Saw my first Marx Brothers movie, \u201cMonkey Business,\u201d from a 16mm projector on a sheet hung on a basement wall when I was 10 years old, and a lifelong love of comedy as an art form was the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man had a profound impact on me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Years later, when I was teaching comedy writing at The Second City, I had a student ask me who the Marx Brothers were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That night I got the only tattoo I have. As long as I have my left arm, he\u2019s with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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