Salvador Dali’s Script for the Marx Brothers

“The only difference between me and a madman is that I’m not mad.” – Salvador Dali

My favourite quote was:

“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.”

I guess buying diary of a genius as a young teenager set me on a bad path.

And considering Dali's artistic abilities at six [1], it's no wonder he got a big ego.

My daughter is 6, I've been drawing unicorns with her today. I thought she was doing well! This is incredible.

It's nice to see such mutual respect between people operating in such seemingly different styles.

Just wait til you discover he invented the Chupa Chups logo

Which fits stylistically with the animated scenes in Vertigo

Some justification for his anagrammatic nickname: avida dollars

> the quick witty repartee of his brother Groucho

That's what I enjoyed. Not the harp and piano playing, nor the physical gags.

I think some of the physical gags were pretty clever and had merit beyond slap-stick humor. The "mirror" scene form Duck Soup comes to mind.