Lionel Q. Deveraux:
You ought to go and get cured by Penicilin.
Singer Andy Russell: Well, it is good for my throat.
Lionel Q. Deveraux: So is a razor!
--Groucho Marx (as ) in Copacabana
Singer Andy Russell: Well, it is good for my throat.
Lionel Q. Deveraux: So is a razor!
--Groucho Marx (as ) in Copacabana
Otis B. Driftwood:
[talking about "the greatest tenor in the world"] Do you know America is waiting to hear him sing?
Fiorello: Well, he can sing loud, but he can't sing that loud.
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, I think I can get America to meet him halfway.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Fiorello: Well, he can sing loud, but he can't sing that loud.
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, I think I can get America to meet him halfway.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
[to carriage driver] Hey you. I told you to slow that nag down. On account of you I almost heard the opera.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
[to Tomasso, who's knocked out Lassparri] Nice work I think you got him. Ah, smelling salts? That will bring him to. You're sorry for what you did eh? That shows a nice spirit. Now he's coming along. He'll be fine.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
And eight pieces of French pasty.
Fiorello: With two hard-boiled eggs.
Otis B. Driftwood: And two hard-boiled eggs.
[Tomasso honks his horn]
Otis B. Driftwood: Make that three hard-boiled eggs.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Fiorello: With two hard-boiled eggs.
Otis B. Driftwood: And two hard-boiled eggs.
[Tomasso honks his horn]
Otis B. Driftwood: Make that three hard-boiled eggs.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
Have you got any milk-fed chickens?
Waiter: Yes, sir.
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, squeeze the milk out of one and bring me a glass.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Waiter: Yes, sir.
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, squeeze the milk out of one and bring me a glass.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
Hello toots.
Mrs. Claypool: Well. What are you doing here? This is Mr. Gottlieb's box.
Otis B. Driftwood: He couldn't come, so he gave me his ticket. He couldn't get dressed, so he gave me his clothes.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Mrs. Claypool: Well. What are you doing here? This is Mr. Gottlieb's box.
Otis B. Driftwood: He couldn't come, so he gave me his ticket. He couldn't get dressed, so he gave me his clothes.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
I am sure the familiar strains of Verdi's music will come back to you tonight, and Mrs. Claypool's cheques will probably come back to her in the morning.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
Otis B. Driftwood:
I saw Mrs. Claypool first. Of course, her mother really saw her first but there's no point in bringing the Civil War into this.
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
--Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera
