tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post5732696498019548422..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: Slapstick to ScrewballJacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-90355991451663703112007-09-11T07:36:00.000-04:002007-09-11T07:36:00.000-04:00Thanks, Joe. But Mr. Griffith does it better.I'd ...Thanks, Joe. But Mr. Griffith does it better.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to encourage all our readers to pop over to your blog for a look at Buster Keaton's early career in vaudeville. Terrific stuff. (http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com)Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-34029519850114694472007-09-10T22:51:00.000-04:002007-09-10T22:51:00.000-04:00Jacqueline: I like the way you used Griffith's tri...Jacqueline: I like the way you used Griffith's trick of intercutting to contrast his idealistic ideas with the practical results. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Joe Thompson ;0)Joe Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165780971886135575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-67206983960342373062007-09-10T12:59:00.000-04:002007-09-10T12:59:00.000-04:00Thanks for stopping by Thom, and congratulations o...Thanks for stopping by Thom, and congratulations on a successful Slapstick Blog-a-Thon. <BR/><BR/>I agree, verbal comedy is often enhanced with a bit of slapstick thrown in.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-9760481762741466662007-09-10T12:22:00.000-04:002007-09-10T12:22:00.000-04:00I have to admit that I think verbal comedy works b...I have to admit that I think verbal comedy works best when it is combined with some slapstick moments. For instance I happened to catch <I>Under the Yum Yum Tree</I> (1963) on TCM yesterday, and enjoyed the witty sex comedy banter but it wasn't until Irene (Edie Adams) smacked playboy Hogan (Jack Lemmon) across the face with his token goodbye present (a stuffed monkey, what else?) as he sat waiting for a shave in a crowded barbershop that I finally burst out laughing. She said more in one swing than forty minutes of dialogue. Perhaps slapstick adds an exclamation point to sound comedies also.<BR/><BR/>Superb post. Thanks for tracing the path from Griffith through slapstick to screwball for the blog-a-thon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com