Talk:Zeppo Marx

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[edit] Referencing Zeppo

The Zeppo Network, Inc. is the legal trademark owner of "Zeppo" as confirmed March 22, 2006 by the United states Patent and Trademark Office. Notice of Publication under 12(a): Serial Number 78/669,587; International Class(es): 9; Publication Date April 11, 2006. �The preceding unsigned comment was added by Robertholf (talk " contribs) 21:34, May 7, 2006.

[edit] No Mention of Role as Agent/Impresario

I have seen references to Zeppo Marx' role in the careers of Jack Benny and Lana Turner. Would it not be nice to mention this, as without his influence at least those two and perhaps many other well-known stars would not have gotten their 'break'. L. Greg 10:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Death day

Did Zeppo die on November 29 or 30? There seems to be some confusion again between Wikipedia and IMDb. Hotwine8 02:38, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Night at the Opera ?

The article says that Zeppo is known for "Duck Soup" and "A Night at the Opera". However, how can that be true if the latter is the first film without Zeppo??

The only way he's known for A Night at the Opera is by not being in it. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 23:36, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
BTW, aside from Duck Soup, I'd say he's a lot better known for his larger role in Monkey Business, throughout which he was allowed to provide much comic business with his Brothers. — Cinemaniac (talkcontribs) 01:52, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] James Agee quote

Does anyone have a citation for the James Agee quote used in this article and in the Marx Brothers? I just consulted 7 volumes from my library of quotation reference books, the ones most likely to have it, and none of them did -- and this included the Guiness Book of Poisonous Quotes and The Portable Curmudgeon. A Google search looks like it turns up a lot of hits, but when you control for the sites which are just copying the Wikipedia entries for the Marx Brothers and for Zeppo, you get basically nothing: 16 hits and none on point.

If no one turns up with a citation, it should probably be removed. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk/cont) 03:57, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Even more telling, a Google Books search turns up nothing, with or without Agee included as a search term. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk/cont) 04:05, 12 January 2008 (UTC)