Lucy and Paul Winchell
When the bank needs a last-minute entertainer for the bank dinner, Lucy gets ventriloquist Paul Winchell. But she neglects to bring his dummies to the […]
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Somewhere in Wrong
Somewhere in Wrong (1925) a silent comedy where Stan Laurel, in a solo outing, as a tramp who comes to a farmhouse looking for donuts […]
Prayer for Good Humor
Prayer for Good Humor, by St. Thomas More Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest.Grant me a healthy body, and the […]
Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft
Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft – instead of Lou C. Carmichael, it’s Lucy who gets drafted! And drives her poor sergeant to the […]
Instant Democracy
Instant Democracy – McHale’s Navy season 1 Instant Democracy – Binghamton needs the natives to work on the base’s airstrip, but Urulu decides to use […]
Three Ages
Buster Keaton‘s Three Ages (1923) is a hilarious, silent film. It looks at the same scenario – protagonist vying for the lady’s heart – in […]
The Second 100 Years
In The Second 100 Years, convicts Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy paint their way out of prison, paint everything in sight, and then …
His Royal Slyness
In His Royal Slyness, a young adventurer (Harold Lloyd) trades places with a European prince and falls in love with royalty.
The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy (1918) starring Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Alice Lake In The Bell Boy, two lazy bellboys (Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton) fight for the […]
Fatty’s Magic Pants
In Fatty’s Magic Pants (1914) Fatty Arbuckle wants to take his girl Minta Durfee to a fancy dress party — but he doesn’t have an […]