Hail, Hail, Euphoria! · Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made

Nearly eighty years after its release, the Marx Brothers film *Duck Soup* remains one of the most influential pieces of political satire in history. In *Hail, Hail, Euphoria!*, bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the history and making of *Duck Soup*, examining the comedic genius of the Marx Brothers in their finest hour and nine minutes.

In *Duck Soup*, a slim, agile, quick-witted, self-assured young man is summoned to save a nation from financial ruin. As the nation's new president, he brings together a team of rivals, a band of brothers. Those brothers are Pinky, Chicolini, and Lt. Bob Roland. Their leader? None other than Rufus T. Firefly.

The humor and idiosyncratic wit of *Duck Soup* are saluted by the author's own in this gem of a book, offering a behind-the-scenes tale of show business and brotherhood that only a true Marx Brothers aficionado could tell.