Movie Night

What could be more fun than having 10 people sick all at the same time? Just about everything! This week was pretty miserable, but one fun thing we did together was watch some old movies. We started a "movie night" tradition a couple of years ago. It is very simple--on Saturday nights after everyone is ready for bed, we gather in the family room and watch a fun movie together. Sometimes we eat pizza or popcorn, sometimes we iron or fold laundry, but usually we just all snuggle together on the couch and enjoy each others' company. We aren't a TV-watching family and it's usually too expensive to go to a theater, so this is a real treat.

This week the movies we watched were "A Night at the Circus" and "A Night in Casablanca," both featuring the Marx Brothers. I've been surprised that many of the younger generation (under 30) have never heard of the Marx Brothers! They were a fantastic comedic family famous in the 1930s-40s. My boys especially love their jokes, gimmicks, and musical abilities. One year our second son dressed up as Harpo for Halloween. Many of the elderly people in our neighborhood recognized his character, but the younger people just thought he was a clown. If you like to laugh, enjoy glorious black and white footage, and don't mind predictable plots or bad puns, check out some of these movies!