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It's fun when someone can spur a discussion on an old thread. Sometimes one of us will have an epiphany and share it, and it generates some insightful responses.
I would love to do Keaton and Fields, two comics I am a major fan of (I'm in a big Keaton phase now), as well as finish Laurel and Hardy. That said, while doing the latter was worth it for getting Paul Payne to be a fan, I just don't think the interest is there overall to continue with other non Stooge comics. It's disappointing, but it is what it is. I've been posting on Stooge boards for 16 years now (!), and maybe the first five years would have been good for a Keaton discussion, but not anymore. When THE MUSIC BOX takes forever to get a response, I decided to stay strictly Stooges.
I don't know how Metaldams would feel about this as well, but I mean, I could try to do some convincing at my Sons of the Desert meetings (a Laurel and Hardy society). I'm not sure how people would react, considering that most of the members are in their 60's throughout their 90's, and they probably don't have social media too.
You sound like a kid in his 20s.
Sorry, that was the thing I was trying not to achieve!
We need people in their 20's. Bring some friends. Brush aside cranky old bastards like me.
Guys, thanks. Any fans you can get would be cool. As for me, I'm 37, kind of in the middle.
I'm hoping that you, or Paul Pain, would be able to start up the L&H discussions. I enjoyed adding my 2 cents to the reviews, and I'm going back and reviewing all of the Laurel and Hardy movies. I would be a frequent contributor to the discussions.
Don't worry. L&H will be returning soon
Good! The L&H discussion ended before two of my favorite movies, Sons of the Desert and Way Out West.
Just keep in mind that "soon" refers to sometime after we're done with the Stooge movies.
Yes. I figured that. If my calculations end up being correct, we should be done with the Columbia short films around March or May of 2017. Are you going to be doing the Ted Healy films and other assorted Stooge films before the L&H discussion picks up again?
On Tuesday, I will start reviewing Shemp Columbia solo shorts in addition to the regular weekend Stooge reviews. Whether I do Besser and Derita solo depends on the response the nine Shemp films get. Personally, I'm looking forward to reviewing fun films that have substance again.
Thanks for the responses and discussion for that Shemp solo. If this keeps up, we'll definitely get to the Besser and Derita solo shorts.
They might be considered deeper cuts than the Columbia shorts, but I'd enjoy some Shemp Vitaphone discussions too, if the Columbia discussions work out. Although the quality of the shorts themselves vary, it's fun watching a youthful and energetic Shemp ad-libbing like a maniac and blowing everyone else off the page.
