I had to let my kid stay up til midnight...Night at the Opera was on TCM

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Children must be exposed to the classics!

[joeybee12]

1. Good! You know, I had to explain who the Marx Bros. were

to some 20-somethings not that long ago!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. He told me he wants a dvd of it now...

He's been taking piano lessons for a year now; and Chico's playing blew his mind. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!

You're a good mom! After all, tomorrow's not a school day, and he needs to see this stuff!

I hope he enjoyed it...

:yourock:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. He loved it!

Even though his initial reaction to B&W movies is negative. I told him he had a choice; he could eat more kale or watch the movie. :evilgrin:

[quip]

6. I concur wholeheartedly!

I bought the box set of Marx Bros. movies to watch with my kids. God, that is the IMPORTANT stuff!

My faith in humanity is being single-handedly restored by the DU Lounge!

Loungers RAWK! :thumbsup:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

8. And the best thing is...

You're one of us! :yourock:

[quip]

17. :

:hug:

[murielm99]

19. I watched the Marx Brothers with my kids, too.

My youngest daughter loved them so much that she went as Harpo for Halloween one year. I can't remember exactly, but I think it was when she was 9.

None of the kids her age understood her costume. She didn't care. People often think she is weird, and she just ignores them.

[Robeson]

5. Hey, my parents often let me stay up for The Tomorrow Show....

...with Tom Snyder. I think it made me a better person... :-) :hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. I miss Tom...

:cry:

[Richardo]

9. I love Groucho and the manicurist in the lower left...

...I had a book with that photo in it when I was in high school. I wonder whatever became of it?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. That must have been a fun scene to perform...

They look like they're having a hard time not cracking up!

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Thumbs up for showing kids the Marx Brothers!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Hopefully he'll remember this when he has kids...

:hi:

[Bennyboy]

11. And 2 hard boiled eggs!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

14. And a goose egg.

:rofl:

[grasswire]

15. does he love Harpo?

We love Harpo. My favorite of their movies is "Go West." You oughta rent it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Absolutely!

Harpo was brilliant! I'll have to watch Go West again...It's been so long since I saw it. :)

[regnaD kciN]

18. Midnight??? I doubt you'd pass the Sanity Clause...

;-)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. Sanity? What's that?

:D

[CBHagman]

20. Great!

As others have said, you restore my faith in humanity.

I hope you'll show him Duck Soup, too, which ought to go over well.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. He'd like Duck Soup, too, I'm sure!

I love them all!

[edbermac]

21. Love it, but I rate Duck Soup a shade better.

"Will you marry me? Did you husband leave you any money? Answer the second question first!"



And the mirror scene is one of the great comedy bits ever.

[regnaD kciN]

22. I always thought Duck Soup was overrated...

...maybe because it ends so abruptly -- there's no payoff like the destruction of the Met in ...Opera.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. They're all great...

As the commentator on TCM pointed out, these men had people laughing during the Great Depression...no small feat. We are indebted to them. :-)