Introduction to the weekly episode discussions

Paul Pain · **Reply #700 on:** November 08, 2021, 07:51:36 AM

This week it's WIFE TO SPARE: https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6946

Paul Pain · **Reply #701 on:** November 15, 2021, 07:47:03 AM

We have reached the final Andy Clyde Columbia short, PARDON MY NIGHTSHIRT: https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6947

metaldams · **Reply #702 on:** November 15, 2021, 08:58:46 AM

Surprised this is it for Andy. I know he made a lot more and shows a lot more of these need to be made available.

Paul Pain · **Reply #703 on:** November 17, 2021, 05:28:36 AM

Quote from: metaldams on November 15, 2021, 08:58:46 AM

Surprised this is it for Andy. I know he made a lot more and shows a lot more of these need to be made available.

Spot on. He made over 90 shorts (although it was only 2-4 per year in the late 40s and in the 50s), but only two shorts in the 1947-1956 period are available, and so many of them are lost (as you can see in the master sheet). Not enough interest in comics like he and Hugh Herbert to ever get those shorts repaired and released profitably.

Paul Pain · **Reply #704 on:** November 22, 2021, 07:30:20 AM

We now visit OH, BABY! from 1944 and starring Hugh Herbert! https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6950

Paul Pain · **Reply #705 on:** November 29, 2021, 07:46:00 AM

This week it's WOO WOO! from 1945! https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6952

Paul Pain · **Reply #706 on:** December 07, 2021, 07:53:46 AM

The Hugh Herbert journey ends with SUPER WOLF from 1949: https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6954

Paul Pain · **Reply #707 on:** December 13, 2021, 07:37:05 AM

This week we dish out Paul Pain's trademarked expression with The Mischief Makers in KIDS WILL BE KIDS: https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6958

metaldams · **Reply #708 on:** December 13, 2021, 08:57:49 PM

Quote from: Paul Pain on December 13, 2021, 07:37:05 AM

This week we dish out Paul Pain's trademarked expression with The Mischief Makers in KIDS WILL BE KIDS: https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6958

Oh Lord! I saw that one years ago. Has the reputation for being the worst Columbia short ever - and that’s saying something. I’ll revisit it soon and post.

I need to get my ass in gear and keep busy. I decided starting with the new year I’m going to be doing weekly comedy reviews again. I will be going back and forth between the Harold Lloyd two and three reelers and Chaplin’s Mutual shorts. Now I’ve already reviewed Lloyd’s BUMPING INTO BROADWAY and Chaplin’s ONE A.M. but I will do the other shorts. That will last me 23 weeks and after that I’ll figure out what to do from there.

Paul Pain · **Reply #709 on:** December 20, 2021, 08:10:54 AM

Merry Christmas! This week we get another lump of coal in the form of FRESH AS A FRESHMAN from the Glove Slingers series: https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6959

Paul Pain · **Reply #710 on:** December 27, 2021, 07:46:45 AM

Our journey has come to an end with the Glove Slingers short GLOVE AFFAIR: https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6964

metaldams · **Reply #711 on:** December 27, 2021, 03:53:58 PM

Thanks for the Columbia journey, Paul. You did an excellent job. Were you planning on doing anything else, or are you going to take a break for a while?

I will catch up on the final two shorts you posted in a bit.

Paul Pain · **Reply #712 on:** December 28, 2021, 05:34:15 AM

Quote from: metaldams on December 27, 2021, 03:53:58 PM

Thanks for the Columbia journey, Paul. You did an excellent job. Were you planning on doing anything else, or are you going to take a break for a while?

I will catch up on the final two shorts you posted in a bit.

I plan on taking a week off and seeing if any other Columbia's have cropped up. If not, I might move into some other features of interest: contemporary RKO comedies with familiar casts, Educational shorts of people we've discussed, maybe even silent Chase and Langdon shorts/features. All depends on availability.

HomokHarcos · **Reply #713 on:** December 28, 2021, 06:55:05 AM

Quote from: Paul Pain on December 28, 2021, 05:34:15 AM

I plan on taking a week off and seeing if any other Columbia's have cropped up. If not, I might move into some other features of interest: contemporary RKO comedies with familiar casts, Educational shorts of people we've discussed, maybe even silent Chase and Langdon shorts/features. All depends on availability.

Has the Edgar Kennedy RKO series ever been given a release? That's one I'd like to see.

metaldams · **Reply #714 on:** December 28, 2021, 10:23:01 AM

Quote from: Paul Pain on December 28, 2021, 05:34:15 AM

I plan on taking a week off and seeing if any other Columbia's have cropped up. If not, I might move into some other features of interest: contemporary RKO comedies with familiar casts, Educational shorts of people we've discussed, maybe even silent Chase and Langdon shorts/features. All depends on availability.

Silent stuff, mid twenties and earlier, is all public domain. There’s enough shorts on YouTube to last a lifetime.

HomokHarcos · **Reply #715 on:** December 28, 2021, 05:57:40 PM

Quote from: metaldams on December 28, 2021, 10:23:01 AM

Silent stuff, mid twenties and earlier, is all public domain. There’s enough shorts on YouTube to last a lifetime.

With the Charley Chase silents on YouTube and the talkies being on DVD that’s a series we could go through. If possible I could start reviews for them (also the Mabel Normand shorts, as I want to watch those).

metaldams · **Reply #716 on:** December 28, 2021, 07:25:04 PM

Quote from: HomokHarcos on December 28, 2021, 05:57:40 PM

With the Charley Chase silents on YouTube and the talkies being on DVD that’s a series we could go through. If possible I could start reviews for them (also the Mabel Normand shorts, as I want to watch those).

If you ever want to start reviews on Chase or anyone else, go ahead. We can have a free for all between the three of us. You’ll drive yourself nuts if you try to watch Mabel Normand in order. She made films weekly at Keystone, co-starred with so many different people and so many of those films are lost or unavailable. With her, I’d just watch and/or review her films piecemeal.

Paul Pain · **Reply #717 on:** December 29, 2021, 08:17:56 AM

I honestly don't know about the Edgar Kennedy shorts. Based on description, I don't think I'd enjoy those much if at all. It sounds like a sequence of in-law abuse trash like we saw in Andy Clyde.

I'm sure I will have something in two weeks time!

metaldams · **Reply #718 on:** January 01, 2022, 09:34:22 AM

Review for Harold Lloyd’s CAPTAIN KIDD’S KID (1919) is now up. The Harold Lloyd Estate provides quality prints with great scores for these shorts on YouTube. It’s from their official channel. If you haven’t done so already check out BUMPING INTO BROADWAY, which I have already reviewed a while back. That is the first film in the series, this newly reviewed short being the second.

https://moronika.com/forums/index.php?topic=6969.new#new

metaldams · **Reply #719 on:** January 01, 2022, 12:28:04 PM

For you guys who haven’t watched and/or commented on Bumping Into Broadway. Here’s the link. I again highly suggest that one first, as it’s the first short in the series.

https://moronika.com/forums/index.php/topic,6758.0.html

metaldams · **Reply #720 on:** January 09, 2022, 01:21:22 PM

Review for Charlie Chaplin’s THE FLOORWALKER now up.

https://moronika.com/forums/index.php/topic,6973.msg61054.html#new

HomokHarcos · **Reply #721 on:** January 09, 2022, 08:30:54 PM

Have you decided on a series yet Paul? I'm planning on starting Charley Chase's Roach silents next week. I can start the threads if you're planning on covering something else.

metaldams · **Reply #722 on:** January 09, 2022, 10:13:53 PM

Quote from: HomokHarcos on January 09, 2022, 08:30:54 PM

Have you decided on a series yet Paul? I'm planning on starting Charley Chase's Roach silents next week. I can start the threads if you're planning on covering something else.

Do you own any Chase DVD’s or are you going by YouTube? Also, where are you starting? Roach or pre-Roach? Chase starred in a few Sennett shorts early on but also made brief appearances in tons of films where he wasn’t a star. The early stuff can get confusing.

HomokHarcos · **Reply #723 on:** January 09, 2022, 10:40:06 PM

Quote from: metaldams on January 09, 2022, 10:13:53 PM

Do you own any Chase DVD’s or are you going by YouTube? Also, where are you starting? Roach or pre-Roach? Chase starred in a few Sennett shorts early on but also made brief appearances in tons of films where he wasn’t a star. The early stuff can get confusing.

I was going by the films listed by Leonard Maltin, which start in 1924. I'll be watching the silents on YouTube, and the sound films on DVD.

metaldams · **Reply #724 on:** January 09, 2022, 10:42:04 PM

Quote from: HomokHarcos on January 09, 2022, 10:40:06 PM

I was going by the films listed by Leonard Maltin, which start in 1924. I'll be watching the silents on YouTube, and the sound films on DVD.

Nice. 1924 would definitely be Roach, so that’s good.