Why should
you watch Buster Keaton’s earliest screen appearances? Here are thirteen reasons for you. (Really, there are lots of Fatty
Arbuckle-related reasons to watch these shorts as well, but when we’re talking
Single-Line Pitches, it’s all about the Buster.)
The Butcher Boy – in which Buster
throws the only pies of his silent career
The Rough House – in which Buster is
outsmarted by a garden hose
His Wedding Night – in which Buster
checks his pockets for a missing wedding dress
Oh, Doctor! – in which Buster plays an actual
child
Coney Island – in which Buster
does a backflip simply because he feels like it
Out West – in which Buster is a saloon owner
who knows the value of a well-placed trap door
The Bell Boy – in which Buster
does parkour before it was cool
Moonshine – in which Buster and Fatty
obliterate the fourth wall
Good Night, Nurse! – in which Buster
evidently gets his surgical instruments from a butcher shop
The Cook – in which Buster might just have
invented a few hip-hop dance moves
Back Stage – in which Buster is the king
queen of no-handed cartwheels
The Hayseed – in which Buster fastens a live
rabbit to his back
The Garage – in which Buster shows off his moves
on a fireman’s pole
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