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Musings On 20th Century Pop Culture by Psychotronic Paul

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Hat Tips To Edward Bernds and the Columbia Shorts Department

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Today we conclude the focus on Jules White's Columbia Shorts Department with a tribute to director Edward Bernds. Finishing an extended ...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Andy, Walter & Harry at the Columbia Shorts Department

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Last week's post on rubber-legged slapstick master Leon Errol and silver screen humor essential Mel Brooks, as well as the previous one ...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

Rubber Legs Leon and Mel Brooks' 100th

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On the comedy beat from Broadway to vaudeville to movies, thinking of two terrific icons of silver screen humor, both of whom crack us up...
Friday, June 26, 2026

Big Guys Rock with Joe Rock!

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Needing laughs big time today, along with guffaws, chortles, chuckles, giggles and howls, so slapstick scenarios involving funny fat guys fa...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Just Say Moe!

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Today we tip a battered top hat worn by a boisterous and three sheets to the wind Ted Healy to the great Moe Howard, ace of slapstick! After...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Dawn Of Talkies Comedy

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Thinking, as we do often, of movie comedians who successfully transitioned from silents to talkies. Some studios and funmakers did better th...
Monday, June 08, 2026

Charlie Chaplin Celebrates National Name Your Poison Day

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We're not kidding - June 8 indeed is National Name Your Poison Day. Charlie Chaplin kicks off Name Your Poison Day with this boozy bit f...
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Paul F. Etcheverry
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I'm a writer and film historian who has programmed classic film events in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 30 years. These include the Pre-Code Follies at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum and the KFJC Psychotronix Film Festivals at Foothill College.
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