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From: jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Pee Wee Hermans Big Adventure
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Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 23:58:45 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 21 23:58:45 1985
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In article <6683@ucla-cs.ARPA> reiher@ucla-cs.UUCP (Peter Reiher) writes:

> ...
> For those who haven't seen them, I suggest watching the great silent comedians
> (Chaplin, Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Langdon, and Laurel and Hardy; to a lesser
> extent, Fatty Arbuckle, Charlie Chase, the films of Mack Sennett, and Mabel
> Normand) for yourselves.  You will discover why the 1910s and 1920s were the
> golden age of screen comedy.

I certainly agree.  I think Harold Lloyd did much of the funniest visual
humor ever.  (He must have been a great athlete too, especially as he did
a lot of his climbing with only two fingers, due to a stunt accident--look
for the scenes where he's wearing gloves).
-- 
				Joseph Arceneaux
				Lafayette, LA

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