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Night of Museums

We’re not in Kansas anymore! That’s Roman Live!

After spending the first 18 years of my life surrounded by trees and mountains and giant moose, I must admit the thought of living in a city, with cars always zooming around and public transport and big scary people that you certainly wouldn’t see walking around in New Hampshire, was a tad bit daunting. [...]

Groucho

“Here your ice cream. Tootsie-frootsie ice cream.”

… the memorable line in the Marx Brothers’ ‘A Day At The Races’. Chico poses as an ice-cream vendor, as a cover from the cops, when he is actually selling racing tips. In probably the funniest scene in the movie, Chico gives Groucho a tip on a horse, but in code, so that Groucho has [...]