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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a manuscript, book, or transcript featuring a conversation with Groucho Marx. Groucho discusses the plot of the 1968 movie 'Skidoo,' describing a scene where LSD is put into a prison water supply, causing prisoners to reform. He also discusses his role playing a character named 'God' and philosophizes that reverence and irreverence are the same thing. The document bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, indicating it was part of a congressional document production.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Groucho | Speaker / Subject |
Discussing his role in the movie 'Skidoo' and philosophy on reverence.
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| Narrator | Interviewer / Author |
Asking Groucho questions about his thoughts.
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| Jackie Gleason | Actor |
Mentioned by Groucho as a character in the movie 'Skidoo'.
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| Laurel and Hardy | Comedians (Metaphor) |
Used by Groucho as a metaphor for conscience or internal conflict.
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| God | Character Role |
The character name Groucho plays in the movie 'Skidoo'.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' at the bottom of the page.
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Locations (1)
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Setting described within the plot of the movie 'Skidoo'.
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Key Quotes (4)
"This hippie inmate puts a letter he got, which is soaked in LSD, into the water supply of the prison, and suddenly everybody gets completely reformed."Source
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"There's a prisoner who says, 'Oh, gosh, now I don't have to be a rapist any more!'"Source
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"But I'm really getting a big kick out of playing somebody named God like a dirty old man."Source
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"do you realize that irreverence and reverence are the same thing?"Source
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and Hardy," he mused. "A miniature Laurel and Hardy, one on each
shoulder. Your little Oliver Hardy bawls you out--he says, 'Well, this is a
fine mess you've gotten us into.' And your little Stan Laurel gets all
weepy---Oh, Ollie, I couldn't help it. I'm sorry, I did the best I could.' "
shoulder. Your little Oliver Hardy bawls you out--he says, 'Well, this is a
fine mess you've gotten us into.' And your little Stan Laurel gets all
weepy---Oh, Ollie, I couldn't help it. I'm sorry, I did the best I could.' "
Later, when Groucho started chuckling to himself, I hesitated to
interrupt his reverie, but I had to ask, "What struck you funny?"
interrupt his reverie, but I had to ask, "What struck you funny?"
"I was thinking about this movie, Skidoo," he said. "I mean some
of it is just plain ridiculous. This hippie inmate puts a letter he got, which is
soaked in LSD, into the water supply of the prison, and suddenly
everybody gets completely reformed. There's a prisoner who says, 'Oh,
gosh, now I don't have to be a rapist any more!' But it's also
sophisticated in its own way. I like how Jackie Gleason, the character he
plays, accepts the fact that he's not the biological father of his daughter."
of it is just plain ridiculous. This hippie inmate puts a letter he got, which is
soaked in LSD, into the water supply of the prison, and suddenly
everybody gets completely reformed. There's a prisoner who says, 'Oh,
gosh, now I don't have to be a rapist any more!' But it's also
sophisticated in its own way. I like how Jackie Gleason, the character he
plays, accepts the fact that he's not the biological father of his daughter."
"Oh, really? That sounds like the ultimate ego loss."
"But I'm really getting a big kick out of playing somebody named
God like a dirty old man. You wanna know why?"
God like a dirty old man. You wanna know why?"
"Typecasting?"
"No, no--it's because--do you realize that irreverence and
reverence are the same thing?"
reverence are the same thing?"
"Always?"
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