In stark contrast to Blood of a Poet, Horse Feathers is a simple and direct comedy that uses a great combination of both visual and verbal gags to entertain the audience. This film is a great example of how both sight gags and verbal jokes can capitalize off one another. In every scene of the film, there are visual gags, such as when Pinky (Harpo Marx) cuts the cards, when Professor Wagstaff (Groucho Marx) is visiting Connie (Thelma Todd) and keeps leaving the room and returning, and when Professor Wagstaff starts to play in the football game near the end of the film. The film uses audio gags as well such as “I’m against it!” The verbal jokes also tend to be steadily centered on when a character takes an abstract saying and makes it a literal
