Obscure comedians, anyone? Here's one of our favorites: uber-goofball slapstick artiste and writer-director-star for Mack Sennett, Century Comedies and RKO Radio Pictures Harry Sweet (1901-1933).
Why are we at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog wild about Harry? Because his starring vehicles, especially the early 1930's talkies, are wacky beyond belief!
Am taken aback by how very few Harry Sweet starring vehicles, both silents and talkies, have been posted on YouTube, Daily Motion, Vimeo, Internet Archive, etc. While Harry didn't, as Harold Lloyd did, star in a gazillion films, those the gang here have seen are riotously funny.
Invariably, Ed Kennedy 2-reelers written and directed by Harry Sweet are a hoot!
Harry launched the "Mr. Average Man" series starring slow-burnin' Edgar Kennedy in 1931.
For more info, read the following Harry Sweet bio from the long gone but insanely informative Hollywood Oblivion website.
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