As humor goes, blooper reels are set at a pretty low bar. Hearing actors screw up and punctuate things with a tasty expletive gets old fast. So why am I posting a 14 minute reel of Warner Brothers contract actors blowing their lines from films made in 1939? Because it’s
No, this didn’t really air despite the YouTube posters claim that it did. But Ralph Williams, a major west-coast used car hustler, loved a good gag-reel and clearly this take was made after the commercial proper was in the can. The dogs on the hood are a brilliant touch. And
Clearly I’m having a hard time with this being the NFL off-season. So I began today with the above compilation of disastrous football plays of yore and I must admit to feeling much better as a result. (Since it’s the NFL that compiled the clips, they make it unnecessarily hard
This is a terrific four minute ‘blooper’ reel of Dean Martin and Frank What’s-his-name stumbling through a promo for the premiere of Dean’s soon-to-be smash TV variety show in 1965. Filmed prior to the taping–hence the live audience who are delighted with the hijinks–it shows the two at both their