Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for January 26, 2024

All six of the Three Stooges.

Why does we falls master horsie? So that we can learns how to picks ourselfs up.

Got say, I like Chaplin a lot. But I love Keaton!

Fatty Arbuckle AKA Will B. Good.

Dick Van D#ke did it almost every show. (gocomics wont let me spell his last name)

Let’s not forget Abbot and Costello as well as Laurel and Hardy or Danny Kaye. Among many other greats.

The Marx Brothers!

Too many lords of the pratfall to list… but Horace is off to a great start!

legends of the fall…

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and many more. (and wasn’t Chevy Chase known for his falls)

How about Norman Fell (who was Mr. Roper in Three’s Company)

(He was) Norman Fell all the time.

John Belushi? That one confuses me.

don’t forget Niagara Falls…!!

I don’t think of Belushi as primarily a physical comedian.

Rim shot!

Let’s not forget Chevy Chase…..Oh, that’s right….he didn’t get back up one time.

Cheers to the comedy of yesteryear! There’s nothing to beat it! ☺️❤️

Gerald Ford?

Slapstick humor has always been a favourite with the masses.

And don’t forget Chumbawumba.

That kind of physical comedy used to be very popular. For instance, I loved The Three Stooges … when I was five.

However, once Jackie Chan elevated it to a fine and martial art, everyone else pales in comparison. :)

They all got up again until one day when each of them didn’t.

I thought he was talking about those inflatable bounce-back toys.

We’ve been rewatching old Seinfeld episodes and I still think Kramer was one of the best at physical comedy.

Chris Farley!!

There is a great YouTube channel called Silent Comedy Watch Party. You can see some very rare films there, and one of my favorite comediennes, Gale Henry, did her own falls…exactly like the men. She was also the inspiration for Olive Oyl.

Keaton was a master who after he switched to a big studio (MGM) and MGM went to sound was little appreciated. He was actually a good actor with a good voice but MGM did not give him very good roles in the “talkies”. His best work comes from his independent days with United Artists in the mid 1920s and yes, to a certain extent he is a master of the silent days.

Charlie Chaplin proved in the “Greatest Dictator” that he could be a master of sound too! The scene where he walks on a plank with a bucket on his head talking is amazing, the calculations he must have done virtually blindfolded. Also he did some films in the UK after he was unfairly deported such as “Limelight” that showed his ability for Dramatic roles as well.

They made us laugh. And they inspired others.