"A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen." ~J. R. R. Tolkien
After proselytizing till I was red in the face, I later realized with an even greater perturbation that if these well educated, apple pie-loving Americans had never heard of this film, how much less have others who are not as involved in we-the-peopleing and fire crackers? Thus the reason of this piece, which, now that the prologue is concluded, will now commence into the point of this recommendation.
Yankee Doodle Dandy is a superb classic with witty dialogue, effortless acting, the sweetest romance, and most of all, rousing, soul-stirring music sequences written by Cohan himself which brings a tear to the eye and love of country in the heart.
...the songs have been played repeatedly in the car, sung in the cutest ways by my five and eight year old brothers, and an annual viewing happens every year at the time when we celebrate our nation's Independence...
The Irregular Undómiel 