The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection is the full set of all five movies released by Paramount with all four brothers: The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup.

Their subsequent MGM movies (beginning with A Night at the Opera in 1935) were arguably better cinema, with better plot and character development, and big song and dance numbers. But in this blogger’s opinion, they just weren’t as funny as these five Paramount pics. And funny is really all that matters with the Marxes. Strongly recommended!

Found this gem via The Pajamas Media Shopper, your one-stop source for everyone on your list, if everyone on your list is a gadget-happy citizen journalist. Also strongly recommended.

Santa Claus has a blog. Commenting is not enabled, but trackbacks are. And if you write to him, he might give you a shout-out.

In today’s news, Santa Claus has been banned from appearing on beer labels in Maine, and from gesturing with a Nazi salute in Germany.

among other things. Hee.

The Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled that the cross in the San Diego Mount Soledad War Memorial will not be torn down. A setback for the ACLU, and other intolerant sorts.

From the AP wire: Malaysian proposes ’shouting’ room

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian politician has a solution for putting an end to screaming matches in a state legislature: set up a “shouting therapy” room where they can argue to their heart’s content.

Of course, here in the States, we already have the Huffington Post.