Jan
1
2010
An Unexpected Pleasure
Author: siggyI had an unexpected pleasure. My daughter came over for New Years Eve and spent the night. Her plans had fallen through and I suggested she come over and spend New Years with my wife and me.
We had fun. And more than enough food. The table was full of goodies from shrimp to cold cuts and a vegetable tray and that was only a partial list.
In fact, we still had plenty of food for the next day and still had some food left over.
We watched a Marx Brothers’ film, “A Night at The Opera”. I laughed my head off at many of the scenes particularly the one liners of Groucho. His comments were so silly and absurd that I roared.
My wife did not think the film was that funny but my daughter also laughed. I do not think she ever saw the film before. It was of course released before her time (and mine).
My wife really enjoyed the scenes of one of the brothers playing piano and of course the obligatory scene of Chico playing harp. They must have been quite a musical family. It was harmless slapstick. I had not seen the movie in a long time.
My New Year I spent with my wife and daughter was quite pleasant. We of course watched the New Year’s show on TV and the apple go down on the stroke of midnight at Times Square. Finally I went to sleep 1:30AM.
Tags: "A Night at The Opera", Chico Marx, cold cuts, comedy, funny movie, Groucho Marx, Marx Brothers movie, midnight, musical family, my daughter, my wife, New Years apple drop, New Years Eve, play harp, play piano, shrimp, slapstick comedy, Times Square, TV, vegetable tray
