http://www.pdcomedy.com A growing collection of the finest hand picked public domain video comedy. Movies, tv shows, clips, and a few surprises... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:18:41 GMT ListGarden Program 1.3.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.pdcomedy.com/Themes-Halloween.html http://www.pdcomedy.com/Themes-Halloween.html Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:18:40 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Movies/UncleJoe/Song.html When I first heard this I thought they were singing Wookie Hoola... Ha ha ha, I thought, here's a Star Wars Chewbacca instant viral smash. They are actually singing Woogie Hoola... <br> <br>http://www.pdcomedy.com/Movies/UncleJoe/Song.html Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:16:17 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/NumberPlease/Part1.htm Harold Lloyd needs to use the telephone to clear a date with a girl's mother. What could possibly go wrong? <br> <br>http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/NumberPlease/Part1.htm Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:52:40 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/GetOutAndGetUnder/Silent.htm It's 1920 and the car is a relatively new technology. Here Harold Lloyd gets some wonderful gags out of it, in this specially edited collection of clips for pdcomedy.com. <br> <br>http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/GetOutAndGetUnder/Silent.htm Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:47:43 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/WhirlwindOfWhiskers/Clip.htm This is a clip for us movie geeks. It's a pretty standard chase sequence, but wait. The camera follows them up the wall as they go up the fire escape... Whilst today that is a common shot, in 1917 this is cutting edge stuff - maybe the first time it was ever done? [http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/WhirlwindOfWhiskers/Clip.htm] Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:39:28 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/WhyPickOnMe/Clip.htm A classic Harold Lloyd chase clip here. Harold throws a horse shoe through a window and then has to run away from the police. Breath taking. [http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/WhyPickOnMe/Clip.htm] Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:16:02 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/WhatAWhopper/Clip.htm This whole clip is really just a lead up to a crazy looking stunt of a guy in a car falling off a bridge into the water. It must have bruised the guy in the car at the very least. Clearly there's a cut after the crash then we see the person swim away... but did a person actually fall with the car? Must have, it looks like it, and it's 1921... [http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/WhatAWhopper/Clip.htm] Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:01:50 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TrapsAndTangles/Clips.htm Larry Semon stars as the guy being chased in a couple of clips from Traps and Tangles. Here we have a small twist on the sitting on the tram path and the tram goes the other way at the last minute stunt. The second clip: high rise mayhem when a bed Semon is sitting on gets pushed through the wall... [http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TrapsAndTangles/Clips.htm] Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:10:46 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/ShriekOfAraby/Silent.htm The film is a parody of the Rudolph Valentino film The Sheik Of Araby. Here we have two clips both involving animals. How did they film the lion scene? Impressive. [http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/ShriekOfAraby/Silent.htm] Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:17:55 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheShow/Clip1.htm Larry Semon is a hungry props guy backstage in the theatre eating the props... There is also a tip how to save money getting a family of five into the theatre for the price of one... [http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheShow/Clip1.htm] Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:39:38 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheShow/Clip2.htm Larry Semon is in a high speed chase with a group of robbers. This clip has the whole chase, including a train going through a house, a man in a moving car jumping onto a moving train, a train just missing a car as it crosses ahead of it, and a fight on top of a moving train. Brilliant. [http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheShow/Clip2.htm] Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:39:02 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheLuckyDog/Complete.htm Stan Laurel is the star of the film - he plays a penniless dog lover. Oliver Hardy plays the heavy hoodlum. The movie includes Stan almost being hit by a tram and Oliver trying to shoot Stan but the gun keeps locking. http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheLuckyDog/Complete.htm Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:50:36 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheLuckyDog/Clip.htm Here is the moment Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy performed together on film for the first time. Stan plays a penniless dog lover, Oliver is the crook... http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheLuckyDog/Clip.htm Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:48:44 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/TVAds/BowlingAd.htm Bowling seems to be the answer, judging by the before and after looks on these crazy kid's faces... http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/TVAds/BowlingAd.htm Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:57:44 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/OzzieAndHarriet/TheBarkingDog/Part1.htm Ozzie decides to go fishing early next morning but a dog keeps him awake. 1950's white middle class family friendly television sitcom mayhem ensures. http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/OzzieAndHarriet/TheBarkingDog/Part1.htm Sat, 08 Sep 2012 09:13:08 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheFloorBelow/Clip.htm The main action is in frame, but some of the heads go off the top, which is unfortunate as this is a great clip. In this video Snub Pollard and his friend are clearly under their wives thumbs. But his grandfather turns up and tells them to assert themselves, which they do. Her father is not impressed. http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheFloorBelow/Clip.htm Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:38:05 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheFallGuy/Clip.htm Larry Semon has trouble with a car that has a mind of it's own... Grandfather of Herbie? http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheFallGuy/Clip.htm Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:21:21 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheBakery/Silent.htm A collection of the best stunts and jokes from The Bakery starring Larry Semon. http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/TheBakery/Silent.htm Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:22:43 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/ColgateComedyHour/PeggyLee/PeggyLee.htm Back to a time when legendary jazz singer Peggy Lee was 34 years old... http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/ColgateComedyHour/PeggyLee/PeggyLee.htm Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:10:03 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/ColgateComedyHour/LouisArmstrong/LouisArmstrong.htm A wonderful close-up of Louis Armstrong singing in this Colgate Comedy Hour from the Hollywood Bowl. http://www.pdcomedy.com/ClassicTV/ColgateComedyHour/LouisArmstrong/LouisArmstrong.htm Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:09:22 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Movies/JesseJamesMeets/FrankensteinsDaughter.htm Just the best bits from this public domain disaster: In the first clip we have the daughter of Frankenstein in what looks like a multicolored salad bowl but actually is a brainwave transfer device. The second clip is one of the worst deaths in cinema history. About 2 min's from a movie lasting 1hr 20mins. http://www.pdcomedy.com/Movies/JesseJamesMeets/FrankensteinsDaughter.htm Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:25:46 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/SpringFever/Silent.htm It's spring and Harold can't work in the office - he goes outside to enjoy the weather. Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:38:32 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/PlaguesAndPuppyLove/Silent.htm Larry Semon battles to save the love of his life's little puppy in this extraordinary stunt filled comedy. Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:15:28 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/OnTheFire/Silent.htm Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard play the chef and his assistant in this well thought out comedy. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:48:25 GMT http://www.pdcomedy.com/Silents/NeverTouchedMe/Silent.htm Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard basically try to pummel each other in this clip, the first half of the short Never Touched Me. There is a great joke with a chair, and the sheer hilarious comedy brutality doesn't stop. Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:29:18 GMT