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so I don't know how it compares, but the plot of the film feels like it is just in place to string together gags. Not a bad thing since the jokes are very funny.
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Yes, this is quite typical of every Marx Bros film, though films like Duck Soup, Animal Crackers and Night at the Opera have better "connector" plots than some of their other films.
In the end the pleasure comes from their gags, songs, and musical performances. The rest of the people are just props and story devices.
Personally I find Animal Crackers to have the sharpest wit of all their films, but this is a point that is often debated by Marx Bros fans. Their humor is much more sophisticated than non-viewers would expect from the era, but then that's true for several other great early comedy talkies too. My point being that they could come back today and pack audiences in IMO, and without having to go a lot dirtier.