It’s 1924. Buster Keaton, one of the cinematic greats of this era, is at the height of his career. Called “The Great Stone Face” due to his distinctive stoical expression, Keaton’s films include dangerous physical stunts and impeccable comedic timing. Sherlock Jr. is no exception. Keaton plays a movie projectionist who hopes to become a…
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It’s 2003–and it’s the holidays. Many of our standard Christmas movies were released in the 1940s, but since the 1990s, there has been a resurgence of Christmas movies, creating a number of new holiday classics. Among those is Elf, directed by Jon Favreau, a movie nearly everyone has seen, except for Let’s Finally Watch This…
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It’s 1913. The movie industry is starting to move from the East Coast out west, and nickelodeons are a growing staple of American society. Out of those burgeoning years of the movie industry and newly minted movie stars come Mabel Normand, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, and the Keystone Cops, all of whom are involved in this…
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It’s 1932. Silent films are out. Talkies are in. This episode’s movie is Horse Feathers, a Marx Brothers comedy (ostensibly) about a college president trying to recruit football players for the big game–but that’s just an excuse for the humor. What Horse Feathers offers casual movie fans who have always meant to watch classic movies:…
Read MoreIn Episode 132, Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden discuss the dark side of comedy and share their annual summer movie (and streaming) review.
Read MoreEveryone’s a comedian…or are they? In the latest episode of Derailed Trains of Thought (your one and only (please?) storytelling podcast), Tim and Nick tackle the hard work of dissecting what makes the audience laugh. (It’s a function of the lungs and/o
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