Turner Classic Movies is running "A Night at the Opera". This led me to reflect on my lifelong love of the great and legendary Marx Brothers.
One of my father's best gifts to me in my youth was to pass on a deep affection for certain pieces of pop culture. James Bond (in Ian Fleming's novels as well as the Saltzman/Broccoli teams's films) is one. The British comedy series and PBS staple "Are You Being Served" is another. The work of the Marx Brothers might be the best of all that my father imparted to me. Probably my favorites were Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, A Night at the Opera, and A Night in Casablanca.