Funny / A Day at the Races (1937)

• "Getta ya tootsie-frootsie ice cream."
  • "I'm getting a fine tootsie-frootsying right here!"
  • "ZVBXRPL. Hey, Tootsie-Frootsie, what's this optical illusion you slipped me?"
  • "The letter Z stands for J unless the horse is a filly..."
• Groucho throwing off an attempt to learn his real identity by pretending to be multiple people over the phone and turning on a fan to simulate hurricane winds.
  Groucho: (in falsetto, twice) Here's your Florida call, Mr. Whitmore!
• Harpo's attempt to perform Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp Minor on a piano that keeps progressively falling apart and blowing up. Not to be outdone, he pulls the string assembly out and — lo and behold — it's a harp. (Wait, is there such a thing as Artistic License: Musical Instrument?)
• Hackenbush's attempt at a late-night romantic dinner with Flo, which is constantly interrupted by Tony (Chico) and Stuffy (Harpo). It goes from simple slapstick and physical comedy to an impromptu wallpaper-hanging session that leaves her under the cushions.
• Mrs. Upjohn's physical examination by Hackenbush while a skeptical Whitmore and Dr. Steinberg watch on. Margaret Dumont gets laughs as she's made to flap her arms like a bird and get inverted in the exam chair, but it's the Marx Brothers' examination-cum-auto-body antics that steal the scene, ending only when Hackenbush's lecherous tendencies get the best of him.
  "Oh, dear! I don't want to be examined any more!"

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