(urth) Flora and Fauna

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:

> (fwiw: Marx brother Harpo's feigned silence and name may have been partially derived from Harpocrates
> as well as his musical instrument of choice)

According to his autobiography (Harpo Speaks), his silence came from
realizing that he couldn't keep up verbally with Groucho and Chico.
Since Zeppo was already the straight man, that left him out, so he
developed a character that didn't need to keep up with their patter.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes