'll I say? Can you read? First, call off that police dogs. : Otis B. Driftwood Ship Captain : [to Tomasso, who's knocked out Lassparri], [resting his foot on Lassparri, who's been knocked out], [talking about "the greatest tenor in the world"]. Otis B. Driftwood What's the idea of hitting that little bully? Fiorello : Hey, who were you talking to? What's a hermit doing with four beds? Let's hear it again. Otis B. Driftwood [to Tomasso, who's knocked out Lassparri] Do you understand? Herbert Gottlieb Fiorello If that steward's deaf and dumb, he'll never know you're in here. : : [chuckles] Of course, I do! Last night, I counted five thousand sheep in those three beds, so I had to have another bed to sleep in. Rosa! Arrest those men. All right, fine. Make that three hard-boiled eggs and, uh, eight pieces of French pastry. [sarcastically] What have we got for dinner? Otis B. Driftwood Let joy be unconfined. Otis B. Driftwood Henderson I say, stew. : We didn't get home 'til around four in the morning. Wherever you are, you'll find us. That's the fire escape. : : I am sure the familiar strains of Verdi's music will come back to you tonight, and Mrs. Claypool's checks will probably come back in the morning. Otis B. Driftwood

Fiorello Well, then you won't need the ten cents I was going to give you. Listen, Gottlieb, nix on the love making. I give this to Riccardo. Steward Then whom did I sign? Otis B. Driftwood Have you got two fives? With squeaky shoes on! : : It says the, uh, "The first part of the party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the first part of the party of the first part shall be known in this contract" look, why should we quarrel about a thing like this? Bellboy Fiorello [costumed as Pagliacci] I'll be responsible for them. Get out! Otis B. Driftwood Mr. Driftwood! Say, I just remembered, I came back here looking for somebody.

Otis B. Driftwood : : Anything! Yes, with your back to me. I've been sitting right here since seven o'clock. Yes, sir! The last time I was in this room there were four beds here. Otis B. Driftwood Now what's the matter? : Manicurist : Well, that's an offer. Do they allow tipping on the boat? : : I don't know, I'm a stranger here myself. : Now, what have you got to say to me? That doesn't prove a thing. : : : Fiorello Did you say anything? Why, I'm his manager. : Otis B. Driftwood : Otis B. Driftwood [Fiorello and Driftwood go over the first clause of their contract]. : : Huh? Henderson : Why, have they slipped off? [gets up from his chair, concerned] : Ship's Steward : Hey you. : : Yeah, it's-a too long, anyhow. Where can I find you? Mrs. Claypool Well, it grows on you. Would you like to hear it once more? Fiorello Yes, you know, there's a federal tax and a state tax and a city tax and a street tax and a sewer tax. Otis B. Driftwood You're willing to pay him a thousand dollars a night just for singing? Ship Captain Well, I don't know about that Otis B. Driftwood Well, I haven't had any complaints yet. I don't see it doing anything. Now which question do you want me to answer first, Henderson? Otis B. Driftwood : : And now, on with the opera. $8.00, eh? : They'd probably say you're a very lucky woman. Don't you know what duplicates are?

Hey, get off the grass. : Ship Captain [Driftwood's dinner companion giggles out loud] : : How do you do? : Henderson : : Oh. : : Fiorello Otis B. Driftwood : Mrs. Claypool [from inside the cabin room] : [Tomasso unties a sandbag, which drops on Lassparri's head and knocks him unconscious]

I no like-a the second party, either. Potential Dance Partner Because you remind me of you. Otis B. Driftwood : : : Yes, sir. : Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood : Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood Well, take a rhumba from one to ten. : Will you kindly let me handle my own affairs? Wait a minute. Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood Well stop following me or I'll have you arrested! It says the, uh"The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part.". Mrs. Claypool Herbert Gottlieb Sit down! : : : There ain't no Sanity Claus! Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood And this one too! : Otis B. Driftwood : Otis B. Driftwood Now he's coming along. Fiorello Could he sail tomorrow? : No, he has not. : What do you mean, no dinner? : Policeman Nice work, I think you got him. How do you like that? We've still got all day to think of some plan. Otis B. Driftwood Really? Herbert Gottlieb I was blind for three days. Mrs. Claypool : : [finds Driftwood, Fiorello, Tomasso and Ricardo lounging in his office], [hands Fiorello a pen to sign a contract]. Otis B. Driftwood :

: Otis B. Driftwood And for a buck and a quarter, you can get Minnie. : : : Well, uh, I want to sign him up for the New York Opera Company. : : Otis B. Driftwood : We'll take it right out, eh? Now it says here: "The party of the second part shall be known in this contract as the party of the second part.".

: Just this - can you sleep on your stomach with such big buttons on your pajamas? : Why, you can get a phonograph record of Minnie the Moocher for 75 cents. Say, uh, I just remembered: I came back here looking for somebody. Aw, just the man I want to see. : Yes, and I get 10 percent for being the manager. Bellboy And eight pieces of French pasty. Otis B. Driftwood : Mrs. Claypool : Do you know why I sat with her? : Oh, what is this now? How much does that leave? Speak to me, it's me, it's Gottlieb! Say, what's that bed doing here? : Mr. Driftwood! Do you know America is waiting to hear him sing?

: : : : Of course, her mother really saw her first; but, there's no point in bringing the Civil War into this. : Otis B. Driftwood Lassparri Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. : : Well, you should have come to the first party. Well, I think I can get America to meet him halfway. Otis B. Driftwood : That's pretty neat, eh? [hands Fiorello a pen to sign a contract] [to Mrs. Claypool] Just me and my memories. Otis B. Driftwood Henderson Because if you're not there in ten minutes, I'll be back here in eleven. Signor Lassparri, what happened? Fiorello : | Otis B. Driftwood : You might have some tomato juice, orange juice, grape juice, pineapple juice Otis B. Driftwood Well, there's one consolation: nothing more can happen to me. Otis B. Driftwood Was that a high C, or Vitamin D? Oh, I'm sick of that; let's meet somewhere else. What would people say? : Potential Dance Partner Otis B. Driftwood I'm practically a hermit. Filming & Production I can read, but I can't see it. : Now let me have one of each and uh, two fried eggs, two poached eggs, two scrambled eggs, and two medium-boiled eggs. Oh. Now we're getting somewhere. Signor Lassparri comes from a very famous family. Fiorello

: You haven't got a baboon in your pocket, have you? : : Herbert Gottlieb [resting his foot on Lassparri, who's been knocked out] Otis B. Driftwood : You can't fool me! Fiorello Fiorello [Fiorello and Driftwood go over the second clause of their contract], Otis B. Driftwood

Okay, Gottlieb, it's your turn. Oh, yes sir! And one duck egg. [raises a foot] : : You can chop your way right through. : Never in my life have I received such treatment. Otis B. Driftwood Well, he sends $5.00 home to his mother Otis B. Driftwood Otis B. Driftwood : Have you got any milk-fed chickens? Otis B. Driftwood Fiorello There's no ink in the pen anyhow. I haven't heard anything yet. I guess that takes in most of you Otis B. Driftwood : Hello toots. Otis B. Driftwood Herbert Gottlieb

Otis B. Driftwood Yeah, duplicates. : I'll take two beers, too. Mrs. Claypool And two hard-boiled eggs. Sure, those five kids up in Canada. Mrs. Claypool Do you mind if I? : Henderson : Otis B. Driftwood : : : Fiorello opera night 1935 film marx gottlieb herman apocalypse later brothers

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