A Night At The Opera

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.5 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

This week Paul & Amy sing the praises of 1935's Marx Brothers comedy "A Night At The Opera!" They take apart the film's most famous scene in detail, listen to the "Shallow" of 1935, and debate what modern comedies could make the AFI list now. Plus: Amanda Garrett from the Old Hollywood Films blog talks about the life of Margaret Dumont, and Frank Ferrante tells us what he's learned as a world-class Groucho Marx impersonator. Next week, help us make a musical montage by calling the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 and singing a little bit of West Side Story's "America"! Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of Unspooled is brought to you by the human algorithm.
0:04.6	What is the human algorithm?
0:05.6	Well it is exactly what it sounds like.
0:07.3	It is a weekly podcast that answers the question of what to watch on Netflix with the human
0:11.6	element where you have people like Ellen Page, Mary J. Blige come in and tell you in
0:16.5	10 minutes ish what they would watch right now if they were you.
0:19.7	You get to be guided by your friend, Ellen Page, even if she's not on the couch with you,
0:24.6	she can say, hey go over there, here's what I love.
0:27.4	So this is a super fun podcast where you just get these recommendations from people you
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0:35.3	lines that connect all of the films in there and know what you want to watch because they
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0:54.6	The year is 1935 and today's movie comes with a sanity clause.
0:58.4	Amy, you can't fool me, there's no sanity clause.
1:01.5	There is, the movie, a night at the opera.
1:03.8	Hey everybody, welcome to Unspooled.
1:25.1	Paul is going to be joining us in a second, but it is me, Amy Nicholson right here at
1:28.0	the front because I beat him back from South by Southwest.
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