Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brothers Duck Soup, Greatest War Movie Ever Made in Bloomington, MN

Bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the story of theclassic Marx Brothers wartime satire
Duck Soup
. As always, Blount isinformed yet informal, tongue-in-cheek yet tempered, providing the perfectvoice to recount the irreverent antics of Harpo, Chico, Groucho, and Zeppo. Readers of
HarpoSpeaks
,
The Essential Groucho
,and
Monkey Business
and fans of
Animal Crackers
A Night at the Opera
and the Marx Brothers’ other timelesscomedies—as well as all fans of Blount’s witty and insightful books like
Alphabet Juice
and
Feet on the Street
and listeners to NPR’s weekly news quiz,
Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me
—will becaptivated by the lyrical humorist’s compelling, behind-the-scenes storytellingof the 1933 classic film.