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Hey Mr. Hayde, what the holy heck is this "alleged" final Keaton television appearance and the Chaplin Mutual outtakes shown to be "supposedly" belonging to the Killiam Collection? You go find a later TV appearance for Buster shot after October 1965 before you get so questioning and the Chaplin Mutual outtakes we showed definitely came from the Killiam Collection. End of story.

RICHARD M ROBERTS (still catching up on sleep and taking no guff)

Thanks for a great Slapsticon experience to all Silent Comedy Mafiosa involved! The highlight for me was finally being able to see what Stan Laurel considered to be one of his funniest gags in the second reel of "When Knights Were Cold" - the use of circus clown basket horses in a chase scene between Stan and a large crowd of knights in pursuit. But then again, everything on the program was great ... well, except for maybe "Laugh, Laugh, Laugh" which was actually kind of creepy. See 'ya all next year!

Jim K

Let me add my voice, too, to the chorus of thanks to the organizers. It’s a real testimony to Slapsticon’s ever-growing popularity and success that the bar seems set so ridiculously high, year after year. To be able to watch a Chaplin film that hasn’t been seen in nigh-on 90 years, and to do so with the Slapsticon crowd, helped make for a legendary night. When things like Modern Love or When Knights Were Cold are getting second billing, you know you have an extraordinary program.

Richard M Roberts wrote:Hey Mr. Hayde, what the holy heck is this "alleged" final Keaton television appearance and the Chaplin Mutual outtakes shown to be "supposedly" belonging to the Killiam Collection? You go find a later TV appearance for Buster shot after October 1965 before you get so questioning and the Chaplin Mutual outtakes we showed definitely came from the Killiam Collection. End of story.

RICHARD M ROBERTS (still catching up on sleep and taking no guff)

If you're so sleep deprived, RMR, what are you doing reading this stuff? Don't you have some 90-year-old gossip to dig up for next years' program book?

I'll not quibble about the Mutual Outtakes (all two of 'em) from Killiam. As for Mr. Keaton, I submit the "Salute to Stan Laurel," which aired on CBS on November 23, 1965. And, yes, we all know it was taped, and I'm sure you or one of the Capos (or Damfinos) knows exactly when. I recall, though, that you hedged your own bets when introducing the "Flashbacks" clip, prefaced with "we're told it's his last TV appearance" or some such phrase. Since so much of TV is ephemeral, even in the mid-sixties, it's more likely that a later Keaton broadcast could emerge from its ashes than, say, a 96-year-old unknown Chaplin cameo at a flea market.

MICHAEL J HAYDE (fully rested and refreshed, thank you)

Michael J Hayde wrote:

Richard M Roberts wrote:Hey Mr. Hayde, what the holy heck is this "alleged" final Keaton television appearance and the Chaplin Mutual outtakes shown to be "supposedly" belonging to the Killiam Collection? You go find a later TV appearance for Buster shot after October 1965 before you get so questioning and the Chaplin Mutual outtakes we showed definitely came from the Killiam Collection. End of story.

RICHARD M ROBERTS (still catching up on sleep and taking no guff)

If you're so sleep deprived, RMR, what are you doing reading this stuff? Don't you have some 90-year-old gossip to dig up for next years' program book?

I'll not quibble about the Mutual Outtakes (all two of 'em) from Killiam. As for Mr. Keaton, I submit the "Salute to Stan Laurel," which aired on CBS on November 23, 1965. And, yes, we all know it was taped, and I'm sure you or one of the Capos (or Damfinos) knows exactly when. I recall, though, that you hedged your own bets when introducing the "Flashbacks" clip, prefaced with "we're told it's his last TV appearance" or some such phrase. Since so much of TV is ephemeral, even in the mid-sixties, it's more likely that a later Keaton broadcast could emerge from its ashes than, say, a 96-year-old unknown Chaplin cameo at a flea market.

MICHAEL J HAYDE (fully rested and refreshed, thank you)

Keaton's appearance on the Stan Laurel tribute was shot in late Summer of 1965, (though not broadcast until November) before he went to Toronto to film THE SCRIBE,and was thought to be his final TV appearance before the FLASHBACK appearance turned up. So go find us another later appearance before you start "alledging" things round here Sonny! And whining that there were only two Chaplin Mutual outtakes (we actually showed quite a bit of other rare Chaplin footage apart from those) shows why your fully rested and refreshed. Again, go find some more before you look down anyones nose at me. de'se tings don't grow on trees.


RICHARD M ROBERTS(red-eyed back to Phoenix this wee early morning, so now jet-lagged and sleep-deprived. Will eat all whiners for breakfast)

Can someone refresh my memory.....what's the story behind Rob Stone uncovering the reel of "When Knights Were Cold"?
Or hasn't this even been discussed?

Gary J.