In Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sister, the main character plans to commit suicide. In order to clam his nerves before shooting himself, he attends a screening of the Marx Brother's Duck Soup. Having watched this film, he decides life is workth living after all. this course is a quick inquiry inthe Marx Brother's films as well as the later work of Groucho Marx. It will include works by later comedians, including Woody Allen and Sacha Baron Cohen (Ali G).