'Exercise Bear'
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Another favourite
@ Tuesday, 26. Dec, 2006 – 09:26:19
Joseph Frank Keaton Jr. known by his professional name as Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American silent-film comic actor and filmmaker. His trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression on his face, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".
His work as a performer and director is widely regarded to be some of the most innovative and important work in the history of cinema.
Here’s Buster getting to know his new family: apologies for the poor quality.
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My favourite clown
@ Tuesday, 26. Dec, 2006 – 09:17:18
Harold Lloyd was nothing short of a genius; he was certainly a master at what he did.
Harold was an American actor and filmmaker, most famous for his hugely successful and influential silent film comedies.
His films frequently contained "thrill sequences" of extended chase scenes and daredevil physical feats, for which he is best remembered today. The image of Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock high above the street in Safety Last! (1923) is one of the most enduring images in all of cinema. Lloyd did many of these dangerous stunts himself, despite having severely injured himself in a 1919 accident with a prop bomb that resulted in the loss of the thumb and index finger of his right hand (the injury was disguised on film with the use of a special prosthetic glove).
Here’s a quieter side of Harold’s comedy: I apologize for the quality.
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Clowning around
@ Tuesday, 26. Dec, 2006 – 08:28:18
Women make terrible drivers!
Just ask any man and he's bound to agree, but not too many men will admit that men make pretty bad drivers too...
Thank goodness Laurel & Hardy: two of the world's favourite clowns were never afraid to point out men's short comings.
