#classic comedies

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Here are 10 things you should know about Thelma Todd, born 118 years ago today. Todd, a heartthrob to fans of classic comedy everywhere, left a lasting legacy, despite her tragic early death.

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The Nutty Professor blu ray box set part two

The script book part one

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Despite being a film buff, I’d never ever seen This is Spinal Tap (1984) until yesterday, at the age of 31. I confessed this to my friend Henry (also a film buff) and he insisted we watch it.

I knew some of the famous bits already, from various cultural references, such as the amps that go up to number 11, and so on. But hadn’t had the pleasure of watching the complete movie before. And it’s the most I’ve laughed at a film in a long time. I like how the deadpan sarcasm is unbroken throughout. And how the band members do the English accents perfectly.

Also, it’s technically a great flick as well. It is ‘authentic’ in the sense that it properly looks like a documentary of a band. How you see them playing in the 50s and it’s all nerdy, and the 60s and it’s all psychedelic.

Hands down I give it a 5/5. I’m almost glad that I waited so long to finally see it, because it definitely made my day.

[howardhawkshollywood]

Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers in an original publicity still for Monkey Business (1952). Ginger very rarely danced on screen with anyone but Fred Astaire.

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[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[john-forsythe]

John was included in this artwork featuring the stars of some classic TV comedies. Clockwise from top left: Charles Farrell and Gale Storm, My Little Margie; Grouch Marx, You Bet Your Life; Arthur Lake, Blondie; Bob Cummings, The Bob Cummings Show; John, Bachelor Father; and Bob Denver, Dobie Gillis.

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Monday Morning

[cumberbangers]

Still one of my favorite movies of all time ♥

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) Dir. Billy Wilder

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Bringing this back...

[jonnywaistcoat]

Jonny, I stumbled apon your blog on complete accident and it may have been the best accident of my life. I have but one burning question I must know-

What is your favourite animal?

Oof, what a question - there are some real bangers out there in the ol' animal kingdom.

As a kid I was very into tigers. Loved those big stripy fellas - my grandmother used to cut out pictures of tigers from magazines and present them to me in a manila folder when I visited. I never asked her to do this and didn't have any use for the pictures, but she gave me a lot of them.

Penguins are also up there - waddling around having a good time. Feeding time at the penguin habitat is always a highlight of any zoo visit. Sure, maybe they make houses out of their own shit, but who are you to judge?

Seals as well, especially when they're fully in orb mode. Just wobbly ocean friends!

Plus, if I'm down the aquarium anyway, I always make a beeline for the pacu fish. Big, dumb motherfuckers just swimming about like idiots - they bring me a lot of joy. Plus I recently discovered they have human-like teeth, so that's a win for team Your Nightmares.

Also sharks. Every week is Shark Week if you're not a coward.

In the end, though, if I had to pick a current favourite, the one that brings a smile to my face even in its crudest doodle rendition, why, 'tis none other than the humble crab. They come in a plethora of shapes, sizes, colours and flavours, and every one of them is just a silly little guy.

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Here are 10 things you should know about Buster Keaton, born 128 years ago today. We enjoy many comedians of the silent era, but we will always be, first and foremost, Team Buster.

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Here's one of Jerry holding hands with his monkey costar because I think it's cute as heck and I need cute as heck today 🐒🤍

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SHERLOCK JR. (1924) dir. Buster Keaton

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2023 Pre-Highjacking

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It's showtime

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