Monkey Business and Horse Feathers are great.  Don't listen to the daffy one.  You should definitely start with Opera and Soup (both are indispensable), then, in no particular order, Business and Feathers, Day at the Races and Animal Crackers.  The Cocoanuts and Go West are the last, and least, worthy ones.  Skip At…

I've held ambition to read Gravity's Rainbow, but haven't gathered the strength to do so yet.  Partially because I'd want about a week of uninterrupted reading time to really tackle it, unlikely as that scenario is.

I've held ambition to read Gravity's Rainbow, but haven't gathered the strength to do so yet.  Partially because I'd want about a week of uninterrupted reading time to really tackle it, unlikely as that scenario is.

Did you say… wheat?

Did you say… wheat?

Yes.  Used all the way to the end.  When Pocahontas is hiding in the maze while playing with her child (and her not coming out…), and each cut till the last shot of the trees… I'm a bit blubbery by then.  Just beautiful.

Yes.  Used all the way to the end.  When Pocahontas is hiding in the maze while playing with her child (and her not coming out…), and each cut till the last shot of the trees… I'm a bit blubbery by then.  Just beautiful.

This is probably my favorite film of the '00s.  Like you said, it's utterly gorgeous, and it moves me every time I see it.  Damn, just the clip above (the Wagner selection is, for me, the best use of an established piece of classical music since probably Kubrick, and he was pretty good at using it) makes me a little…

This is probably my favorite film of the '00s.  Like you said, it's utterly gorgeous, and it moves me every time I see it.  Damn, just the clip above (the Wagner selection is, for me, the best use of an established piece of classical music since probably Kubrick, and he was pretty good at using it) makes me a little…

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Except after "c".
Or something.

Except after "c".
Or something.

I'm feeling compelled to "shop more in the #NYLONshop!" for some inexplicable reason…

I'm feeling compelled to "shop more in the #NYLONshop!" for some inexplicable reason…

No worries.  I didn't think I'd heard that the remake had anything redeeming in the last five minutes, so I figured you meant the original.

No worries.  I didn't think I'd heard that the remake had anything redeeming in the last five minutes, so I figured you meant the original.

I had a nice, extended holiday weekend, but enjoyed very little pop culture.  Tempus friggin' fugit.

I had a nice, extended holiday weekend, but enjoyed very little pop culture.  Tempus friggin' fugit.

Dumb-beyond-belief question - you're talking about the 1973 Wicker Man… Ed Woodward and Chris Lee.  And Britt Ekland.  The good one.  Right?