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[garbon]

Can you blame them?

[Ideologue]

The Stan Laurel Collection 

These are a collection of shorts Stan Laurel did before teaming up with Oliver Hardy  .  Stan was Charlie Chaplin's understudy when they were both with Fred Karno's troupe; and the early films sort of play like Chaplin shorts.  By the end of the period he had fully developed his character; and those films are essentially Laurel  without Hardy  .  He would be a lot funnier with his partner; but isn't bad on his own.

There's a couple shorts in the collection after he had moved to Hal Roach studios.  One of them has a cameo by the original Little Rascals, another one has Pete the Pup.

I borrowed back the Buster Keaton collection I gave to my dad as a Christmas present.  I'm kind of a monster.

[Darth Wagtaros]

March of the Wooden Soldiers. Bitchin.

Yogi's First Christmas. NOstalgic-tastic.

Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas. Kicks all kinds of ass.

[Ideologue]

Bought The Little Mermaid.  As a present.

For myself.

[Josquius]

Alan Partridge, Alpha Papa- very good. Teh funny.

[Eddie Teach]

Finished season 4 of Boardwalk Empire. Not a very strong one. The finale felt like a series finale, lots of threads abruptly tied up rather than developed to a natural conclusion. [spoiler]I did enjoy the fight between Eli and the FBI agent though[/spoiler]

[11B4V]

OK Canucks. Thoughts, ratings, etc on; Shake Hands With The Devil (2007)

[Queequeg]

Finished season 4 of Boardwalk Empire. Not a very strong one. The finale felt like a series finale, lots of threads abruptly tied up rather than developed to a natural conclusion. [spoiler]I did enjoy the fight between Eli and the FBI agent though[/spoiler]

There is no way Jeffery Wright doesn't deserve an Emmy, though.  That was one of the best performances in TV history. 

[The Larch]

Orange is the New Black is the shit, you should all watch it. It contains some scenes of lesbian prison sex, if you're into that and it helps you decide. 

[Syt]

Janeway's been bulking up, i see.

[Grey Fox]

I like how their tranny character is played by a real tranny.

[The Larch]

Janeway's been bulking up, i see.

That tends to happen when you run the prison kitchen, I guess. 

I like how their tranny character is played by a real tranny.

And in the flashbacks, when you see the character's past, the role is played by her twin brother. Freaky coincidence.

[Grey Fox]

Janeway's been bulking up, i see.

That tends to happen when you run the prison kitchen, I guess. 

I like how their tranny character is played by a real tranny.

and are 50+

And in the flashbacks, when you see the character's past, the role is played by her twin brother. Freaky coincidence.

Wow, nice ouverture by the producers there too.

[lustindarkness]

TDW season 3 is in the books. Boy that was a good season. 
I already have the first 5 episodes of season 4 lined up, I hope a good HD copy of episode 6 is available soon, because I'm sure we will blow through them quick.

[Savonarola]

I borrowed back the Buster Keaton collection I gave to my dad as a Christmas present.  I'm kind of a monster.

You Fiend!

I recently watched a collection of Fatty Arbuckle shorts co-starring Buster Keaton.  It was before Buster had developed his "Stone face" character so he mugs it up like the rest of the actors.  Buster's role in the early films is largely to be picked up and tossed by Fatty or any of the taller characters.

The most unfortunate gag in the series is one where Fatty chloroforms a woman in order to kiss her.  That's a gag he probably wished he hadn't used; but at least William Randolph Hearst found it inspiring.