Hello, Marx Brothers fans! This week is our most controversial episode yet! Ian and Dave take a look at the Marx Brothers final Paramount picture, Duck Soup. Directed by the very talented Leo McCarey, with great songs by Kalmar and Ruby. What could go wrong? Well, here’s the thing: one of the fellas is not […]
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This week on Full Marx, we take a long and slightly confused look at the weird, wild and wacky Horse Feathers. Their fourth Paramount picture; their second original screenplay; their second directed by a perhaps tired Norman Z. McLeod. What will Ian and Dave make of it? During our Monkey Business episode, there were some
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This week on Full Marx, Ian and David are joined by David’s daughter Mary to discuss one of her favourite movies, Monkey Business. The Marx Brothers third film and their first based, for the most part, on entirely original material. A great setting, great gags and a weak ending. A weak ending? What could the
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Welcome to the second episode of Full Marx! On this episode, Ian and David put on their African explorers costumes and take a journey into deepest, darkest Animal Crackers, the Marx Brothers second film and an amazing improvement on their first. What did Ian and Dave think of it? Well, you’ll just have to listen
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Hellooooo, everyone! Welcome to the first episode of Full Marx brought to you by the fine folks from the Sneaky Dragon podcast! This week, Ian Boothby and David Dedrick take a humorous look at the Marx Brothers, starting with their rough, up and down career in vaudeville, and their first movie, the early talkie The
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Ciao, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 278 of Sneaky Dragon. This week on the show, Ian and Dave are feeling sleepy; put up with rebellious dogs; pump up their ratings with a little laundry talk; have good bad neighbours; experience punch-drunk love; play their personas; have trouble putting the genie back in the bottle; wonder about
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Helloooo, Sneakeroos! Welcome to Episode 165! This week Ian and Dave take a walk down Allen’s Alley; reminisce about Network Replay; start a vaudeville act; Dave recalls seeing Jim Bacchus at Ice Capades much to Ian’s delight; Ian reveals that James Bond’s first appearance outside of the books was as an American; Ian is living
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