Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin (scene)

[Tempiku]

"getting off by themselves for a couple of weeks in the woods"

[unclejuniorsoprano]

Robert Benchley was a comic genius. This scene is absolutely hilarious. Anyone who can't see this hasn't got a sense of humor.

[jodisweetie]

He was my mom's favorite author & she collected all his hilarious short stories- thank god because they're hard to find now :->

[bchfront]

I, for one, think that he should get out of those wet clothes and into a dry-martini! R.J.

[tomengfer]

how boring

[Kind67]

You have to see the whole short to appreciate it, the video here is only a tiny portion of it.

[KinoInternational]

I was restricted to 2 minutes. It's very tough to find excerpts that reveal the full impact of these films.

[Kind67]

To KinoInternational, Do you still sell the videocassettes of this, or is it now out of print? I was fortunate to buy the videocasette of the Paramount shorts several years ago.

[unclejuniorsoprano]

A wonderful 2 minutes. I only wish that all of the Algonquin Round Table members could be brought back to life.

[fromthesidelines]

Most film buffs don't know that Robert Benchley left MGM at the end of 1940 to appear in a series of simliar shorts for Paramount (1941-'43). This is one of the first he did for them....

[smerdley]

I eagerly awaited the release of the DVD collection, a couple of years ago, and it was worth the price--Robert Benchley was PRICELESS! I grew up reading his humorous collections. Wonderfully funny stuff!

[amphymixis]

the funniest man to ever walk this planet.

[TestShoot]

agreed, his biography was tragic and hilarious

[bencheshire]

I love youtube!

[allgoot]

Nice to finally see Mr. Benchley on youtube!

[Kind67]

I second that wholeheartedly! Robert Benchley was a true wit!