Rittenhouse and Mrs.Whitehead (Margaret Irving)Groucho""s/Spaulding""s absurdist African safari adventure monologue or lectureSpaulding""s dictation of a business letter to his secretary Horatio Jamison (Zeppo Marx) that was addressed to his lawyers Hungadunga, Hungadunga, Hungadunga, Hungadunga and McCormackin the film""s ending during a classic surreal bit, when Inspector Hennessey (Edward Metcalf) shook the Professor""s hand, silverware began dropping from his coat on to the floor; soon the floor was littered with hundreds of pieces of silverware; he Professor was revealed to be the thieving culpritPlot SynopsisThe setting is a high society Long Island mansion, Rittenhouse Manor, where Mrs.And the creature had the sad look of a lost toddler.[E.T.""s face was reportedly based upon the facial features of scientist Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, poet Carl Sandburg, and a pug.W.S.Van Dyke - a Best Picture nomineeAnother Thin Man (1939), d.W.S.Van DykeShadow of the Thin Man (1941), d.W.S.Van DykeThe Thin Man Goes Home (1945), d.Richard ThorpeSong of the Thin Man (1947), d.Edward BuzzellThe husband and wife team (billed as "the happiest married couple in radio") was also broadcast on radio (by Pabst Blue Ribbon) for many years, with Claudia Morgan in the role of Nora, and a number of actors in Nick""s role (Lester Damon, Les Tremayne, Joseph Curtin, and David Gothard).When he heard a baby""s cries and saw a blanket covering the abandoned young infant, bundled up in the filthy, garbage-strewn alleyway, he looked up - wondering to himself if the baby had been tossed from the window.