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Duck Soup

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Aug 1, 2013

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Pun alert! It’s the Marx Brothers in a giant vat of Duck Soup, the 11th podcast on The Top 100 Project. Tune in for a surprisingly serious analysis of a goofy comedy. Or is it as goofy as people think? Start your bets for when Bev LOL’ed the first time. Which Marx bro was her favourite? Which one could she do without (hint: it isn’t Zeppo)…

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Aug 1, 2013

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Ryan and Bev Ellis are partners in film nerdery who share their often humorous musings on the AFI's 1998 & 2007 lists of the greatest 100 American films ever made. But we finished with that in December 2015, so now we just review anything we feel like!

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