Buster Keaton in Candid Camera!!

In this fragment of 'Candid Camera' Buster Keaton fools some customers who are having their lunch.

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Entertainment

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• Buster
• Keaton
• Candid
• Camera

[GordyInMA]

I just saw this and I couldn't stop laughing!

[TheDutchGentleman]

@GordyInMA

Glad you liked it!

[peetie44]

Btw...this was all improvised by Buster. He used available objects and NO props. A genius at work (and play).

[TheDutchGentleman]

@peetie44

I most certainly agree. 

[kanonkungen]

En av mina STORA favoriter

[TheDutchGentleman]

@kanonkungen

Kul att du gillade det.

[FlippinBooks]

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Buster Keaton was, and always will be, the best.

[HISTORYBUFFPA]

How lucky were those people to actually sit next to Buster, and watch him do a routine up close? What an experience that would be!

[ssmbookworm]

Only from a silent movie star can you get such hilarious slapstick!

[DrSho]

Those people never knew how lucky they were to be there and witness first hand a performance just for them by a master comic.

[dukeuke1]

True, TRUE Master @ His Craft ! I knew His Son Bob in the Mustang Horse World & Miss Him also as Bob was a Nice Guy here in san Diego Calif.

[nateandsophie]

I agree with FlippinBooks. Buster was such a funny man and he knew exactly how to use his eyes, his deadpan expression and that magnificent body. I'm talking way back in the 20's when being in front of a camera was a new art. He was a natural. I'm so thankful we can enjoy this man at "play" 100 years later. If I could go back in time just once he'd be the person I'd seek out. I would love to shake his hand and maybe kiss his cheek. I love you Mr. Keaton.

[okitomagic]

Can't stop laughing

[okitomagic]

Can't stop laughing

[blueticecho]

Little did these people know at the time that they are part of comedy genius history forever.

[TakersMissy]

@orangeandbluecream Well, thank you so much - your kind words really made my day. *blush* :-)

[TakersMissy]

@Funnysterste Sadly, it seems his deep voice wasn't what led to his downfall.

From IMDb: "In 1928, he reluctantly signed with MGM after his contract with independent producer Joe Schenk expired. MGM quickly began to enforce their rigid, mechanized style of film-making on Keaton, swamping him with gag-writers and scripts... with his creativity becoming increasingly stifled, he began to drink excessively."

Later he was fired by Louis B. Mayer, but thank God his career rebounded in the 1940's!