Bring your pet to show and tell
Bring your pet to show and tell – a skit for a speaking clown troupe [Editor’s note: my clown friend, Doc the Rube, told me […]
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The Stooge [Martin and Lewis]
The Stooge (1951), starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis first became famous as a nightclub act, graduating to […]
World Elephant Day 2018
Happy World Elephant Day! Most of us have heard the quote from P. T. Barnum, “Clowns and Elephants are the pegs upon which the circus […]
Safety Last!
Safety Last! (1923) starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis Synopsis of Safety Last! In Safety Last! Harold Lloyd plays a small-town fellow, trying to become a […]
National Clown Week 2018 day 2
It’s Day Two of this year’s National Clown Week – and, apparently, coloring page day as well! So, bump a nose and remember the Sunshine […]
Police [Charlie Chaplin]
Police (1916) starring Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance Police is an Essanay silent comedy starring Charlie Chaplin, as Charlie – convict 999. The film begins with […]
An Eastern Westerner
An Eastern Westerner (1920) starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis Synopsis of An Eastern Westerner In the silent short film An Eastern Westerner, the father of a spoiled […]
Panama Hattie [Red Skelton]
Panama Hattie (1942) starring Red Skelton, Ann Sothern, Rags Ragland, Virginia O’Brien Editorial review of Panama Hattie courtesy of Amazon.com <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: […]