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Funniest Man Ever Was… Harry Ritz! Just Ask Mel Brooks

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The poor man’s Marx Brothers, the three Ritz Brothers had a string of hit comedy movies in the Depression. Decades later, Harry Ritz was still doing anything—anything—for a laugh.

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