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  • "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know." (The American Film Institute listed this at number 53 in the 100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time.)
  • "Then, we tried to remove the tusks, ... but they were embedded in so firmly, we couldn't budge them. Of course, in Alabama the Tusk-a-loosa. But that's entirely ir-elephant to what I was talking about." [Similar to a joke Chico would later tell in Duck Soup]
  • "Africa is God's country – and He can have it."
  • "We took some pictures of the native girls, but they weren't developed. But we're going back again in a couple of weeks!"
  • "Hello! I must be going!"
  • The "Seven cent nickle" scene.
  • "Where's the flash?"
  • "Signor Ravelli's first selection will be 'Somewhere my Love Lies Sleeping' with a male chorus."
  • Kind of an obscure Visual Pun, but when Chandler offers the Professor and Ravelli a check, and Ravelli asks the Professor to see if the check is good, he drops it to the floor and it bounces back into his hands.
  • "Left-handed moths ate the painting!"
  • The Overly Long Gag of Ravelli playing the piano and coming back to that same piece, over and over.
    RAVELLI: I can't think of the finish.
    SPAULDING: That's strange, and I can't think of anything else.
  • "But that's bigamy!" "It's big o' me too."
  • "Do you mind if I don't smoke?"
  • During the ending, Groucho's reaction as Harpo renders him unconscious along with everyone else.

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