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>>>And one of my alltime favourite Grouchoisms: "Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped."
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>>How about "If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you."
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>Margaret Dumont was incredible. It's interesting that Groucho loved to work with her because apparently she had no sense of humour. He said that because she never really got any of the jokes, she came across as totally innocent and oblivious. One of the cinema's great foils.

I hadn't realised that. I've known people like that - humour goes straight over their heads.

Oh, other greats, and my favourites of this era - Laurel & Hardy, esp. the short "talkies". I still fall about laughing and my kids love them too: humour that has stood the test of time for some, what? - 70-80 years.