Like "Duck Soup," but in Teheran?
February 5, 2015 12:17 PM Subscribe
Does anybody remember a comedy sketch I saw on TV circa 1979? It was set in the post-revolution Iranian parliament, and it was based on the Marx Brothers' "Duck Soup"...
The Groucho Marx character played President Bani-Sadr, and they re-did the routine where they kept announcing him and he never appeared, then walked on from the opposite side of the screen. And it ended with a very Marx-Brothers-like musical number called "We'll Blame It All on You," about how they were blaming everything on the United States.
I seem to remember that it was on the show "Fridays," but I can't find it in any of the online episode guides. In fact, my Google-fu can't find any trace of it at all. Did I dream up the whole thing?
The Groucho Marx character played President Bani-Sadr, and they re-did the routine where they kept announcing him and he never appeared, then walked on from the opposite side of the screen. And it ended with a very Marx-Brothers-like musical number called "We'll Blame It All on You," about how they were blaming everything on the United States.
I seem to remember that it was on the show "Fridays," but I can't find it in any of the online episode guides. In fact, my Google-fu can't find any trace of it at all. Did I dream up the whole thing?
Response by poster: Wow! Thank you...I don't know how I missed it.
posted by PlusDistance at 5:07 PM on February 5, 2015
posted by PlusDistance at 5:07 PM on February 5, 2015
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posted by just another scurvy brother at 1:36 PM on February 5, 2015 [1 favorite]