Duck Soup: Zany Brainy
Part 1 of this episode is sad and heavy. Part 2 is funny and, ahem, zany. Matt and Tim talk the brilliant irreverence of the Marx Bros and Duck Soup (as with all screwballs, thorough discussion of favorite gags ensues). Tim introduces two romance screwballs in The Palm Beach Story and What’s Up, Doc?, both of which pay homage to and, fittingly, muck up the typical genre formula with some heady filmmaking.
