Grandma came down from Fort Worth for Thanksgiving and Mr. B. insisted we all watch “Duck Soup” for the umpteenth time. He likes all the gags, especially the peanut-lemonade vendors routine and the mirror number.
Doing a little Web research I was surprised to see that the brothers (top to bottom: Chico [Leonard], Harpo [Adolph], Groucho [Julius Henry] and Zeppo [Herbert]) got their start as a comedy act in 1912 while singing at the Opera House in Nacogdoches (“Nacogdoches is full of roaches,” and “The jackass is the flower of Tex-ass”). Another Texas first. Glad they laughed.
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