Why a Duck?

Chico, who is playing the role of an immigrant with poor English skills, replies "Why a duck?"

is a touchstone scene for Marx Brothers fans,[2] as evidenced by Richard Anobile's book of the same name (featuring a foreword by Groucho) which focuses on the minutiae of the Marx Brothers' routines.

His signature walk was called "the duck walk" and on Groucho's television program You Bet Your Life a stuffed duck made up to resemble Groucho would drop from the ceiling to give contestants money if they said the day's secret word.

Ducks are the only animals that perform lines in the song "Everyone Says I Love You" in the Marx Brothers' film Horse Feathers (1932).

In A Night At The Opera (1935), Groucho orders a duck egg for breakfast.

Chico and Groucho Marx during the classic "Why a Duck?" scene from The Cocoanuts .