It suggests that Groucho believes the writer of the original letter knows as little about the city of Casa- blanca (his history is filled with absurd details) as he knows about how different the Marx Brothers' film A Night in Casablanca would be from the famous Casablanca.
Rites of passage are important occasions of somebody's life. For example, puberty, marriage, having children and death.
Guideline:
“The Bass, the River, and Shelia Mant”
14 year-old boy asks Sheila out. They go to the cinema by boat. The boy covers the fishing rod and fails to catch a big bass. Then he is upset.
"Oranges"
12 year-old boy goes out on a date with a girl for the first time. They go to the drugstore on foot. He has an orange in his pocket. She picks a chocolate. They take each other's hands. He peels the orange and she opens the chocolate.
A clever, or talented trick.
