from Groucho to you....Thanks Mike S.
The following are lyrics from a song in the 1933 Marx Brothers’ comedy "Duck
Soup" entitled "The Country’s Going to War."
Firefly: Then it’s war! Then it’s war! Gather the forces! Harness the
horses! Then it’s war!
Minister: Freedonia’s going to war!
General: Each native son will grab a gun.
Stenographer: And run away to war!
All: At last we’re going to…. Feet will beat along the street to… War! We’re
going to war!
Chicolini and Bob: At last the country’s going to war
All: It seems the country’s going to war.
Ministers: At last the country’s going to war.
All: We’re going to war!
Prosecutor: This is a fact we can’t ignore.
All: We’re going to war! This is a fact we can’t ignore! We’re going to war!
Firefly: In case you haven’t heard before. I think they think we’re going to
war. I think they think we’re going to war
All: We’re going to war!
Bob: I think they think we’re going to war
All: We’re going to war!
Chicolini: We’re going to war!
Guards: We’re going to war!
Among movie experts, "Duck Soup" is considered the Marx Brothers’ greatest
and funniest cinematic masterpiece. This classic comedy is a short (70
minutes) but cutting satire on nationalism and dictators, diplomacy and war,
international intrigue and espionage. When it was first released, the film
was both a critical and commercial failure. Audiences were taken aback by
such preposterous political disrespect, buffoonery, and cynicism at a time
of political crisis. In fact, Fascist Italian dictator Mussolini banned the
film in his country for mocking his regime. Fortunately, the film was
rediscovered by the generation of 1960s college students and many others.