because it is the earliest known color footage of the Marx Brothers, and also for an appearance by Harpo without his usual costume and wig. References in popular culture "Hello, I Must Be Going" became a theme in Oliver Stone's miniseries Wild Palms. It was the title of the final episode, and sung by villain Senator Kreutzer (Robert Loggia) as he died. British musician Phil Collins titled his 1982 album after the song "Hello, I Must Be Going". The song "Hello, I Must Be Going" also accompanies the opening credits of Woody Allen's Whatever Works (2009). "Captain Spaulding" is one of many Marx Brothers character-related pseudonyms for Sid Haig's murderous clown character, John Cutter, in Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses and its sequel The Devil's Rejects. The film is referenced in Murray Takes a Stand, a 1976 episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. In the TV series M*A*S*H , in which actor Alan Alda's portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce is inspired by Groucho, early episodes featured a character named Captain Calvin Spalding, played by musician Loudon Wainwright III. "Hooray For Captain Spaulding" is performed in English and in French in a scene toward the end of Woody Allen's 1997 movie musical Everyone Says I Love You at a party scene in Paris where all the guests are dressed as Groucho Marx. The Groucho-hosted quiz show You Bet Your Life used an instrumental version of "Hooray For Captain Spaulding" as the theme for most of its run. See also List of United States comedy films Kalmar and Ruby songwriting team References External links Full description of Animal Crackers from Filmsite.org Internet Broadway Database entry on Animal Crackers Hooray for Captain Spaulding 1930 films 1930 comedy films American black-and-white films American comedy films Films based on musicals Films directed by Victor Heerman Films set in country houses Films set in Long Island Films shot at Astoria Studios Marx Brothers (film series) Paramount Pictures films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films