Saw my first Marx Brothers movie, “Monkey Business,” from a 16mm projector on a sheet hung on a basement wall when I was 10 years old, and a lifelong love of comedy as an art form was the result.

The man had a profound impact on me.

Years later, when I was teaching comedy writing at The Second City, I had a student ask me who the Marx Brothers were.

That night I got the only tattoo I have. As long as I have my left arm, he’s with me.