Herbert

It's February 25th, birthday of the fourth funniest man in the world, Zeppo Marx.  Zeppo, as the youngest of the four Marx Brother, never really got time to develop a stage character except as straight man.  By most accounts, he was the funniest brother offstage--perhaps because he wasn't allowed to be funny on.  He appeared in their first five--and best--movies, but figured that was enough.

It's true, he gets very few jokes, but he knows how to play off Groucho--look at the dictation scene in Animal Crackers--and is a charming leading man when he gets the chance (such as in Monkey Business and Horse Feathers). 





Here's something on the religious lessons we can learn from Zeppo: