How do we celebrate Happy Boxing Day in 2025? With the celebrated Runty Duck, star of the Van Beuren Studio's Aesop's Fables cartoons, in THE BULLY'S END (1933)!
The exceptionally goofy WB cartoon star Egghead, created by Tex Avery, got his chance to emulate radio star Joe Penner's voice while also making his debut as a pugilist in COUNT ME OUT (1938), directed by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway and Cal Dalton.
The one, the only Charlie Chaplin turns pugilist in a bunch of movies, the most famous being his 1931 classic CITY LIGHTS. Love how Charlie's opponent is none other than fellow Keystone comic Hank Mann!
This hilarious sequence from CITY LIGHTS is not the first time Chaplin boxed onscreen. Here he is in the 1915 Essanay 2-reeler THE CHAMPION.
Chaplin plays the referee in the 1914 Keystone Comedy, THE KNOCKOUT, starring Roscoe Arbuckle, whose opponent in the boxing match is none other than comedian, character actor, director and actual pugilist Edgar "Slow Burn" Kennedy. . . WITH HAIR!!!
It's no secret that the gang at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog consider Harry Langdon (1884-1944) one of the greatest, funniest, most imaginative and most unorthodox comedians of all time.
We even enjoy Harry's much maligned 1929-1930 series for Hal Roach Studios.
Arguably, the best of Harry Langdon's Lot Of Fun 2-reelers is THE FIGHTING PARSON (1929), in which Harry's singing and dancing precedes a very clever and hilarious boxing sequence.
Count this dyed-in-the-wool film buff among the few who love Langdon's marvelously bizarre Hal Roach Studios comedy shorts, the notable absence of Vernon Dent (Harry's pal offscreen and favorite foil onscreen) notwithstanding.
This is our last post for 2025. We hope for better times ahead in 2026 - see you then!
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