This Marx Brothers comedy scene from Animal Crackers (1930) demonstrates absurd economic logic through a musician who earns $10/hour for playing but $12/hour for not playing, highlighting how comedy often uses exaggerated or inverted economic principles to create humor and critique societal norms.
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😂 They Got Paid MORE for NOT Working?! #shorts #marxbrothers #classiccomedyAdded:
You are one of the musicians, but you were not due until tomorrow.
>> Couldn't come tomorrow, that's too quick.
>> Say, you're lucky they didn't come yesterday.
>> We were busy yesterday, but we charge just the same.
>> This is better than exploring.
What do you fellows get an hour?
>> Oh, for playing we get a $10 an hour.
>> I see.
>> What do you get for not playing?
>> $12 an hour.
>> Well, clip me off a piece of that.
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