"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don't know."

This line is delivered by Groucho Marx in the 1930 Marx Brothers comedy 'Animal Crackers'. Marx stars as Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding, who has just returned from Africa and is attending a party as an honored guest. This play on words is said during one of the Captain's stories about his time in Africa.

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