Groucho, now perched on Leo’s shoulder, watched a scene where Harpo Marx chased a policeman with a fire hose. The cat actually purred.
He grabbed his secondhand tablet and typed with desperate hope: .
He started a spreadsheet. Then a blog: Laughs on a Dime . Soon, his neighbors, then his town, then strangers online began sharing their own finds—a French slapstick short here, an old Bob Hope road movie there. Leo never became rich. But every Friday night, his apartment filled with people, popcorn, and the glorious sound of free comedy.