July 17, 1913 –On this date, audiences attending the silent film A Noise from the Deep observed Mabel Normand striking Fatty Arbuckle in the face with a pie. It was purportedly the first use of the pie-in-the-face routine in film history. It may not seem that remarkable, considering how much history there had been inContinue reading “The first pie fight”
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When The Clock On The Wall Strikes Ten
November 17, 1933 –…All right, I tell you. Monday we watch-a Firefly’s house, but he no come out. He wasn’t home. Tuesday we go to the ball game, but he fool us: he no show up. Wednesday he go to the ball game, but we fool him, we no show up. Thursday it was aContinue reading “When The Clock On The Wall Strikes Ten”
The Haus of Dcaligari 