SilentComedyMafia.com

Richard M Roberts wrote: 100 years ago today, movie audiences got their first look at Oliver Hardy. Without that toothbrush moustache, he really looked like a baby. It's too bad his earliest films don't have a better survival rate; it would be fascinating to watch a few of them in tandem, just to ga...

Pasquale Ventura wrote:

What's a good BD player at a reasonable price?

You can find some deals on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blu-ray-Disc-TM ... 4ad3975700

Pasquale Ventura wrote: That's a nice way of saying "no". Oh well, that's that. Pasquale, I, like you, have made it this far without getting a Blu-ray deck; but now we're halfway through the Teens, and I'm starting to realize that it's probably a good idea to have a Blu-ray player in the h...

I'm sorry, Louie; I realize there is virtually no chance of a stockpile of Roach decals surfacing, but what do I know? A month ago I had no idea I'd be driving around with a Vitaphone sticker.

My sticker arrived yesterday, and looks great! Let me know if you ever get any Hal Roach promotional material.

It's a cool looking sticker, Louie. I ordered one with the hopes that the other motorists will suddenly get fond memories of Shemp Howard & Daphne Pollard, and lose their road rage.

Sweet! Thank you CineMuseum and Flicker Alley!

Just reading this post made me venture over to Amazon and get a couple of his books. I remember well trying to find any information on silent comedy in my youth, and there really wasn't much. Nothing could replace that feeling of pulling one of these tomes off of a library shelf, but I have to say t...

Gary Johnson wrote: Humor-wise, SCTV's strength were parody and satire. SNL's was anti-establishment. Even though both shows dug into the same talent pool of Second City, SNL had just as many National Lampoon alums on their staff, which played into the post-Watergate "fuck you" attitude th...

Perhaps this program has not yet achieved status as true archaeology, but this is for anyone who remembers the anarchic joy of watching SCTV for the first time. There was a moment in time when Saturday Night Live was no longer the hippest show on television. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty2EKPv-GnY