Quotes from A Night at the Opera (1935)

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Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: [to Tomasso, who's knocked out Lassparri] Nice work I think you got him. Ah, smelling salts? That will bring him to. You're sorry for what you did eh? That shows a nice spirit. Now he's coming along. He'll be fine.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: And eight pieces of French pasty.
Fiorello: With two hard-boiled eggs.
Otis B. Driftwood: And two hard-boiled eggs.
[Tomasso honks his horn]
Otis B. Driftwood: Make that three hard-boiled eggs.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Chico Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: Don't you know what duplicates are?
Fiorello: Sure, those five kids up in Canada.
- Chico Marx (as Fiorello) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: Have you got any milk-fed chickens?
Waiter: Yes, sir.
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, squeeze the milk out of one and bring me a glass.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: Hello toots.
Mrs. Claypool: Well. What are you doing here? This is Mr. Gottlieb's box.
Otis B. Driftwood: He couldn't come, so he gave me his ticket. He couldn't get dressed, so he gave me his clothes.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: I am sure the familiar strains of Verdi's music will come back to you tonight, and Mrs. Claypool's cheques will probably come back to her in the morning.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: I saw Mrs. Claypool first. Of course, her mother really saw her first but there's no point in bringing the Civil War into this.
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: Ladies and gentlemen... I guess that takes in most of you...
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

Groucho Marx
Otis B. Driftwood: Let's go in my room and talk the situation over.
Mrs. Claypool: What situation?
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, er... what situations have you got?
Mrs. Claypool: I most certainly will not go to your room.
Otis B. Driftwood: OK, then I'll stay here.
Mrs. Claypool: All right, all right, all right! I'll come, but get out.
Otis B. Driftwood: Shall we say, uh, ten minutes?
Mrs. Claypool: Yes, ten minutes, anything. But go!
Otis B. Driftwood: Because if you're not there in ten minutes, I'll be back here in eleven. With squeaky shoes on!
- Groucho Marx (as Otis B. Driftwood) in A Night at the Opera (1935)

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