The Scrappa'book

(That's "scrapbook" in Chico-italian.)

The Cocoanuts (1929)

char. "Harpo"; plays the harp and clarinet

fave scenes: playing "When My Dreams Come True" (clarinet) because it's a RARE event, and when he mimes to the woman and then steals her handkerchief from her cleavage, his facial expressions are brilliant. Though, everyone else would probably say the party at the end (when he's drunk) is the best scene.

The Big Store (1941)

char. "Wacky"; plays the harp, violin, piano, bass.

fave scene: Chico playing the piano, then Harpo joining him.

A Day At The Races (1937)

char. "Stuffy"; plays the piano, harp, and tin-whistle.

fave scenes: every scene with Harpo is great. Groucho examining Harpo in the doc's office; the "Who's that man/Tomarrow is another day" barn scene was the best. Others might suggest the scene where he makes the piano frame into a harp.

"Celebrity Golf with Sam Snead" (1960)

"Celebrity Golf" was on the Golf channel awhile ago. For anyone who has read Harpo's autobio "Harpo Speaks!", this appearance means alot because he mentioned this game on the last page of his book, saying "In those three television shows I succeeded in doing the three things I had been warned never to do again [because of the previous heart-attacks]. In the first, I whanged away at the harp. In the second, I played a golf match with Sam Snead. In the third, I not only leaped around, but I leaped around for three days in the snow." Harpo ignored doctors orders and played this game anyway, taking his wig and hat out of the mothballs one last time, and risked his life for the game he loved. He appeared to be as healthy as an ox, even though his true age was beginning to show upon his face, he could still do golf swings like a pro and perform gags. No, he didn't win the game, but he didn't play it to win, he played it to have fun, to prank Sam, and basically get out of the house. Sorry if the pictures are fuzzy, my bigscreen TV died and I had to make due with a small one and my infamous crappy digicam. The picsh's and captions go from left to right like reading a book.

	The narrator had asked what his handicap was, so Harpo obliged by having him count fingers, whether they are real fingers or not.	Sam: Harpo, do you have a tee? Harpo: *throws a few out of his golf bag like chickenfeed, then dumps a giant pile onto the lawn* Nar: "Here." he says "have two or three! *laughs*" Later Harpo said that he widdled them all himself.
	Harpo: *notices the camera, smiles and waves.*	Harpo: *limps using his club as a crutch and gives a Gookie* Nar: Uh oh, he must've hurt himself on that last hole.
	An odd putting stance, his body and feet turned nearly opposite of the hole, putting in the opposite direction. He did this a few times, and gave up because the ball never went in.	Harpo's ball sat on the edge of the hole, and so he gives a shocked look with his hand over his mouth.
Harpo: *watches distainfully as his ball rolls down a hill and into a bush*	He plays it from where it rests. That white blur is his ball shooting out of the bush.	He tries to put the ball in a croquet-style a few times. That doesn't work well for him either, making the ball roll much farther than he wanted.	Again, the croquet-style, trying to aim more carefully this time. Still doesn't work.
The white blob in the center is Harpo's ball splashing into the river. I dunno why I took a pictsh of it.	He hears everyone say "aww.." when his ball falls into the river. So he says "aww" too.
Harpo mashed his ball into the grass before Sam got there. Then he asked Sam if he could throw the ball over his shoulder in order to get his ball out of the divet. Sam said "No, play it where it is." Harpo then whistled at a pretty girl to divert Sam's attention, then Harpo put his hat on the grass, and leaned a sign against it, "Grounds Under Repair".	Harpo asked again if he could now throw the ball over his shoulder, and Sam gave in and allowed him to do it.	Harpo threw the ball perfectly and everyone laughed at the fact that it landed directly on the green next to the hole. What luck!	Trying the croquet-style putt again on the last hole.
Harpo looked troubled at his ball, trying to see if its a clear putt. Sam offered helping line-up the ball, then watched as Harpo's putter magically stretched longer and longer until it reached his ball.	Sam threw his hands up and walked away shaking his head as if saying "i'll never understand this guy.", and this made Harpo point and laugh that he had pulled a gag on Sam.	*shakes Sam's hand*	*drags Sam into the frame so we can see him again*
	Then he tries to "break" Sam's arm with his knee.	Harpo didn't win the game, but "Celebrity Golf" gave some money to each of his charities anyhow. The money was split three ways between the charities he had chosen.

"Secrets of San Simeon with Patricia Hearst" (2001)

episode #2: Harpo and Jean Harlow at a Tyrolean-themed costume party at San Simeon. This is the same photo shown twice. The first screencap focuses on his expression, and the second screencap focuses on their pose and costumes. Harpo's tie and feathered hat made me giggle, though sadly the photo was cut above the waist so we never find out if Harpo worn shorts and knee socks.

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