DOG ASIDE: Keaton started experimenting with parody during his vaudeville years….where most frequently his performances involved impressions and burlesques of other performers’ acts. Most of these parodies targeted acts with which Keaton had shared the bill.…so when Keaton transposed his experience in vaudeville to film….in many works he parodied melodramas. Other favorite targets were cinematic plots…
DOG ASIDE: Orson Welles stated that Keaton’s The General is “the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made”. A 2012 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton’s The General as the 34th greatest film and the top comedy. The magazine’s 2002 poll ranked it #15…
DOG ASIDE: Film critic David Thomson later described Keaton’s style of comedy as follows: “Buster plainly is a man inclined towards a belief in nothing but mathematics and absurdity … like a number that has always been searching for the right equation. Look at his face—as beautiful but as inhuman as a butterfly—and you see…
DOG ASIDE: In February 1917, Keaton met Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle at the Talmadge Studios in New York City….where Arbuckle was under contract to Joseph M. Schenck. During his first meeting with Arbuckle….he asked to borrow one of the cameras to get a feel for how it worked. He took the camera back to his hotel…
DOG ASIDE: Buster Keaton wrote, directed and starred in these three (3) wonderful comedy films….plus he performed every stunt in each different movie….as Buster was an outstanding athlete in addition to all his other talents. Keaton has long been considered the most prolific and successful film director…..who was also the star of each film……for Buster…
DOG ASIDE: Joseph Frank “Buster” Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, director, producer, writer, and stunt performer….as Buster had exceptional athletic skills. He was best known for his silent films……as his trademark was physical comedy…..with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression….which earned him the nickname “The Great Stone Face” Keaton was recognized as…
DOG ASIDE: George and Stan Shmenges and their Polka Band is a wonderful music comedy skit….as John Candy and Gene Levy come up with a new twist on comedy that I will bet you have never seen before…..a comedy piece with a polka band as the backdrop….and guess what!?!….they can actually play polka music. Great…
DOG COMMENTARY: I can say this from the bottom of my heart….and Bone Daddy will tell you that this lil ole Chiweenie has a little body….but big ears….and a huge heart….and I will be the first to tell you that I can be had…..especially when folks pull on my heart strings…..so when I apply this…