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...
Friday, June 05, 2026

Farewell and Peaceful Journey

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We continue reeling in no uncertain terms from bad news from last week. Our friend Dorothy Bradley , President Emeritus of the Niles Essanay...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Vintage Cartoons For Memorial Day Weekend

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Memorial Day Weekend is here. 2026 still looks like this. So that means it's time to cheer up by watching lots of vintage WW2-era cartoo...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

Poodles Hanneford: Bareback Rider Movie Comedian

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As the gang here in the Hudson Valley wishes we could take a Star Trek teleportation device - used or new - directly to the San Francisco Ba...
Saturday, May 09, 2026

Harry Sweet Was Sweet

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Obscure or lesser known movie comedians, anyone? Here's one of our favorites: Harry Sweet (1901-1933). Harry Sweet was an uber-goofbal...
Saturday, May 02, 2026

Starting Wednesday: The 29th San Francisco Silent Film Festival

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Photo by Tommy Lau Classic movie aficionados lucky enough to both be within a close distance of San Francisco and have some dough-re-me on h...
Friday, April 24, 2026

It's Walter Lantz Weekend at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog

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This weekend, we pay tribute to pioneering animation producer and director Walter Lantz (1899-1994) . Posted a Lantz cartune-filled salute ...